During her weekly Friday crime report, Missoula County Attorney Kirsten Pabst told KGVO News that the total crime numbers for 2021 will surpass those in 2020.
Last week was the busiest week of the year for law enforcement agencies responding to crimes, with 26 total felony charges filed, said Missoula County Attorney Kirsten Pabst on Friday’s Talk Back show.
2020 was a tumultuous year for the Missoula County Attorney’s office with multiple high-profile trials that dominated the headlines, along with the complications that the COVID 19 pandemic brought to bear.
For over two hours on Wednesday, Missoula County Commissioners listened to their department heads detail the impact of state and federal budget cuts to the services they offer.
The Missoula County Attorney’s office was exceptionally busy this past week, June 19, in fact it may have set a county record with 24 cases in just seven days.
Marks said that ever since Markus Karma was released after paying his $30,000 bail, the public defender’s office has pointed to that case “in nearly every bail argument.”