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Cascade County Sheriff's Office had a confidential informant with concerns teen sexually assaulted by Mellinger; GFPD conducted forensic interview Feb 18 at Cascade County Child Advocacy Center. Mellinger charged with misdemeanor sexual assault for inappropriately touching 17-year-old girl. Reported by Great Falls Tribune.
Allan Roy Goodman sentenced to 195 months federal prison for drug distribution, retaliating against a witness, firearm offenses. Confidential informants told authorities Goodman became heroin/meth supplier in Missoula taking over from son Stephen. Goodman indicted for assaulting another inmate he believed to be an informant at Crossroads Correctional Center near Shelby. (Cross-jurisdictional; reported in Great Falls Tribune.)
Flathead County court records reported by Daily Inter Lake: David James Hawks, 62, pleaded not guilty to felony assault with a weapon after allegedly pointing a shotgun at a neighbor on Trumbull Canyon Road on 09/29/2026; arraigned 10/29/2026 before Judge Paul Sullivan.
Missoulian: Leslie Ogle, 50, arrested for allegedly stabbing a man twice outside the Missoula County Courthouse on Election Day; charged with felony assault with a weapon, $100,000 bond proposed.
Ethanel Pherigo sentenced Oct. 29 to 40 years in Montana State Prison for 2024 downtown alley assault leaving victim with severe brain injury. (The Electric, Oct 29, 2026)