Updated at 1:40 p.m. with information from Jenkins’ initial court appearance Christopher Jenkins, 41, has been charged with felony counts of deliberate homicide, assault with a weapon, strangulation of a family member and tampering with evidence for allegedly killing his grandmother on May 8. He was booked in the Cascade County Adult Detention Center on May 8 on a $750,000
Read more
Construction is underway on the new location for Toby’s House Crisis Nursery. The new facility, located at 205 7th Ave. S., is expected to open this summer and Toby’s House is soliciting donors toward completing the project in the Building Permanent Hope campaign. Leesha Ford, Toby’s House director, said this week that Guy Tabacco is part of the campaign in
Read more
Judge John Kutzman has denied a motion to dismiss charges charges against Jeremiah Gideon, who is accused of running over a credit union employee with a vehicle in 2024. Kutzman issued the order on March 11, finding that the state did not violate a 90-day deadline related to fitness, as delays at the Montana State Hospital have brought some criminal
Read more
Jeremiah Gideon appeared in district court on March 5 for an update on his 2024 attempted deliberate homicide case. He was scheduled to go to trial on March 9, but that has been continued as the prosecution and defense await an order from Judge John Kutzman on issues of fitness and speedy trial. Gideon has been held in the Cascade
Read more
Terry Graeter was sentenced March 4 in district court on an arson case. Under a plea agreement, Graeter entered a guilty plea in January to felony arson for an August 2025 fire at Ace Hardware store at 215 N.W. Bypass. The agreement included sentencing recommendations that the prosecution and court were not bound by since Graeter did not comply with
Read more
Toby’s House is holding a groundbreaking ceremony for their new facility at 205 7th Ave. S. The ceremony at 1 p.m. Jan. 28 marks a yearslong effort to get the crisis nursery into a dedicated facility and move from its current converted duplex at the corner of 5th Street and 5th Avenue North. Toby’s House has been bursting at the
Read more
The Montana Legislature approved a law change during their 2025 session that local officials are hoping will help address a portion of mental health challenges in Great Falls. Senate Bill 435 created an option for a 72-hour hold for a person in a mental health crisis. Previously, medical professionals could only hold a person until the next regular business day
Read more
Jeremiah Gideon appeared in court on Oct. 16 as he was scheduled to go to trial next week, but that’s on hold. Gideon is facing attempted deliberate homicide and assault on a peace officer charges from an Oct. 9, 2024 incident in which he hit a Montana Credit Union employee with his vehicle and during subsequent interviews, threatened investigators. The
Read more
James Ogden appeared in court on Sept. 24 on felony charges of obstruction and tampering with or fabricating physical evidence for his role in an incident with his brother Lloyde Ogden, Jr., a corrections officer at the Cascade County Adult Detention Center. James Ogden is being held in the Broadwater County jail. His trial is currently set for Jan. 26
Read more
The man who died in the Aug. 30 home invasion at 60 Gibson Flats Road has been identified. Sheriff Leo Dutton of Lewis and Clark County said on Sept. 5 that the deceased was Justin Cody Paul, 51, of Sand Coulee and the manner of death was suicide. Dutton said that Cascade County Jesse Slaughter requested coroner assistance from Lewis
Read more
You must be logged in to post a comment.