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Report: Woman with 3 DUIs caused drunk-driving crash

A 44-year-old Belgrade woman with three convictions for driving while intoxicated rear-ended another driver on Love Lane near Stallion Drive, according to accusations filed in county court. The crash reportedly happened shortly before 4:23 p.m. March 24. The woman was identified as Darcy Faye Faler,

Police arrest suspect in Jewish ambulance arson case in court

Police arrest suspect in Jewish ambulance arson case in court

London police announced Saturday they had arrested another man over an arson attack on ambulances run by a Jewish charity in London -- after officers recognised him at a court hearing over the incident. Two men and a boy charged over the March 23 attack appeared at a court in Westminster

French jury upholds jail terms for three rugby players over gang rape

French jury upholds jail terms for three rugby players over gang rape

A French court on Saturday upheld the prison sentences of up to 14 years imposed on three former rugby players who had appealed their convictions for raping a student in 2017. Irishman Denis Coulson, 31, and Frenchman Loick Jammes, 31, had been sentenced to 14 years behind bars, and New

Woman accused of eighth DUI

A 46-year-old Belgrade-area woman was jailed on suspicion of driving while intoxicated for the eighth time. The woman, Amber Michele Coleman, was arrested and accused of felony DUI following an investigation that began about 12:29 a.m. March 31. At that time, a Gallatin County sheriff’

Manhattan resident accused of assaulting someone at his front door

A man happened to see his girlfriend’s vehicle parked at a home on Wooden Shoe Lane in Manhattan and went to the door, knocked and called her name, whereupon another man opened the door and beat him up, a sheriff’s deputy alleged. “After the door opened, the Victim

Belgian prison tour lays bare grim reality of life behind bars

Belgian prison tour lays bare grim reality of life behind bars

As Belgium grapples with chronic prison overcrowding, a local charity in Brussels has found an immersive way to highlight the problem -- giving educational tours of a recently abandoned jail. Until it was officially shuttered in 2022, the dilapidated Forest prison housed inmates in cramped cells behind its red brick walls

Democratic campaign consultant booked in Missoula jail for violating conditions of release

A former Democratic campaign consultant who was set to be sentenced later this year on embezzlement charges is being held without bail at the Missoula County jail on allegations that she violated the terms of her release. Abbey Lee Cook, a political consultant and small business owner from Helena, pled