Methamphetamine

This week's Missoula crime report is dominated by violent crime and property crime. 19 new criminal complaints were filed this week.

18 year-old Preston Rossbach is on trial for murder in the Missoula District Courtroom of Judge Leslie Halligan.

29 year-old Jonathan Whitworth, the man charged with two murders at a downtown motel in October, 2018, plans to ask a District Court judge for a change of venue

18 year-old Preston Rossbach appeared before District Judge Leslie Halligan on Thursday seeking to have his deliberate homicide case moved from District Court to Youth Court.

46 year-old Jerry Taylor was in the Missoula County Jail charged with possession and distribution of methamphetamine within 1,000 feet of a local elementary school.

Missoula Police arrested a Helena resident on Monday.

Two men, 37 year-old Jacob Alt and 35 year-old David Holcomb were arrested on February 16 by Missoula police after being found with a large amount of illegal drugs, cash and paraphernalia.

The Montana Highway Patrol will be receiving a grant for nearly $1 million to help fight the methamphetamine crisis in the state.

Methamphetamine use, abuse and addiction has dominated the news recently with the dramatic increase in crime, arrests and prosecutions.

Last Thursday, a gathering of law enforcement officials in Missoula laid out the goals and successes of a program called the ‘Project Safe Neighborhoods Initiative’ to fight crime in Missoula County.