The Cascade County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in the ongoing investigation into the Jan. 9 homicide of 25-year-old Terrell Johnson. Sheriff Jesse Slaughter said that the investigation started around noon Jan. 9 with a report of a suspicious death in the 1700 block of 22nd Avenue South, just outside the city limits. Investigators are asking for
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Brenda Woods, 49, was charged with felony counts of criminal endangerment and assault with a weapon, and a misdemeanor count of obstructing a peace officer, following a large police response to the Highwoods mobile home park on the eastside of Great Falls on Jan. 5. A Great Falls Police officer was dispatched to 4180 Highwood Drive at 8:24 a.m. Jan.
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Jeremiah Gideon was in court shortly before Christmas on a 2017 case. Gideon has been held in the Cascade County Adult Detention Center on charges of attempted deliberate homicide for hitting and seriously injuring a Montana Credit Union employee with his vehicle in October 2024. The prosecution and defense have been awaiting an order from Judge John Kutzman on issues
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Y’all also read a lot of public safety related stories this year, so we broke them out separately, again, in descending order of web traffic. –Two boys, ages 12 and 13, charged in Nov. 3 shooting –Man charged with negligent homicide in Sunday morning shooting –Andrade charged in early morning shooting death –Man charged in police pursuit, trafficking drugs –Man
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Kelsey Staigmiller appeared in court Dec. 23, pleading guilty to felony counts of deliberate homicide and criminal mischief. She signed a plea agreement with the Cascade County Attorney’s Office on Dec. 22, agreeing to plead guilty to those two charges and in exchange, the prosecution dropped felony charges of criminal endangerment, robbery, theft and burglary. The charges stem from a
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Kelsey Staigmiller has signed a plea agreement with the Cascade County Attorney’s Office, agreeing to plead guilty to felony counts of deliberate homicide and criminal mischief. In exchange, the prosecution will drop felony charges of criminal endangerment, robbery, theft and burglary. The charges stem from a May 18 incident in which Staigmiller is accused of causing a disturbance in the
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Shaun DeBerry was sentenced Dec. 18 to 40 years with the Montana Department of Corrections, with none suspended, a 20-year parole restriction and $709,000 in restitution for his role in the September 2024 downtown assault that left a man with a brain injury. He’s credited for 466 days of time served so far in the county jail. Deberry was 19
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Three Mexican men who entered the U.S. illegally were recently sentenced in federal court. Marco Antonio Contreras-Delira was sentenced Dec. 15 to time served, 31 days, and remanded to the U.S. Border Patrol, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said. Contreras-Delira, 40, pleaded guilty in November 2025 to one count of illegal reentry. Chief U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided over
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The 13-year-old accused of shooting a 17-year-old near McDonald’s last month was arraigned Dec. 4 in youth court on additional charges related to the incident. The charges had been filed in November and include felony counts of attempted deliberate homicide and tampering with evidence, and a misdemeanor count of assault. The Cascade County Attorney’s Office is also pursuing a gang
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James Ogden has been charged following an early morning disturbance and threats to law enforcement. Ogden is the brother of Lloyde Ogden Jr., a former Cascade County detention officer, who is in jail on felony charges from two domestic disturbance incidents over the summer. James Ogden was out on bond on felony charges related to one of those incidents. On
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