Billings Crime

Lately, I've been wondering how crime in Billings compares to cities that have similar populations in various other states. Let's take a look.

Early Thursday morning (9/15), the business was robbed at gunpoint. This is the third robbery in the last four months and the popular convenience store.

According to information provided by the BPD, the suspect started multiple fires and broke windows at the church property. No injuries were reported.

A recent escape at the Yellowstone County Detention Facility has everybody in Billings talking. I'm no criminal, but here's what I would do if I broke free for a day.

Authorities are still currently investigating whether these two incidents were related or not.

Erik Stephen Deaner, 46, has been sentenced to five years and two months in prison. Deaner plead guilty in December, 2021, to theft from a federal firearms dealer.

Q2 reports on a shooting outside of an apartment complex at 801 South 28th Street in Billings. Paramedics treated a male victim for a gunshot wound to the neck. He was still conscious and breathing. According to Billings Police Chief Rich St...

The man accused of shooting at two probation and parole officers before engaging Billings police in a standoff downtown earlier this month pleaded not guilty to the charges Monday at his arraignment. 60-year-old Michael Jeffrey Anderson was arraigned in Yellowstone County District Court Monday on two counts of attempted deliberate homicide with weapons enhancements...

The Gazette reports an amber alert issued early Monday was quickly canceled after a 16-month-old boy and his biological father were located at a Billings South Side residence, according to police. On Monday morning, the Billings Police Department issued an amber alert after Christopher Joseph Getsdownoften was reported missing...

Q2 reports two longtime Billings residents, charged in Utah with the murder of their daughter, have been ordered to stand trial. 26-year-old Miller Costello and his 23-year-old wife, Brenda, were ordered Friday by an Ogden, Utah judge to stand trial on a charge of aggravated murder in the 2017 abuse death of their 3-year-old daughter, who was found severely malnourished and neglected...