Charles Jackson, 17, appeared in youth court on Nov. 25 on several cases with the prosecution recommending that he be sent to Pine Hills, the Montana Department of Corrections’ juvenile facility. Jackson had been a repeat offender with 15 youth court cases from 2022 to present, most of which were violent and property offenses. The cases before Judge John Kutzman
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Lloyde Ogden, Jr. was arraigned on Nov. 26 on the additional charges filed against him earlier this fall in connection with two incidents over the summer. Ogden, Jr. appeared before Judge John Parker via Zoom from the Broadwater County Detention Center. The former Cascade County detention officer was charged in August with felony assault with a weapon and misdemeanor partner
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Tiffany Bourdeau appeared in court Nov. 19 to change her plea to guilty. She was charged in late August with a felony count of aggravated animal cruelty after a complaint led the Cascade County Sheriff’s Office to seize 37 dogs and other animals from her residence in Sun Prairie. She has forfeited ownership of all of the animals but one,
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Charges against the 13-year-old involved in the Nov. 3 shooting near the McDonald’s on 10th Avenue South have been amended to include felony counts of attempted deliberate homicide and tampering with evidence, and a misdemeanor count of assault. The boy will turn 14 in December, according to court records. The 12-year-old involved now faces an added misdemeanor assault charge along
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Steven Wayne Keefe died in prison on Nov. 10. He was convicted and sentenced to life in 1986 for the murders of three people the year prior in Great Falls. He was sentenced to life for each count of deliberate homicide and 10 years for a count of burglary. He was sentenced to additional 10 years per count since the crime
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The Great Falls Police Department said on Nov. 13 that the suspicious item found in Gibson Park last week “appears to be a simple homemade explosive.” “Our law enforcement partners have collected the device for analysis and evidence collection purposes. A criminal investigations was started the day the device was found and, due to the nature of that investigation, no
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Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks game wardens are seeking information on a mule deer buck that was shot and left to waste in Black Eagle Park on the evening of Nov. 9. Wardens responded to the scene after receiving a report of a dead deer in the park. The investigation determined the animal was likely shot in the upper portion of the
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The Great Falls Police Department received a report around 2:30 p.m. Nov. 4 of an adult male walking near the playground of West Elementary who had made comments to some parents and staff that he would harm children on the premises if they didn’t lower their volume, according to GFPD. Lt. Matt Fleming, of GFPD, said that the man then
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William Allery was sentenced in district court on Nov. 4 after taking a plea deal in September in connection with a sex trafficking ring in Great Falls. In the agreement, he entered an Alford plea to felony counts of endangering the welfare of a child, tampering with witnesses or informants and accountability for criminal distribution of dangerous drugs. An Alford plea
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Two boys, ages 12 and 13, have been charged with tampering with evidence in connection with the Nov. 3 incident near McDonald’s and the Phoenix Apartments. They’ve been charged as juveniles in youth court and arresting officers indicated in their affidavits that both should be held at the Cascade County Juvenile Detention Center. The incident started when a boy punched
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