Fred Van Valkenburg

When Cody Marble was 17 years old, he was charged with raping a 13 year-old boy in the juvenile wing of the Missoula County Jail. He was convicted of sexual intercourse without consent in 2002, and sent to prison, all the while proclaiming his innocence.

Report - No crime took place when Fred Van Valkenburg removed items from secure County storage room.

UPDATE : 12:30 p.m. Monday, May 9. The Missoula City Police Department has asked the State of Montana Office of Criminal Investigations to look into the incident in which former Missoula County Attorney Fred Van Valkenburg removed items from a secure storage facility.

Fred Van Valkenburg is stepping down as Missoula County Attorney after four terms. He spoke with KGVO News for an extended interview with Peter Christian on Friday morning, December 26.

Missoula County Attorney Fred Van Valkenburg received a special award on Sunday from the National District Attorneys Association recognizing him for his over two-year battle with the Department of Justice over sexual assault investigations.

At a press conference in Missoula on Tuesday, Montana Attorney General Tim Fox announced an agreement resolving a two-year dispute between the U.S. Department of Justice and the Missoula County Attorney's office.

KGVO News received a message at about 4 p.m. Monday, that an agreement had been reached between the Missoula County Attorney's Office and the Department of Justice.

U.S. Attorney for Montana Michael Cotter has requested, and received, a 30 day extension in responding to a lawsuit filed by the Missoula County Attorney.

Missoula County Attorney Fred Van Valkenburg responded to last Friday's Department of Justice news release, calling it a 'political hatchet-job, full of half-truths and lies'.

The Department of Justice released a scathing report late Friday, February 14, stating that it has found "substantial evidence" of gender bias in the Missoula County Attorney's Office.