The Cascade County Attorney’s Office has added a deliberate homicide charge against Lane Gibson, 20, in the Jan. 9 death of Terrell Johnson, 25, in the 1700 block of 22nd Avenue South, just outside the city limits. The amended charges were filed in district court Jan. 30, adding to the felony witness tampering charge filed Jan. 29. The amended charges follow
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Lane Gibson, 20, has been charged with a felony count of witness tampering in connection to the Jan. 9 homicide of Terrell Johnson, 25, in the 1700 block of 22nd Avenue South, just outside the city limits. He was arrested Jan. 28 and is being held on a $150,000 bond. While investigating Johnson’s death, a Cascade County Sheriff’s Office detective reviewed
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Victor Yniguez, 23, has been charged with two felony counts of criminal endangerment and misdemeanor counts of carrying a concealed weapon under the influence and obstructing a peace officer for an early morning Jan. 15 shooting. No one was injured, according to the Great Falls Police Department. Yniguez has been held in the Cascade County Detention Center since the incident
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Terry Graeter entered a guilty plea in district court on Jan. 15 in accordance with a plea agreement. He was charged with felony arson for an August 2025 fire at Ace Hardware store at 215 N.W. Bypass. In the agreement, the county attorney’s office is recommending a seven year commitment to the Montana Department of Corrections with four suspended, a
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Charlotte Andrade signed a plea agreement and during a Jan. 15 hearing before Judge Dave Grubich, entered a guilty by Alford plea, to charges of criminal endangerment and criminal mischief from a May 2025 incident. She remains in custody on a $1 million bond facing felony counts of deliberate homicide and attempted deliberate homicide from a June 2025 shooting. An
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A Mexican man who illegally re-entered the U.S. was sentenced in federal court Jan. 14 to time served, 97 days, and was remanded to the U.S. Border Patrol, according to U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme. Justino Sanchez-Melo, 42, pleaded guilty in December 2025 to one count of illegal reentry of a removed alien. He’s been held in the Cascade County Adult
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Whether Jesse Edwards Jr. should be tried as an adult or a juvenile for his role in a 2024 downtown assault was considered in a Jan. 13 hearing before District Court John Parker. Edwards was 14 and the time of his involvement in the Sept. 8, 2024 downtown assault that left a man with a traumatic brain injury. He’s 15
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Cascade County Sheriff Jesse Slaughter said on Jan. 14 that 25-year old Terrell Johnson died by multiple stab wounds in a Jan. 9 homicide in the 1700 block of 22nd Avenue South, just outside the city limits. Slaughter said the autopsy was conducted on Jan. 13. He said the investigation was ongoing and that the Montana Department of Justice had granted
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A Great Falls man who trafficked methamphetamine was sentenced in federal court Jan. 13 to 220 months in prison to be followed by 10 years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said. Michael Lee Wakeford, 62, pleaded guilty in September 2025 to one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and one count of money laundering. Chief U.S.
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The Cascade County Sheriff’s Office is seeking a suspect in the Jan. 9 homicide of 25-year-old Terrell Johnson in the 1700 block of 22nd Avenue South, just outside the city limits. Sheriff Jesse Slaughter said on Jan. 13 that based on the investigation, detectives are looking for a male who was on foot in the area of 18th Street South
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