The Missoula County Jail came up number one twice in the report released last week by the ACLU, but first in this case was the last place they wanted to be.
At approximately 9:15 p.m. Monday, a Department of Corrections inmate fell from the upper tier railing of his housing unit at the Missoula County Detention Center, striking his head on the concrete floor.
The new Missoula County Detention Center opened almost 15 years ago, with broad community support, however, in recent months, the jail has reached its maximum capacity, and more space is needed.
The Cascade County Sheriff's Deputy who was killed in the line of duty last Thursday near Great Falls spent his childhood in Missoula, and was educated at the Foursquare Christian School.
UPDATE - 5:00 a.m. Tuesday, September 24
Montana Sports Information said on Monday afternoon that starting free-safety Matt Hermanson has been suspended from UM's upcoming game at Northern Arizona due to a violation of the student athlete code of conduct.
Saturday, September 14 at about 5:00 p.m. 9-1-1 received a call from an East Missoula woman claiming that a male friend who was angry and had been drinking had a rifle and fired a shot into the air.
Public Information Officer Paige Pavalone described how the incident began...
A Missoula area transient is in custody Wednesday morning, September 11, after allegedly starting a fire near the Kim Williams Trail at the base of Mount Sentinel.
Two off-duty law enforcement professionals just happened to be in the area of Albertson's grocery store in the Tremper's Shopping Center on Monday when 9-1-1 received a call that the store had been robbed.
Missoula County Sheriff's Department spokesman Jason Johnson says an employee of the County Detention Center has been terminated for alleged use of excessive force.