A 30 year-old Western Montana man is in the Missoula County Jail on felony charges of incest, endangering the welfare of a child, and two misdemeanor charges of partner or family member assault.
In the state capital, a legislative committee has unanimously endorsed a bill intended to close a loophole in Montana law that allows 16 and 17-year-olds to be charged with incest involving a parent. The measure approved by the House Judiciary Committee on a unanimous vote Wednesday clarifies that a person who is younger than 18 cannot be charged with incest if the other person involved is at lea