Assault

On Sunday, Missoula Police arrested John Ostermann for allegedly assaulting another man near a store front on East Broadway.

41 year-old Andrew Hoskins is in the Missoula County Jail on felony charges of sexual intercourse without consent and assault with permanent or life threatening injury after allegedly attacking a woman he met on a dating website.

The Gazette reports that a Billings man has been charged with entering a stranger’s home on Wednesday and attacking the unidentified man with a machete.  38-year-old Shaun Segmiller appeared in Yellowstone County Justice Court on felony charges of assault with a weapon and burglary...

An unidentified 30-year-old Lame Deer man has been hospitalized, and his unidentified suspected assailant is in custody following the alleged assault. Travis Burrows of the FBI Field Office in Billings said the assault happened on Sunday morning...

A 23-year-old Billings man– on probation for his fourth drunken driving offense– is accused of mercilessly beating and strangling a woman while his friends held her down.  KTVQ.com reports that Billings police were dispatched to North 22nd Street in June, where the victim reported that three men armed with baseball bats and handguns assaulted her...

A Billings predator reportedly told his ex-girlfriend he won’t end his harassment of her until both are dead.  KTVQ.com reports that after the unidentified Billings woman ended their decade-long relationship, she claims he threatened to kill her and said the threats would not end until “my hands and face are covered in fresh blood...

Missoula Police responded to a call for help early Thursday Morning after two family members reported that they had been assaulted.

Charges were filed against a man arrested on suspicion of assaulting a woman with a big rock.  36-year-old Jimmy Joe Hadler appeared before Yellowstone County Justice of the Peace David Carter for a bond hearing Monday.  He’s facing two charges– assault with a weapon and misdemeanor assault...

Missoula police were called to a disturbance at 11:30 last Friday night in the 900 block of Spartan Drive. According to Missoula Police Public Information officer Travis Welsh, the suspect is accused of a very aggressive form of strangulation.

Hundreds of protesters booed on the steps of the Montana Capitol building when they heard that Senator Steve Daines had cancelled an appearance.