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Crime

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Missoula County
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Billings Drug Dealer Sentenced to 20 Years After Gunfight with Officers

Dustin Massey possessed four pounds of meth, 12,000 fentanyl pills and fired at officers during probation search

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Missoula Accountant Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison for Defrauding Medical Marijuana Clients

William Arthur Clawson misappropriated over $1.3 million in tax payments between 2016 and 2021

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Previously Convicted Terry Man Gets 10 Years for Child Sex Abuse Material

Repeat offender recorded expressing willingness to return to jail for criminal behavior, will also receive 30 years of supervised release

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Columbia Falls Man Sentenced After Gunfire Spree, Sheriff’s Helicopter Laser Attack

Travis Myers also threatened civilians with firearm before targeting aerial surveillance

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‘Tony’ the Meth Supplier: Three Forks Man Gets 5+ Years After Multi-Dealer Investigation

Federal agents spent three years connecting dealers’ stories to 65-year-old Anthony Catalusci

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Six Charged in Bull Mountains Poaching Case; 11 Trophy Mounts Seized

Montana and Washington residents face 34 charges for illegally killing elk and deer between 2020 and 2024

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Billings Man With 1,867 Fentanyl Pills Sentenced to 14 Years in Federal Prison

Tirrell Lewis also possessed four firearms and nine ounces of methamphetamine, pleaded guilty to drug distribution charges

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Colorado Man Sentenced to 30 Years for Drug Trafficking After High-Speed Chase

Moises Zamora led Yellowstone County deputies on 10-minute pursuit before arrest revealed six pounds of methamphetamine — equivalent to 21,744 doses

Illegal Alien Used Stolen Identity for 30 Years Before Passport Application Exposed Fraud in Billings

30-year fraud unraveled when federal passport verification exposed stolen Puerto Rican identity

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Billings Man Sentenced to 12 Years for Meth and Fentanyl Distribution

45-year-old admitted to purchasing two pounds of methamphetamine for distribution