Child Endangerment

Billings Woman Charged with DUI
Billings Woman Charged with DUI
Billings Woman Charged with DUI
Q2 reports that a Billings woman faces multiple felony charges for crashing her car while allegedly driving under the influence with two young children in the vehicle.  29-year-old Tiffany Costa was charged in Yellowstone County Justice Court with two counts of felony child endangerment and one count of felony assault on a peace officer...
Shoplifter Back in Court
Shoplifter Back in Court
Shoplifter Back in Court
A man who pepper-sprayed Scheels employees at the mall in 2011 while shoplifting is back in court on a charge of child endangerment.  The Billings Gazette reports that 35-year-old Jesse Ambrose Deaguero pleaded not guilty to criminal child endangerment in district court on Wednesday...
Woman Arrested for DUI
Woman Arrested for DUI
Woman Arrested for DUI
A woman was arrested after striking a light pole with her vehicle in south Billings on Tuesday at around 4:30 p.m.  KTVQ.com reports that 40-year-old Tamra Littlelight fled the scene with her 2-year-old toddler in the vehicle at the time of the crash...
Man Admits to Throwing 9-WeekOld
Man Admits to Throwing 9-WeekOld
Man Admits to Throwing 9-WeekOld
Jeffrey Alan Merritt-Angst, the man charged in the serious head trauma to a 9-week old baby, has admitted during police interrogation to throwing the infant four-to-five feet, causing the child’s head to strike the floor.  He said he’d thrown his girlfriend’s 9-week-old infant toward a bed...
Attorney Pleads Not Guilty To Child Endangerment
Attorney Pleads Not Guilty To Child Endangerment
Attorney Pleads Not Guilty To Child Endangerment
The Billings attorney arrested for driving drunk with her children in the car appeared for arraignment Tuesday by video from a substance abuse treatment center in Minnesota.  39-year-old Michele Lynn Braukmann pleaded not guilty before Yellowstone County District Court Judge Gregory Todd to three felony charges of criminal child endangerment and other charges. As...