A man convicted of arson is going to prison after his wife convinced a Flathead County judge he should receive a harsher penalty than called for in a plea agreement.
A Montana judge sentenced a Washington state man Friday to life in prison without parole for killing and dismembering his 3-year-old son after his wife threatened to leave him and take the child.
A 25-year-old Whitefish man who with his wife supplied a 15-year-old baby sitter with marijuana and alcohol and then raped her has been sentenced to five years in prison without parole.
Idaho Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter has ordered the state police to conduct a criminal investigation of understaffing and falsified documents at a private prison operated by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA).
The 2013 Montana Legislature passed House Bill 68, which created the interim Reentry Task Force to investigate ways to lower the recidivism rate of Montana prisoners.
BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — A former clerk for the Belgrade School District has been sentenced to two years with the Department of Corrections and ordered to pay restitution for embezzling nearly $49,000 over the district over a period of about 18 months.
HAMILTON, Mont. (AP) — An Idaho man who stole a truck in western Montana and led officers on a 30-mile chase to the slopes of a ski hill has been sentenced to 20 years with the Montana Department of Corrections with 15 suspended.
A judge has sentenced former University of Montana football player Beau Donaldson to 30 years in prison with 20 years suspended for raping a female friend in his apartment.