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Red Lodge Man Gets Nearly 19 Years In Federal Prison
2+ hour, 4+ min ago (332+ words) A Red Lodge man is headed to federal prison after admitting he ran methamphetamine from the West Coast into Montana and kept a handgun despite a felony record that barred him from owning one. Chad Allen Bachmann, 46, was sentenced to…...
The 63-Year-Old Montana Woman Who Ran a Secret Fentanyl Pipeline
2+ week, 5+ day ago (249+ words) A 63-year-old Billings woman who made repeated trips to Denver to pick up fentanyl and methamphetamine before selling the drugs in the Billings area has been sentenced to more than nine years in federal prison. The June 12, 2026, sentencing closes a…...
Feds Bust Rural Meth Operation Connected to Stolen Gun Ring
4+ week, 1+ day ago (400+ words) A Worden man who regularly sold methamphetamine out of his rural Yellowstone County home has admitted to federal drug charges. John Paul Schiemding, 49, entered his guilty plea before U. S. District Judge William W. Mercer, with Acting U. S. Attorney Mark Steger Smith announcing the…...
Concerns Rise In Billings As ALPRs Monitor Parking Lots And Public Spaces
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (348+ words) Technology is great, right? Almost all of us use or benefit from tech in some way every day. You're probably reading this article on that sweet little computer in your hand. The same one that knows what you buy, where…...
Missing 75-Year-Old Last Seen Leaving Billings Hospital Wednesday
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (152+ words) The Billings Police Department is actively searching for a missing 75-year-old woman last seen leaving a downtown Billings hospital on Thursday afternoon. Dena Hergenrider, a resident of Carbon County, Montana, was last observed departing the facility at approximately 2: 30 p. m. on May…...
DUIs And Drug Arrests Marked Chaotic Yellowstone County Week
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (104+ words) Montana's Hit Music Station The Yellowstone County Sheriff's Office stayed busy during the week of May 4 through May 10, responding to 530 calls for service across the county. According to the department's weekly activity report, deputies also made 13 arrests and completed 278 case…...
Billings Man Gets Federal Sentence in Gun Case
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (352+ words) Montana's Hit Music Station A traffic confrontation in Billings that escalated into allegations of a man pulling a gun on another driver has now resulted in federal prison time. According to Acting U. S. Attorney Tim Racicot, 41-year-old Matthew David Slemmer was…...
Billings Police Warn Storage Unit Thefts May Go Unnoticed
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (376+ words) Montana's Hit Music Station The Billings Police Department's Street Crimes Unit just recovered 15 firearms from a single storage unit during a drug and theft case. Investigators say those guns were likely stolen from other storage units and facilities across the…...
460 Calls And 16 Arrests Reported In Yellowstone County In One Week
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (186+ words) Montana's Hit Music Station If it felt like law enforcement activity was a little busier than usual around Yellowstone County this past week, the numbers back that up. According to the latest weekly report from the Yellowstone County Sheriff's Office,…...
Billings Bail Bondsman Pleads Guilty to Trading Bond Services for Sex With Inmates
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (248+ words) Montana's Hit Music Station A Billings bail bondsman pleaded guilty in federal court this week after prosecutors said he pressured jailed women into sex in exchange for posting their bonds. The case was investigated by four separate agencies across state…...