Local Crime

Law enforcement officers with the Missoula Drug Task Force executed multiple search warrants related to an investigation of the distribution of fentanyl pills in Missoula County.

A Missoula Police Department Officer received a notification from the dispatch center regarding an assault that had just occurred at the Johnson Street warming shelter.

The good news is that the number of homicides in 2022 was far fewer than those reported in 2021.

Jesse Laslovich said 22 individuals with ties to the Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico were convicted of drug crimes and received lengthy prison sentences.

Six different men appeared in Missoula Justice Court on Friday afternoon before Judge Alex Beal.

Missoula Fire Department and Missoula Emergency Services were called to a report of a male passed out behind a casino on North Reserve Street.

Missoula Police Department officers responded to a building in the 500 block of W. Front Street for a disturbance.

Missoula County Sheriff T.J. McDermott announced on Friday morning that a 30-year-old cold case murder of a local transient has been solved.

A Missoula Police Department officer responded to Downtown Lions Park for a report of an incident involving a bow and arrow.

If there is one topic that comes up more often than most when it comes to the criminal justice system, it is why the same names seem to be appearing in court accused of various crimes that are not being kept in jail.