Sexual Intercourse Without Consent

A $50,000 warrant issued on August 21 has resulted in the arrest early Friday morning of 33 year-old Ryan Denny on a charge of felony sexual intercourse without consent.

19 year-old Justin Wieder appeared for the second time in Missoula Justice Court before Judge Karen Townsend and pleaded guilty to having sexual relationships with underage girls.

29 year-old Shane Pelletier is in the Missoula County Jail charged with felony sexual intercourse without consent after being arrested on a $100,000 warrant issued by the Missoula County Attorney 's Office.

19 year-old Justin Wieder is back in the Missoula County Jail after violating court orders forbidding him to have contact with a minor girl in a relationship that began in 2016 when he was first charged with sexual intercourse without consent.

48 year-old Erik Nugent bragged to friends and coworkers that he had drugged and had sex with underage girls for years, until he was arrested in 2016 and convicted on multiple felonies on Monday.

Montana's law defining sexual assault and sexual intercourse without consent are antiquated, according to a bill introduced by a Missoula legislator before the House Judiciary Committee on Friday.

30 year-old Aaron Grafft is in the Missoula County Jail on a $20,000 warrant, after being accused of sexually assaulting a nine year-old girl last August.

One of the results following the national attention on Missoula regarding sexual assaults in recent years, is the effort to legally redefine the concept of 'consent', and that has led to Senate Bill 29, now moving through the state legislature.

The rape trial of Jordan Scott Bahr that began on Wednesday will continue and possibly wrap up on Monday in Missoula District Court before Judge Robert L. 'Dusty' Deschamps.

29 year-old Gerald Schwegel appeared in Missoula Justice Court on Friday charged with felony sexual intercourse without consent, trespassing and criminal mischief.
According to court documents, the incident occurred in June, when the defendant allegedly broke into his former girlfriend's apartme…