Judge Karen Orzech took the unusual step of increasing, and even doubling bail amounts requested by the state on three defendants who appeared via video from the Missoula County Jail on Monday.
45 year-old Carl Tanner appeared in Missoula Justice Court on Tuesday, charged with felony assault, kidnapping and partner or family member assault after allegedly strangling his wife and forcing her to jump out a second-story window to escape him.
Judge Karen Orzech disagreed with Deputy Missoula County Attorney Matt Jennings during Monday's Justice Court appearance by a man accused of beating up a three year-old girl... doubling his bail.
Stanford Alan Lewis, 29, currently an inmate in an Arizona prison, convicted in 2012 of raping a young girl, was charged in Missoula Justice Court Monday for raping the same girl in 2004 while living in Missoula.