Crime

HELENA – At 11am today, Barry Beach surrendered himself to the custody of the Yellowstone County Sheriff. The Department of Corrections is working with the Yellowstone County Sheriff’s Office to arrange secure transportation to the Montana State Prison in Deer Lodge. There he will continue serving his 100-yea

CHILD ASSAULT

Billings woman sentenced for biting stepson

(Information in the following story is from: Billings Gazette, http://www.billingsgazette.com)

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A Billings woman convicted of beating and biting her 3-year-old stepson can avoid jail time after the judge found she had improved her parenting skills

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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Yellowstone County officials are considering creating a work program to ease overcrowding at the jail. The Billings Gazette reports that Yellowstone County Sheriff Mike Linder recently presented the idea to Yellowstone County commissioners, the county attorney, public defender and judges

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It's all here in this fictional story with FACTUAL events about a cop & his relationships with "famous inhabitants". It's D.C. Murphy's new potboiler, "Rooster-A Badge, Gun & Heartache". The "Rooster" is Sean Patrick Murphy, a cop torn between loyalty & justice, & his passion to become a country singer. Now, I'm not s

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I'm not talking about one of Gary Gollehon's crops, but rather the book that I'll be giving away this afternoon (Monday) at 4:30 on "Puffman Musical Trivia" at 4:30. "Deadly Harvest" is the new tome from author Michael Stanley as he revisits Detective Kubu with this 4th installment in the Detective Kubu series

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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A Lockwood man has pleaded guilty to calling 911 just days after a Connecticut school shooting and threatening a similar shooting in the Billings area. The Billings Gazette reports 52-year-old Rodney Dale Wilm pleaded guilty to felony intimidation yesterday before District Judge Susan Watters

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TORONTO (AP) — Police in Canada say two men have been arrested and charged with plotting a terrorist attack against a Canadian passenger train. They say the two were conspiring to carry out an attack against Via Rail with al-Qaida support, but that they posed no imminent threat

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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana prosecutors will not seek the death penalty against a defendant charged in the killing of an Illinois man kidnapped from his Billings hotel room.

Yellowstone County Attorney Scott Twito announced the decision Monday in the case of Simon Jacobson, who's charged with deliberate homicide and other crimes in the January death of 29-year-old Dejuan Laster

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That's the name of north central Montanan Paul. J. Caden's book & it packs a powerful punvh along with a truly uplifting message.. It IS an action packed & relatively fast read at 179 pages...I read the entire book while on a Great Falls to Minneapolis flight last summer. I met

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What a combination! It's going to be a downright blast tomorrow (Tuesday) night as the 4th Annual Cops Vs Kids Charity Basketball Game takes place at the Heart Butte High School. The "long arm of the law" law enforcement from our area will be taking on the Heart Butte High School boys team beginning at 6 o'clock

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