child abuse

Hundreds of families were allowed to return home this past weekend in the Lolo Peak and Rice Ridge Fire areas.

45-year-old Chad Meeks has been charged with sexual assault after an elementary school student told school officials he abused her, according to charging documents.  Meeks appeared Monday in Yellowstone County Justice Court where Justice of the Peace David Carter set bond at $150,000...

  According to charges filed in Yellowstone County District Court, a Billings couple starved, burned, and tied up their preschool-aged son with rope and duct tape.  KTVQ.com reports that 49-year-old Cornelius Mitchell and his 40-year-old wife, Julie, are charged with two counts of aggravated assault, assault with a weapon, three counts of assault on a minor and one count of endangering the welfare

A 34-year-old man awaiting trial for the rape of a toddler pleaded guilty in Yellowstone County District Court on Thursday.  Jason Harold Rose admitted he raped the girl over a period of three years, starting when the victim was just 1 year old...

The Montana Commission on Sentencing is recommending lawmakers close a loophole in child sex abuse sentencing that allowed an eastern Montana man to be put on probation after pleading guilty to raping his 12-year-old daughter. On Wednesday, State prosecutor Dan Guzynski proposed eliminating an exception to a mandatory minimum 25-year prison sentence for offenders convicted of rape, incest or sexua

33 year-old Wesley John Smith was charged in Missoula Justice Court on Monday with several felonies regarding the alleged sexual and physical abuse of children over several months.

After a dismally high level of child abuse cases in 2015, 2016 child abuse rates in Missoula are off to an even worse start.

Blue pinwheels will dot the lawn of the Montana capitol on Monday April 13, as 200 Jefferson Middle School students and public officials rally in support of preventing child abuse and neglect.