He's a recently retired Hispanic gang expert with the FBI who now lives in Bozeman, Montana. So what stood out to him when I shared the news earlier this week about the drug related arrests in Wolf Point and the armed burglary near Belgrade?
Here you have Merrick Garland authorizing an unprecedented raid, approving a search warrant against a former President of the United States. This is the same Merrick Garland who apparently dragged his feet when he was overseeing efforts to track down the Unabomber here in Montana.
Parents in the Billings School District received an email this morning regarding a threat of a school shooting that was investigated by the FBI and Billings Police Department. Their investigation proved the threat was false and that there was no safety risk.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is teaming up with BPD to investigate a shooting that was apparently supposed to happen on Monday at Billings West High.
National media continues to cover the story of Selena Not Afraid, the 16 year old Hardin girl who has now been missing for three weeks. Including an excellent article today in the New York Times and covered on MSN that exposes some big issues regarding missing and endangered Native and Indigenous people.
Using annual data released by the FBI, SafeHome.org released a study of the states with the most break-in's and ranked Montana #34 with 344.1 per 100,000 people.