Crime

We've had four shootings in the past week or so, and another wacky crime today (11/21), when somebody took a bus from the bus station downtown for a joyride. With two passengers on board.

A body was discovered Wednesday evening. Authorities have not yet released the ID of the body and internet speculation is running wild that it could be the body of missing Laurel woman Lori Bray.

Multiple news outlets are now reporting that 7 people have now died following Saturday's mass shooting in Odessa, Texas.

Using 2018 FBI data from more than 13,000 law enforcement agencies in cities with populations over 2,500, SafeHome.org has ranked the 25 Safest Cities in Montana.

Using annual data released by the FBI, SafeHome.org released a study of the states with the most break-in's and ranked Montana #34 with 344.1 per 100,000 people.

Q2 reports that Montana U.S. Sen. Jon Tester has introduced a bill he believes will help cut down on illegal drug use and crime in Montana. He is sponsoring the Assisting Narcotics and Trafficking Officers in Interdicting Drugs Act also known as the ANTI-Drugs Act...

A concerned Missoulian called 911 after watching a neighboring couple fight outside around 6:00 P.M. Sunday night, April 8.

Missoula Pita Pit Co-owner Chris Butz has seen a lot of things during the night shift and as an owner of a downtown establishment, but he says he never experienced anything like the aftermath of what happened when a store employee was filmed spitting into a pita during a late-night spat with custome…

The man accused of stealing an ATM from the La Quinta Inn and Suites last year also stole an ATM from a different Billings hotel about a month earlier. Police say Anthony Felton recently confessed that someone helped him open and dispose of another ATM he stole on Halloween from the Red Lion Hotel i…

At 3:30 am on August 2, 2016, a Billings Gazette employee was delivering newspapers to the IGA in Lodge Grass.  According to a Gazette article today:
"Cameron Emmanuel Falls Down, 22, pleaded guilty to attempted robbery during a hearing on Thursday before U...

The news this morning was certainly enough to bring me down. Four, count them, four stories in today's news about kids hurt or put in dangerous situations.  Lets start with the Laurel man who was driving drunk with an 8 year old child in the car...

Billings continues to be a very safe place to live, but a couple of stats stood out for me from the Billings Police Department's 2015 Annual Report.