Missoula County Attorney

A Missoula man charged with felony burglary, Max Edward Sayer, appeared in Missoula Justice Court via video from the Missoula County jail, only to face questions directly from the Missoula County Attorney, Fred Van Valkenburg.

For 18 years she worked for the Missoula County Attorney's Office, then she left for private practice. Now, Kirsten Pabst has announced her intention to seek the office currently held by Fred Van Valkenburg.

Deputy Missoula County Attorney Jason Marks announced this week that he will run for the county attorney's office position now held by incumbent Fred Van Valkenburg.

A Missoula County coroner's inquest held on Friday, October 11 has cleared a Missoula man, Justin Nelson, 21, of criminal charges in the shooting death of his friend Chad Goodman, 23.

On Sunday, September 29, Eric Aimsback allegedly beat and attempted to strangle the woman he lives with, Phyllis Kipp, after a night of drinking at a bar and casino.

On June 28, Missoula County Sheriff's Detective Jonathan Stineford, working on a drug case, shot and wounded Harry Louis Van Pelt after Stineford thought Van Pelt was reaching for a gun.

A New York man, Walter Leon Hill, 44, appeared in Missoula Justice Court on Wednesday, September 11, to hear charges of aggravated promotion of prostitution and sexual abuse of children, both felonies.

Jurinda Marie Schweigert, 25, of Missoula, was charged on Friday with felony embezzlement after allegedly stealing nearly $10,000 over nine months from the Crossroads Truck Stop and Travel Center.

Robert Curran, 31, of Missoula appeared in Missoula Justice Court on Monday, charged with three felony counts of assault with a weapon. The incidents occurred over the 4th of July holiday weekend.

James Robert Cassidy, 28. of Lolo, was arrested early on the morning of Saturday, June 22 after allegedly firing three rounds from a handgun towards a group of neighbors who confronted him.