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  Dozens of cases face dismissal due to backlog left by judge who accepted bribes

  Posted 8:47 AM 5/22/2012 by Jamie Leary

  Silver Bow County prosecutors along with Butte's city court judge are racing the clock to resolve cases left behind from former city judge Steve Kambich.

  When Steve Kambich resigned from his position as city court judge and was later charged with bribery, he left behind over 100 pending (More)

  
  

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  Attorney who defended former state senator in high-profile boat crash arrested for DUI

  

  Posted 8:21 AM 5/22/2012 by KPAX News Staff

  MISSOULA - The Bigfork attorney who defended former state senator Greg Barkus after a high-profile boating crash on Flathead Lake was arrested for drinking and driving in Missoula County on Monday morning.

  Todd Dawson Glazier, 41, was scheduled to be in a Missoula courtroom Monday as a (More)

  
  

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  Board recommends no clemency for Canadian on Montana death row

  

  Posted 5:07 PM 5/21/2012 by Montana's News Station

  The Board of Pardons and Parole is recommending that the governor should not grant clemency to a man on death row who is accused of murdering two men in 1982.

  This is Ronald Smith's last chance to have his penalty reduced. Smith asked the court to be taken off death row and granted a (More)

  
  

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  Man sentenced for sex crimes in Gallatin County

  Posted 3:20 PM 5/21/2012

  A man has been sentenced on sex assault charges in Gallatin County.

  Jon Thomas Crowe was sentenced on Friday to 20 years in the Montana State Prison with all 20 years suspended for sexual assault. He must serve 32 days in the Gallatin County Detention Center.

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• Crime and Courts

  Vases stolen from Butte cemetery

  Posted 5:10 PM 5/18/2012 by Jonathan Kershaw

  This morning the Mountain View Cemetery contacted police to report the theft of 70 to 80 bronze vases used to hold flowers marking crypts around the cemetery's oldest mausoleum.

  The vases are usually hung by rings in the wall, are six to eight inches long and weigh less than a pound. The (More)

  
  

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  Montana fugitive arrested in the Philippines

  

  Posted 3:22 PM 5/18/2012

  A fugitive who is wanted in Montana was arrested in the Philippines.

  Alexander Theodore Bean was arrested during the early morning hours of Friday, May 18 by the Philippine Bureau of Immigration in Bolotan, Zambales Province, Philippines, according to United States Marshal Darrell Bell. (More)

  
  

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  Belgrade woman sentenced on meth charges

  Posted 12:16 PM 5/18/2012 by KBZK Media Center

  A Belgrade woman who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and distribution of methamphetamine has been sentenced to three years in prison.

  Carrie Jean Woodruff, 38, was also sentenced to five years supervised released during a hearing in federal court in Missoula.

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• Bozeman News

  Bozeman man accused of buying, selling meth sentenced

  Posted 12:05 PM 5/18/2012 by KBZK Media Center

  A Bozeman man who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine was sentenced to more than seven years in prison.

  William Joseph Voth Jr., 46, was sentenced in federal court in Missoula to 87 months in prison and eight years supervised release.

  The U.S. Attorney's (More)