A Great Falls felon who admitted to illegally possessing two firearms at his business following a standoff with law enforcement was sentenced in federal court on Sept. 21 to 32 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Stephen Jeffrey Vogel, 35, pleaded guilty in May to prohibited person in
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A Great Falls man who admitted conspiring to bring large quantities of methamphetamine from California to Montana for distribution was sentenced in federal court in Great Falls on Sept. 21. Joshua Daniel Wilson, 48, was sentenced to 14 years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office. Wilson pleaded guilty in
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Several people were charged following an assault on an inmate in the Cascade County Adult Detention Center on Sept. 13. Cascade County deputies were dispatched to the jail around 5 p.m. Sept. 13 for a report that inmates had entered a cell and assaulted the resident of that cell. The suspects were identified as Duncan James Archibald, Philip Friscia and
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Updated 1 p.m. Sept. 22 with revised tax impact chart The city hosted another town hall meeting about the proposed public safety levy and bond on Sept. 18. The attendance was roughly the same as the meeting in June, with roughly 75 people in the room, at least two dozen of which were city staff, the city’s hired marketing firm
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The city is hosting a town hall meeting at 6 p.m. Sept. 18 in the Mansfield Theater to discuss the public safety levy that will be on the November ballot. The event will include comments from the police and fire chiefs, city attorney and municipal judge on the state of public safety in Great Falls, as well as a question
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A federal jury convicted a Minnesota man on Sept. 13 in federal court in Great Falls of trafficking methamphetamine and fentanyl in Havre and Billings in 2021, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. The trial began on Sept. 11 and jurors found Rembrandt Carlos Kemp, 32, of Fridley, Minn., guilty of conspiracy to distribute or to possess with intent to
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Over the last month, the Cascade County Sheriff’s Office has rolled out body cameras for deputies on patrol. Sheriff Jesse Slaughter said they have enough body cameras for every sworn officer in the department but detectives and administrative staff won’t typically wear them while they’re working in the office. In May 2022, the County Commission voted to accept a $225,909
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Whisper Hawkbear appeared in court on Sept. 6 for a scheduling hearing with Judge John Parker. Parker told the attorneys that he was holding the scheduling hearing for a “case of this magnitude” to create plan to ensure the case would move forward. Hawkbear was charged in April with deliberate homicide for the death of her two-month-old son, and assault
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Updated 1:15 p.m. Aug. 31, with additional information from Sheriff Jesse Slaughter Treya Plummer has been charged with multiple felonies for bringing drugs into the Cascade County Adult Detention Center and distributing those drugs to other inmates, causing overdoses. On Aug. 15, the jail called for assistance for multiple inmates displaying symptoms consistent with an overdose, according to court documents.
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A Great Falls man admitted in federal district court on Aug. 30 that he did not disclose he was a methamphetamine user when he attempted to purchase a gun from a firearms dealer, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office. Joshua Raymond Sauve, 35, pleaded guilty to making a false statement during a firearm transaction. He faces a maximum of 10
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