DUI

Driving under the influence cases are occurring at an alarming rate in Missoula.

Police have arrested a man for felony DUI after a 911 call came in from a Missoula home very early on Sunday morning. "About 2:06 A.M. a resident in the 2500 block of Schilling Street called 911 and reported a suspicious vehicle in her driveway and in fact went on to say that the driver had gotten out of the car and was knocking on her door," said Missoula Police Public Information Offic

Missoula police took 40-year-old K Mikeal Admasu into custody on Monday afternoon after he refused to listen to police requests not to get in his car and drive.

After a relatively light workload of just eight felony cases for the Missoula County Attorney’s office to process the first week of May, this past week saw a spike back up into the double digits.

The Hamilton Police Department responded to a call of a single vehicle rollover crash just before midnight on Wednesday.

Representatives from the national organization Mothers Against Drunk Driving appeared before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday to lobby for Ignition Interlock Devices for first-time DUI offenders.

55 year-old Terry Jones has been placed in the Missoula County Jail on $25,000 bond after allegedly driving drunk the wrong way on I-90, causing several drivers to run off the road, and striking a vehicle before being arrested.

27 year-old Lamont Brown of Pablo appeared in Missoula Justice Court on Thursday and was held on $35,000 bail for several alleged crimes that occurred on Tuesday morning.

Missoula police have revealed that the massive power outage in town on Wednesday afternoon was the result of some criminal behavior.

According to Missoula Police Sgt. Jim Klawiter, the St. Patrick’s Day weekend DUI totals were relatively low, in fact, Klawiter says arrest totals look like any other normal Missoula weekend. "We usually average six or seven (DUIs) a weekend and we had seven this weekend, so pretty close to average," Klawitter said...