Guilty

His trial had been scheduled to begin on Tuesday.

Wilkins last week changed his plea from not guilty to guilty of possession of a deadly weapon by a prisoner and two counts of assault on a peace officer or judicial officer

Jay Sanderson engaged in unwelcome sexual contact with Amie Just, sent her multiple sexually harassing text messages and made sexually explicit statements that caused safety concerns.

According to court documents, Schifferns had admitted to the woman that he killed the man because he was “homeless and disrespectful.”

A 27-year-old Colorado man who walked dangerously close to Old Faithful geyser in September is banned from Yellowstone National Park and nearby Grand Teton National Park for five years. Gabriel Villalva pleaded guilty Thursday to disorderly conduct and foot traffic on a thermal area...

Q2 in Billings reports that a Bozeman man, accused of using a frying pan to kill his wife, has pleaded guilty. Jake Collins faces up to 102 years in prison for the New Years Eve 2016 homicide. He was scheduled to go on trial in August for deliberate homicide and tampering with evidence, but chose to make a plea agreement with prosecutors...

Former Billings Clinic nurse Donald Mills– fired last year for diverting painkillers intended for patients for his personal use– has indicated he will plead guilty in U.S. District Court in Billings. Mills is charged with tampering with consumer products and acquiring Fentanyl by misrepresentation, fraud, forgery and deception...

Q2 reports that a Fort Peck Tribal law enforcement officer has said he will plead guilty next week to burglarizing the Fort Peck Tribal Law and Justice Building. 33-year-old Mikkel Shields was charged in U.S. District Court in Great Falls with four counts of burglary...

Q2 reports that a jury found 22-year-old Tristan Morales guilty Thursday of raping a young girl in April of 2017, despite his claim that he only touched her inappropriately. Morales was convicted in Yellowstone County District Court of one count of sexual intercourse without consent...

Robert Lee Bauer pleaded guilty Monday to stabbing and killing 40-year-old Joseph Broken Rope in December.  Bauer’s plea was to mitigated deliberate homicide.  He says Broken Rope had assaulted him moments before he retaliated by stabbing him...