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Cops and Courts quote of the day – and of the week

We’ve been going with some pretty high falutin’ sources for our quotes this week, and we’ll continue to do that from time to time. But we prefer our wisdom homegrown. So today we offer you Standing Master Brenda Desmond and Missoula County Attorney Fred Van Valkenburg.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“I just wonder [...]

Arlee woman charged with misdemeanor in crash that killed pedestrian on Highway 93 near Wye

Prosecutors on Wednesday filed a misdemeanor charge against the woman who struck and killed a 69-year-old man with her car near the Wye and then continued driving.

Sunny Marlene Tucker, of Arlee, was issued a summons to appear in Missoula County Justice Court, where she faces a single count of failing to give [...]

‘Moment of weakness’: Missoula man pleads guilty to hit-and-run accident that killed pedestrian

Warren D. Harris said Tuesday that he sped away from the scene of a fatal collision with a pedestrian in a “moment of weakness,” and has been living with remorse ever since.

The 35-year-old Missoula man pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges relating to the hit-and-run accident that killed Beverly Joyce Felton, 67. She [...]

Hit-and-run victim dies; investigation ongoing

Beverly Joyce Felton/Photograph courtesy of Felton family

The victim of a hit-and-run accident on Reserve Street died Tuesday night and police are continuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding the fatal crash.

Beverly Joyce Felton, 67, was flown to Seattle’s Harborview Medical Center in critical condition Monday afternoon after she was struck by [...]

67-year-old Missoula woman in critical condition after hit-and-run

A 67-year-old Missoula woman is in critical condition after she was struck by a pickup truck in a hit-and-run accident on Reserve Street Monday afternoon.

Beverly Joyce Felton, who was walking her bicycle through a crosswalk at the time of the collision, is being treated at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. Family members [...]