rape trial

After deliberating for about three hours on Friday, a jury found 30 year-old Shane Pelletier of Missoula guilty of one count of sexual intercourse without consent.

A Missoula rape trial has ended with the defendant, Jordan Scott Bahr, pleading guilty to a felony charge of sexual assault.

The trial of accused rapist Jordan Scott Bahr ended on Monday afternoon with the defendant pleading guilty to felony sexual assault.

The rape trial of Jordan Scott Bahr that began on Wednesday will continue and possibly wrap up on Monday in Missoula District Court before Judge Robert L. 'Dusty' Deschamps.

Former UM quarterback Jordan Johnson will be awarded $245,000 by the State of Montana, University of Montana and Montana University System after a district judge said his rape case in 2012 was mishandled.

The past weekend's heavy cloudbursts and hail could be just a precursor to what western Montanans could expect Monday and Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service.

One juror who revealed too much information during voir dire caused Judge John Larson to declare a mistrial in the case of a University of Montana student accused of rape.

On May 1, 2012, Thomas Perez with the U. S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division held a news conference to announce an investigation into sexual assaults on the UM campus and in the city of Missoula.

On Sunday, March 3, University of Montana President Royce Engstrom offered no direct comment on the outcome of the Jordan Johnson rape trial in Missoula.

A father's view of the Jordan Johnson trial.