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2 months ago | helenair.com | Sam Wilson |Nora Mabie

POLSON — A Butte woman was sentenced Friday to 10 years in the Montana State Women’s Prison for the vehicular homicide of Mika Westwolf, a young Native American woman who she killed in a hit-and-run crash while walking along the highway near Arlee last year. After roughly four hours of testimony in the Lake County Courthouse, District Judge Molly Owen sentenced Sunny K. White, 29, to the maximum sentence allowed under a plea deal reached with state prosecutors in November.

Feb 10, 2025 | bozemandailychronicle.com | Nora Mabie |Sam Wilson

POLSON — A Butte woman was sentenced Friday to 10 years in the Montana State Women’s Prison for the vehicular homicide of Mika Westwolf, a young Native American woman who she killed in a hit-and-run crash while walking along the highway near Arlee last year. After roughly four hours of testimony in the Lake County Courthouse, District Judge Molly Owen sentenced Sunny K. White, 29, to the maximum sentence allowed under a plea deal reached with state prosecutors in November.

Jan 29, 2025 | helenair.com | Sam Wilson |Sam Wilson

A Montana horse breeder has been charged with aggravated animal cruelty after he allegedly failed to provide food, water and other care for scores of horses on his ranch between Sheridan and Virginia City. Please subscribe to continue reading…Please subscribe to continue reading… Sam Wilson is the criminal justice reporter at the Missoulian. Love Funny Wow Sad Angry

Jan 7, 2025 | missoulian.com | Sam Wilson

A Lake County attorney who last year won election to serve as a district court judge has pleaded "not guilty" to a trio of drug charges filed by state prosecutors. Kenneth Britton “Britt” Cotter, 48, pleaded not guilty to one count of solicitation to commit criminal distribution of dangerous drugs and not guilty to two counts of attempted possession of dangerous drugs. All three are felonies.

Jan 7, 2025 | billingsgazette.com | Sam Wilson

A St. Regis man is in custody after a reported multiple stabbing Monday that hospitalized all three victims, both of whom remain in critical condition, according to Mineral County Sheriff Ryan Funke. The suspect has not yet been charged with any crimes, but faces three possible counts of attempted deliberate homicide, Ryan said in a phone interview Tuesday. He is in custody at the Mineral County Detention Center.