Sign in Subscribe

legal action

Police blotter: Late-night temper leads to arrest

Alleged threats Late Wednesday night, Allen R. Boyle, 26, of Butte was allegedly threatening people at a residence in the 3200 block of Busch Street. The residents told officers they did not know Boyle, who was reportedly hitting their door with a golf club and attempting to open the door,

Lawmaker: Biometrics ban would put law enforcement back in the Stone Age

(The Center Square) – An Illinois state lawmaker says a proposal to ban law enforcement from using biometric information systems would put crime-fighting efforts back in the Stone Age. House Bill 5521 prohibits the use of biometric tools like facial recognition technology or identifiers like finger prints, voice prints and

Manhattan High School sent into lockdown by swatting incident, second in the state that day

MANHATTAN, Mont. – A fraudulent phone call sent Manhattan High School into lockdown on Thursday. Local police believe the call was a swatting incident, one of many in the region identified in the last month. Swatting is when a “deliberately false call” is made with the goal of prompting a significant

Report alleges puppy neglect, morphine dealing

A 41-year-old Bridger resident has been accused of leaving over two dozen dogs at home without food or water while he was in Costa Rica, and of arriving back to Bozeman with 374 ampules of morphine without a prescription. The man, Hunter Andrew Terry, was arrested March 23

Bail bond company involved in Missoula shooting death ignored state’s warning

The bail bond company whose bondsmen were arrested in conjunction with a fatal shooting in Missoula earlier this month was already under investigation and has since had its license to practice revoked, according to documents and personnel with the office of the Montana State Auditor. On March 4, police responded

Police detain French ex-cop suspected of killing mothers of his children

Police detain French ex-cop suspected of killing mothers of his children

Portuguese police have arrested a former French police officer suspected of killing his partner and his ex-girlfriend after kidnapping them and their children. Cedric Prizzon, a one-time member of the Paris police and a former rugby league youth international, is also a fathers' rights activist who had

EXCLUSIVE: OLS funding needed to finish the job, sheriff, county attorney argue

(The Center Square) – Five years into Texas’ border security mission, Operation Lone Star, law enforcement officials argue continued funding is critical for ongoing operations and they can’t do their jobs without it. But funding for jail expenses and transportation is drying up. Although illegal border crossings have dropped by