Methamphetamine

In 2019, the annual methamphetamine-related death rate in Montana was 7.2 per 100,000 people, exceeding the national average of 5.7 per 100,000 people. Furthermore, over 65 percent of Child and Family Services Division substance-use related placements list methamphetamine as the primary drug.

26 year-old Joseph Morgan is facing no fewer than eight felonies after leading police on a wild and very dangerous ride through the streets of Missoula, even driving on a walking path at highway speeds while apparently high on meth.

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.

20 year-old Preston Rossbach was sentenced on Friday for his role in the deaths of two people and the stabbing of a third victim.

44 year-old Christopher Hill is in the Missoula County Jail on $75,000 bond charged with multiple crimes including felony criminal endangerment, driving under the influence of drugs and a parole violation.

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.