Legal News for Billings, Montana
Yellowstone County
United States of America v. Violet Jeanee Littlelight
Billings, Montana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with carjacking resulting in death. Violet Jeanee Littlelight, 22, arranged for John Doe to pick her up at her residence in Billings. Prior to meeting Doe, Littlelight and co-defendants planned to rob Doe and take his truck. Once they took Doe’s truck, they planned to give it to a drug dealer in Hardin in exchange f... More...
(03-09-2026 - MT)United States of America v. Ryan David Schreder
Billings, Montana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making a false statement in the process of acquiring a firearm. The government began investigating Ryan David Schreder, 45, after repeatedly being told about his escalating behavior. On October 10, 2024, the Yellowstone County Sheriff’s Office obtained and executed a search warrant for Schreder’s residence. Th... More...
(02-09-2026 - MT)United States of America v. State of Montana v. John Doe A and John Doe B
Billings, Montana, criminal lawyer represent the Defendants charged with five counts of assault with a weapon. The Defendant were accused of committing drive-by shooting involving two cars where several rounds were fired from one car at another car before both drove away.... More...
(01-02-2026 - MT)United States of America v. Tori Lee Hutzenbieler
Billings, Montana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing methamphetamine and fentanyl, In May 2023, law enforcements officers learned from a source of information that Tori Hutzenbieler, age 46, was selling drugs in the Billings area. The source said Hutzenbieler concealed drugs in a trap compartment inside her Toyota Camry. Law enforcement learned through... More...
(12-18-2025 - MT)United States of America v. Usman Hanif Khan
Billings, Montana criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with use of a facility in interstate commerce in aid of racketeerring. Usman Hanif Khan, 52, was charged with one count of use of a facility of interstate commerce to aid in racketeering. prior to April 9, 2023, Khan met a woman on a social media website for those interested in a commercial sex relationship. Then, o... More...
(12-04-2025 - MT)United States of America v. Joshua Brandon Webb
Billings, Montana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with receipt of a firearm while under indictment.... More...
(10-29-2025 - MT)United States of America v. Douglas Glenn Swank
Billings, Montana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a prohibited personal in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. 922 G.... More...
(10-19-2025 - MT)United States of America v. David Antonio Molina-Mendoza
Billings, Montana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with re-entry of a deported alien. Any alien who— (1) has been denied admission, excluded, deported, or removed or has departed the United States while an order of exclusion, deportation, or removal is outstanding, and thereafter (2) enters, attempts to enter, or is at any time found in, the U... More...
(10-19-2025 - MT)United States of America v. John Paul Schmieding
Billings, Montana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute meth. (a) Unlawful actsExcept as authorized by this subchapter, it shall be unlawful for any person knowingly or intentionally— (1) to manufacture, distribute, or dispense, or possess with intent to manufacture, distribute, or dispense, a controlled substa... More...
(10-19-2025 - MT)State of Montana v. Dante Garriott
Billings, Montana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder. Dante Garriott was accused for beating a nursing home resident to death. The Defendant was accused of punching and kicking Alan Wright, age 32, at a group home in the Billings Heights. He was 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighed 108 pounds, and he had the cognitive function of a 2- or 3-year-ol... More...
(10-08-2025 - MT)State of Montana v. Loren Smoker
Billings, Montana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony deliverate homicidenan d tampering with or fabricating physical evidence. Loren Smoker was arrested on June 23, 2024 for shooting and killing 27-year-old Dennis Rolon at the intersection of Central Avenue and Shiloh Road. Rolon was found by police inside his car with a gunshot wound to his head, along... More...
(09-26-2025 - MT)United States of America v. Gabriel Cowan Metcalf
Billing, Montana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with violation of the Gun-Free School Zones Act, 18 U.S.C. § 922(q)(2)(A), Gabriel Cowan Metcalf lives in Billings, Montana, across the street from a public elementary school. For several days in August 2023—before the schoolyear started—Metcalf patrolled outside his home with a shotg... More...
(09-26-2025 - MT)State of Montana v. Jaylen Medicinebull
Billings, Montana criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged h possession of stolen property, assault on a peace officer, criminal endangerment, obstructing a peace officer, fleeing or eluding a peace officer, criminal mischief and DUI. Jaylen Medicinebull, age 32, fled from police in a stolen vehicle. ... More...
(09-08-2025 - MT)Lillian Walters Kaiser v. Imperial Oil of North Dakota, Inc. et al.
Billings, Montana commercial litigation lawyers represented the parties in a stockholder dispute.... More...
(09-02-2025 - MT)State of Montana v. Loron Cody Smoker
Billings, Montana criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder. ... More...
(08-31-2025 - mt)United States of America v. Mary Elizabeth Bigman
Billings, Montana criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute meth.... More...
(08-29-2025 - MT)United States of America v. Kyle Richard Lewellan
Billings, Montana criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute meth. ... More...
(08-27-2025 - MT)United States of America v. David Ray Garrett
Billings, Montana criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute meth. ... More...
(08-22-2025 - MT)United States of America v. Dustin James Massey
Billings, Montana criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute controlled substances.possession of drugs Billings man sentenced to 20 years in prison for possession of drugs ... More...
(08-01-2025 - MT)United States of America v. Joseph David Wipf
Billings, Montana criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm. 18 U.S.C. 922(g): Federal law prohibits felons from possessing firearms. Specifically, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) makes it illegal for anyone convicted of a felony (or a crime punishable by more than one year of imprisonment) to ship, transport, pos... More...
(07-11-2025 - MT)United States of America v. Richard Lee Rogers
Billings, Montana defendant elected to represent himself rather than be presented by a criminal defense lawyer when charged with threatening to injure or murder a member of the United States Congress. Richard Lee Rogers was accused of making repeated threatening and harassing phone calls, including threatening to injure former U.S. Congressman and Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy.... More...
(07-10-2025 - MT)Nicole Downey v. Intermountain Planned Parenthood, Inc. d/b/a PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MONTANA
Billings, Montana civil litigation breach of contract lawyer represented the Plaintiff. This case was filed in the 13th Judicial District Court, Yellowstone County, Montana, DV-56-02025-18-NE, and was removed to federal court by the Defendant.... More...
(07-09-2025 - MT)United States of America v. Donell Deriky White
Billings, Montana criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute cocaine.... More...
(07-09-2025 - MT)United States of America v. Jussica Leigh Siegel
Billings, Montana criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud. 18 U.S.C. 1343 provides: Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, transmits or causes to be transmitted by means of wire, radio, or televisi... More...
(07-02-2025 - MT)United States of America v. Jeremiah Robert Wibert
Billings, Montana criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charge with failure to register as sex offender. 18 U.S. Code § 2250 - Failure to register: (a) In General.—Whoever— (1) is required to register under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act; (2) (A) is a sex offender as defined for the purposes of the Sex Offender Registra... More...
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