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  Bogus rape report leads to police chase, arrest in Billings

  

  Posted 5:03 PM 5/19/2013 by MTN News - Billings

  A bogus rape report turned into a police chase with one man being arrested in Billings over the weekend.

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  Beach's legal team considers next step

  

  Posted 7:36 AM 5/18/2013 by MTN News

  The leader of the group that helped Barry Beach overturn his 1984 murder convictIon says he will ask the Montana Supreme Court to reconsider the decision it made earlier this week that reversed that ruling.

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  Phone scammers claim to be Belgrade police

  Posted 3:21 PM 5/17/2013 by KBZK Media Center

  The scam involves a caller claiming to be a representative of the Belgrade Police Department who is contacting citizens to solicit donations for the police department.

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  Man accused of DUI crash that killed deaf mother of 3 in Missoula appears in court

  

  Posted 9:13 AM 5/17/2013 by Irina Cates - MTN News

  Prosecutors say a man accused of killing a deaf mother of three children and seriously injuring her sister while he was driving drunk, told officers he was on his way home after drinking two pitchers of beer in downtown Missoula.

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  Suspected arsonist appears in court, accused of sparking Montana wildfires

  

  Posted 5:10 PM 5/16/2013 by MTN News with Melissa Anderson reporting

  A man accused of sparking several fires in two Montana counties appeared in court today to answer to arson charges.

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  Deaf mother of 3 killed by alleged drunk driver in Missoula

  

  Posted 1:50 PM 5/16/2013 by Mark Thorsell - MTN News

  Roberta Demmert, 39, a deaf mother of three children, died early Thursday

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  Woman killed after being hit by alleged drunk driver in Missoula

  Posted 7:28 AM 5/16/2013 by Mark Thorsell

  MISSOULA - One woman is dead and another is in the hospital after being hit by an alleged drunk driver in Missoula early Thursday morning.

  Missoula Police said the two women were struck by a pickup truck while they were walking on a sidewalk. 

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  Barry Beach back in custody

  

  Posted 12:48 PM 5/15/2013 by MTN News

  warrant was issued for his arrest on Wednesday morning, and he turned himself in shortly after 11 a.m.

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