Wednesday - October 23, 2024
Federal Tipoffs Involving Montana Newsletter for Sunday September 08, 2024 ( 6 items )  

AR-MEDCOM Soldiers augment, ensure readiness during MOBEX III
FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, Sept. 4 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: FORT RILEY, Kan. More than 140 Army Reserve Soldiers conducted pre-deployment health assessments and readiness exams at the Soldier Readiness Processing center here, and performed medical and dental services at the TMC here during Mobilization Exercise Level III here, or MOBEX Level III, from July 29 to August 18. Units included of the 7246th Medical Support Unit out of Elkhorn, Neb  more

Mont. U.S. Attorney: Browning Man Admits Fentanyl Trafficking
GREAT FALLS, Montana, Sept. 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana issued the following news release on Sept. 3, 2024: A Browning man admitted today to trafficking fentanyl pills on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation after officers attempting to arrest him found blue pills scattered around the bedroom floor, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. The defendant, Rayne Forrest Rivers Charette, 41, appeared for arraignment on and pleaded guilty to a superseding information ch  more

Mont. U.S. Attorney: California Drug Dealer Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Meth, Fentanyl Trafficking in Butte, Helena Communities
BILLINGS, Montana, Sept. 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana issued the following news release on Sept. 3, 2024: A California man convicted by a federal jury of trafficking pounds of methamphetamine and thousands of fentanyl pills in the Butte and Helena communities as part of a large conspiracy was sentenced today to 30 years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. After a four-day trial in April, a jury f  more

Mont. U.S. Attorney: Washington Man Sentenced to More Than Six Years in Prison for Trafficking Meth, Fentanyl; Illegal Possession of Firearm in Havre Area
GREAT FALLS, Montana, Sept. 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana issued the following news release on Sept. 4, 2024: A Washington man who admitted to trafficking methamphetamine and fentanyl pills in the Havre area and to illegally possessing a gun was sentenced on Tuesday to six years and six months in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said today. The defendant, Travis Lee Brown, 42, of Yakima, Washington, ple  more

Under Secretary of the Air Force, DAF Senior Leaders and Congressional Staff Delegation Visit Malmstrom AFB
MALMSTROM AFB, Montana, Sept. 5 -- The U.S. Air Force Malmstrom Air Force Base (341st Missile Wing) issued the following news: By Senior Airman Mary Bowers, 341st Missile Wing Public Affairs Under Secretary of the Air Force Melissa Dalton, various Department of the Air Force senior leaders, and a Congressional staff delegation visited Malmstrom Air Force Base, Aug. 28-29. The purpose of their visit was to better understand the 341st Missile Wing's current mission and operations and to emphasi  more

W.Va. U.S. Attorney: Huntington Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Crime
CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Sept. 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Sept. 4, 2024: Clarence Montana Walls, 38, of Huntington, pleaded guilty today to distribution of methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, on October 11, 2023, Walls sold a controlled substance containing methamphetamine to a confidential informant in Richwood. Walls is scheduled to be sentenced on January 16,   more