Michael Moore does a superb job covering Sgt. Bob Heinle’s memorial service. It’s a moving tribute to a great man and a fine police officer.
As Pastor Lowell Hochhalter wrapped up Wednesday’s memorial service for former Missoula Police Sgt. Bob Heinle, he set a pair of Heinle’s boots on the lectern.
They looked relatively new; after all, [...]
The YWCA’s Caitlin Copple sent me this note about an award established to honor Judy Wang, the deputy city attorney killed last September by an allegedly impaired driver.
David J. Bugni, 26, is charged with negligent homicide and criminal endangerment in Wang’s death, and was allegedly driving 108 mph when he crashed into her car on [...]
A female patient at Montana’s psychiatric hospital was reportedly raped by a convicted sex offender in March 2008, and the state recently paid a $375,000 settlement to avoid litigation in the case.
More glaring than the sexual assault on a mentally ill, newly committed patient, however, is the lax supervision and lack of oversight that allowed [...]
This is such sad news.
I saw Bob and Lisa Heinle coming across the Higgins Avenue Bridge at last summer’s Missoula Marathon, which Lisa ran to raise money for spinal cord research. I remember being so inspired by their firm and steadfast spirit, and by their commitment to one another and to the community.
Sgt. Heinle will [...]
Read the charging document.
The Missoula County Attorney’s Office on Wednesday filed a charge of aggravated assault against a woman who allegedly stabbed a man in the chest Tuesday night at the Palace Apartments on West Broadway.
Colanda L. Lint, 34, was initially charged with a count of attempted murder because of the seriousness of the injuries [...]
A 34-year-old woman is in jail on a felony charge of attempted murder after she allegedly stabbed a man in the chest Tuesday night at the Palace Apartments on West Broadway.
Colanda L. Lint faces a single count of attempted deliberate homicide and remains jailed in Missoula. The 42-year-old victim is hospitalized with serious injuries that [...]
From the Associated Press:
The state’s Supreme Court chief justice is advocating a new ballot measure that would use alcohol tax money for prevention and treatment efforts.
Mike McGrath, who used to be the state’s attorney general, pitched the plan to a legislative committee Tuesday.
Lawmakers are mulling changes to the state’s drunk driving laws.
McGrath says the ballot [...]
Dispatchers on the police scanner Sunday said a woman had been living at the Super Wal-Mart store on Mullan Road for three days.
It seems plausible. After all, the colossal box store is open 24/7, and it’s big enough that you could circumnavigate the building for about 72 hours without being noticed.
I checked in with police [...]
Someone stole the “Real Change, Not Spare Change” container from Worden’s Market in downtown Missoula on Sunday.
Employees working at the time of the theft estimated that the jar contained about $20. The employees also identified a likely culprit, a homeless man, and police confirmed they have identified a suspect.
However, no charges have been filed, and [...]