Updated Oct. 29 to correct the county allocation of alcohol tax funding Carlos Malaver Parada has been charged in Lewis and Clark County district court with two counts of Medicaid fraud, false claim to a public agency and tampering with or fabricating evidence, all felonies. If convicted, the maximum penalty for Medicaid fraud is a fine of up to $50,000
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Lloyde Ogden, Jr., a former Cascade County detention officer, was convicted on three counts after a seven-day jury trial before Judge John Parker. At 10:08 p.m. Oct. 6, the court clerk read the jury’s verdict, which found him guilty of three counts related to a June 2025 incident and not guilty on three other charges, including two related to an
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Ira Hayes Henderson, Jr. has been charged with felony counts of assault with a weapon and tampering with or fabricating physical evidence in connection with the Oct. 2 stabbing after the Great Falls High homecoming game. A district court judge issued an arrest warrant and Henderson was arrested on Oct. 6 in Vaughn. Henderson was booked into the Cascade County
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Updated 11 a.m. Oct. 6 Nathen Colby Thomas, 33, has been charged with a felony count of deliberate homicide and four felony counts of assault with a weapon in the Oct. 2 stabbing incident that left his one-week-old infant dead and four others injured. No one is yet in custody in the unrelated Oct. 2 stabbing after the Great Falls
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Updated at 5:30 p.m. Oct. 3 to update the suspect’s last name from his middle name Law enforcement responded to two, unrelated, stabbing incidents overnight in Great Falls. A Great Falls Public Schools student was stabbed across the street from Great Falls High following their homecoming football game, according to GFPS. School resource officers were on campus and other law
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Brayden Sangrey, 20, was sentenced in federal court on Sept. 28 to five years and four months in prison, followed by four years of supervised release, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Sangrey pleaded guilty in May to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. Chief U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided. In April 2025, Sangrey was arrested in a Great
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Updated at 3:30 p.m. with additional information from DCI Updated at 4 p.m. with additional information on the suspect’s criminal history The Great Falls Police Department received a mutual aid request on Sept. 24 from Blaine County Interim Sheriff Chris Adair after his office conducted a welfare check that resulted in a felony arrest warrant for a male and a
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Tiffany Bourdeau was sentenced in district court on Sept. 17 on a felony count of aggravated animal cruelty. She was charged in August 2025 after a complaint led the Cascade County Sheriff’s Office to seize 37 dogs and other animals from her residence in Sun Prairie, according to court documents. Judge John Parker sentenced her to a six-year deferred prison
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Ryan Nguyen formally entered a guilty plea during a Sept. 16 hearing before Judge John Parker. Nguyen appeared by Zoom for the hearing but must appear in person for sentencing, which Parker said may not be scheduled until after Jan. 1. Nguyen signed a plea agreement with the Cascade County Attorney’s Office over the summer in the July 2025 shooting
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Two have been charged with an early morning shooting on Sept. 10 near Gibson Park. Cole Bush, 22, was charged with felony counts of criminal endangerment by accountability and assault with a weapon by accountability. Shayda Quiver, 18, was charged with felony counts of criminal endangerment and assault with a weapon, and a misdemeanor count of criminal mischief. Great Falls
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