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Weekend Cops and Courts Roundup: Heartbreaking discovery. Legal dilemma. Continuing saga of DUI, medical pot reform

It was a tough few days on the Cops and Courts beat last week.

The details in the caes involving story about the discovery of a young mother’s body after she’d lain beside her baby for hours were just heartbreaking:

A young woman found dead in a Paxson Street apartment appeared to have [...]

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 [...]

Butte man charged with homicide for high-speed crash that killed Missoula prosecutor Judy Wang

A 26-year-old Butte man was charged Tuesday with felony negligent homicide for his role in the high-speed car wreck that killed Missoula city prosecutor Judy Wang.

David James Bugni was allegedly driving 108 miles per hour when he crashed into the back of Wang’s Honda on the evening of Sept. 25. He was [...]