Elder Abuse

As a state with a large number of men and women over 65, the financial website Wallet Hub says Montana comes in next to last in the entire country when it comes to protecting our elderly population from abuse.

State officials noted that in 2020 a record 4,500 Montanans were victims of elder abuse, an increase of nearly 30% since 2018.

Individuals over the age of 65 control a majority of the country’s wealth, making them prime targets of financial abuse.

48 year-old Justin Tomlinson is being held in the Missoula County Jail on $20,000 bond after allegedly forging nearly $12,000 in checks from his own mother's account, and when police arrived to investigate, he was found hiding in a closet.

A convicted sex offender, 25 year-old Marc Palmer, is in the Missoula County Jail on $500,000 bond for allegedly smothering his girlfriend's five month-old son.

Elderly Montana fraud victims get restitution from special state fund.

Two Missoula men charged with raping an intoxicated woman, both held on $100,000 bond.

38 year-old Jeremy Clyde appeared in justice court via video from the Missoula County Jail on Thursday, charged with beating and kicking a severely disabled man, reportedly his uncle, who was under his care.

A Thompson Falls man is charged with bilking a man who has dementia out of at least $71,000 and transferring ownership of the elderly man's ranch and other property to himself.