Missoula Justice Court

Justices Holloway and Beal provided insight on the inner workings of the Justice Court, including some of the changes that have been implemented in recent years.

The 14th annual Project Community Connect being held on Friday at the Valentine Center on Latimer Street will offer a variety of resources and help for the homeless and those facing homelessness, including help navigating through the justice system.

49 year-old Robert Washburn is in the Missoula County Jail on $250,000 bond charged with five felonies and several misdemeanors after allegedly terrorizing a Lolo family at their home on Sunday.

Eight year-old Carli Miller was killed in a two-vehicle collision on Highway 12 in July of 2017 when then 21 year-old Aaron Pattan fell asleep at the wheel and crashed his Toyota pickup truck into the Miller family’s vehicle.

When a defendant appears in Missoula Justice Court, there is no court stenographer to capture every word that is said during the court appearance, so the Justice Courts have not been official ‘courts of record’.

Three men and a woman in their 20’s were all arrested in a major drug bust on Thursday.

60 year-old Darrell Davis appeared via video from the Missoula County Jail on Monday as the second defendant in a HIDTA Drug Task Force arrest that occurred last Tuesday at a home on Mullan Trail.

35 year-old Ryan Charlo was arrested on Thursday and charged with DUI, in addition to felony criminal child endangerment after being pulled over with an 11 year-old child in the back seat.

41 year-old Nathan Hardin was arrested on Sunday after allegedly driving drunk, and when being transported to the hospital for a blood draw, also allegedly made threats against the arresting officer’s family.

A Missoula man, 48 year-old Brett Baldassin was arrested over the weekend and charged with his fourth DUI, a felony.