Child Rape

A 19 year-old Missoula man is in jail on $250,000 bond accused of raping two minor girls and threatening one of them if they told authorities.

Montana Attorney General Tim Fox was deeply disappointed over a U.S. Supreme Court decision on Tuesday that denied the possibility of charging a man for the rape of an eight year-old girl that occurred over 30 years ago.

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.

A Lolo man wanted for incest made an appearance in Missoula Justice Court on Monday, and was released on his own recognizance.

An employee at Missoula's Good Food Store was diagnosed with Hepatitis A, diners warned to be vaccinated.

On Tuesday, plea bargains were completed in Missoula District Court on two felony cases, one for rape and one for animal cruelty.

Late Friday night, Thomas Dempsey and Nick West were arrested for the robbery of a Missoula casino and for carjacking a Washington family at gunpoint almost 24 hours earlier. They will appear in justice court today.

33 year-old Lance Ring, on release after entering a guilty plea to sexually assaulting a six year-old child, has been arrested again on a similar charge.

A 31 year-old Missoula man, Daniel Dodson, has been charged with felony sexual intercourse without consent after allegedly raping a nine year-old girl.

31 year-old Daniel Dodson is in the Missoula County Jail on $250,000 bond after being charged with felony sexual intercourse without consent after allegedly raping a nine year-old girl.