Cody C. Applegate, a 20-year-old Missoula man, was charged Friday with felony robbery for allegedly stealing a pair of sunglasses and a jacket from the Southgate Mall. Applegate then attempted to form tackle a pair of mall security officers who tried to intervene and recover the stolen wares.
According to the charging document filed in Missoula [...]
U.S. District Judge Donald W. Molloy – a sharp wit, nobody can deny – gave W.R. Grace attorneys this caveat on Wednesday afternoon: “For those of you from the East Coast, we have middle-American ears here and, unless we want some Philadelphia Doo-Wop from ‘Woh Woh Woh Woh,’ you’ll have to watch the fast talk.”
Molloy [...]
Here’s the story that accompanies the video.
It looks like what was initially scheduled to be a three-day hearing will wind down this afternoon with some housekeeping matters. The legal issues, all of them pertaining to expert witnesses for the government and the various scientific studies they intend to rely on at trial – the defense [...]
Here’s a much clearer recording of the incriminating phone conversation that Anthony St. Dennis made from jail.
This is the version of the recording that Missoula County Attorney Fred Van Valkenburg and Deputy County Attorney Suzy Boylan played for a Hill County jury at trial earlier this month. The version I posted initially was one that [...]
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The Missoula man accused of robbing a bank and exchanging gunfire with a sheriff’s deputy pleaded innocent to the federal charges on Tuesday.
Peter M. Thompson, 24, was shot in the face Jan. 12 after he allegedly held up a branch of the Missoula Federal Credit Union using a high-powered rifle, according to [...]
I’ve also posted these links permanently, under the blog roll. Just thought it might be worth sharing some of the more expedient Web sites that come in handy on my beat.
Jail Roster: A who’s-who list of alleged and convicted malefactors cooling their heels at the Missoula County Detention Facility. [...]
I haven’t had any luck obtaining an electronic version of the transcript of Anthony St. Dennis’ telephone call from jail. However, I did record the conversation when Missoula County Attorney Fred Van Valkenburg played it for jurors at trial last week.
I should apologize in advance for the gross coughing fit you hear midway through the [...]
HAVRE – A Hill County jury deliberated for two hours Friday before returning a guilty verdict in the deliberate homicide trial of Anthony Roy St. Dennis.
St. Dennis, 19, will be sentenced March 5 for the beating death of Forrest Clayton Salcido, a 56-year-old homeless Navy veteran who lived most of his life in Missoula.
Jurors heard [...]
I’m posting a link to a crime scene photo taken by investigators on the morning of Dec. 6, 2007, after a passerby discovered the body of Forrest Salcido, a 56-year-old homeless man who was stomped to death near the California Street footbridge. Jurors saw this disturbing photo and other, more graphic depictions at trial this [...]
Jurors heard closing arguments in the deliberate homicide trial of Anthony St. Dennis on Friday, receiving the case for deliberation just after Noon as attorneys concluded a week’s worth of testimony and evidence.
Missoula County Attorney Fred Van Valkenburg urged jurors to use common sense when deciding the verdict, and told them that a taped jail [...]