Purse stolen from Target store; police seek suspects

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

This is one of two suspects police say stole a purse at Target on Nov. 16 at approximately 5 p.m.
The man was accompanied by a woman with brown hair tied up in back, wearing “thick, black-rimmed, rectangular shaped glasses, and dark colored clothing, including a dark hooded jacket with three white [...]

Embezzlements: Thieves often fly under the radar, steal with ease

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

While working as a bookkeeper at Bitterroot Resort, Laci E. McVey doctored records, forged checks, and ultimately stole $255,290 in the course of about seven months.
She spent the money jet-setting around the country with her fiance, treating herself to an exorbitant day at a Missoula salon, buying pricey karaoke equipment, and purchasing brand-new appliances from [...]

Bachelor Party Bacchanalia: Frenchtown groom-to-be charged after party turns into violent night on town

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

A bachelor party turned violent Thursday night when the groom-to-be allegedly sexually assaulted and punched a woman in a bar, then attacked a bartender and head-butted a police officer.
Jordan Bryant Iddings, 24, of Frenchtown, was taken to the Missoula County Detention Facility on a host of charges, including felony assault on a peace officer. Five [...]

Florence-Carlton school trustee resigns after embezzling charge

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

Members of the Florence-Carlton School Board accepted a trustee’s resignation at a special meeting on Wednesday night, two days after the woman was charged with embezzling more than $237,000 from an architectural firm in Missoula.
In a letter tendering her resignation, Linda Faye Harris, 50, of Florence, wrote that she was stepping down from her position [...]

Stevi man pleads guilty to dumping meth-cooking waste in campground outhouse

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

A 46-year-old Stevensville man pleaded guilty Tuesday to a federal charge of dumping methamphetamine waste into an outhouse at the Charles Waters Campground near Bass Creek.
During a hearing in U.S. District Court in Missoula, Brian K. Klobuchar admitted to a single count of dumping hazardous materials without a permit. Sentencing is scheduled for Feb. 19, [...]

Custody Match: Helping families one click at a time!

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

This little gift appeared in my inbox Tuesday afternoon. Initially I thought it was some PR hack soliciting a dating service, like match.com, but it turns out that custodymatch.com actually targets parents facing a divorce and potential custody battle and pairs them with the best SoCal attorneys in the market.
Excerpt from the Web site in [...]

Money apparently all gone, but questions remain about $800,000 embezzlement from Missoula bank

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

In the nine years that Leslie Susan Stehr worked at First National Bank of Montana, she siphoned off more than $800,000 in cash from the vault, adjusted the bank ledgers to avoid being caught, and frittered away every last penny on bills, lavish gifts and holiday vacations.
Before going to prison this month, the 45-year-old woman [...]

Missoula woman must pay $1 million in bank embezzlement case

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

A 45-year-old Missoula woman was sentenced Thursday to three years and eight months in a federal prison for embezzling more than $800,000 from the First National Bank of Montana.
Leslie Susan Stehr, who worked at the bank’s Missoula branches as a teller for nine years, appeared for sentencing Thursday in U.S. District Court. She pleaded guilty [...]

Missoula man accused of robbing casino in cahoots with employee

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

A 34-year-old Missoula man was charged Thursday with conspiracy to commit theft for allegedly robbing the Montana Lil’s Casino in cahoots with an employee.
Teuray J. Cornell made an initial appearance on the felony charge in Missoula County Justice Court via a live television feed from jail. He remains locked up in lieu of $25,000 bail.
Authorities [...]

Missoula woman charged with allegedly embezzling almost $240,000 from architecture firm

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

A 50-year-old Missoula woman was charged Monday with felony theft by embezzlement for allegedly stealing nearly $240,000 from a Montana-based architectural firm over eight years.
Linda Faye Harris began working for CTA Architects of Missoula in 2001 as an administrative assistant and bookkeeper. She resigned in June 2009, after CTA’s accounting department found that Harris had [...]