Land Access

The wife of an Augusta-area man charged with killing their neighbor in a rural subdivision said the neighbor was harassing them, acting erratically and appeared to be ready for a confrontation over land access in the minutes before he was shot.

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Three Helena-area residents who filed a lawsuit against a neighbor alleging he threatened and harassed them in an ongoing land and road access dispute are seeking a total of $75,000 from his estate. John "Mike" Crites was served with the lawsuit in May 2011 and disappeared a month later...