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Montana Judge Shouldn’t Have Called for Mexican Man’s Arrest
Montana Judge Shouldn’t Have Called for Mexican Man’s Arrest
Montana Judge Shouldn’t Have Called for Mexican Man’s Arrest
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A federal court says a Montana judge and sheriff’s deputy violated a Mexican-born man’s rights when they detained and arrested him based solely on suspicions he was in the country illegally. Construction worker Miguel Angel Reynaga Hernandez was at a Billings courthouse in October 2017 with his wife, who was seeking a civil protection order against another person... Read Mor
Commissioner Pleads Guilty
Commissioner Pleads Guilty
Commissioner Pleads Guilty
Q2 reports that 52-year-old former Carbon County Commissioner Douglas Tucker pleaded guilty in District Court on Wednesday to an amended charge from felony theft to misdemeanor official misconduct. He was accused of unlawfully taking county-owned machinery for personal use, and was ordered to pay a fine–and prohibited from running for public office in the future– Tucker said he took the county-own
Pimp Convicted
Pimp Convicted
Pimp Convicted
The Gazette reports a jury in Billings on Wednesday convicted a Missoula man of trafficking women and minors for sex and other crimes following an investigation into interstate prostitution. The federal court panel in the court of U.S...
Pimp Claims Escort Service was Legal
Pimp Claims Escort Service was Legal
Pimp Claims Escort Service was Legal
35-year-old Terrance Edwards, on trial Monday for allegedly promoting several young girls and women for prostitution in Montana, denied being a pimp and claimed he operated a legal escort service and website for a handbag company he founded, while serving prison time for an earlier prostitution conviction...

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