Tag: Bozeman
Jeffrey McCown, Wire Fraud, Montana 2007
⏱ 2 min read Jeffrey McCown, a manager at a Bozeman-based dairy cooperative, orchestrated a massive fraud scheme that swindled the dairy out of $1.16 million from 2007-2008. Along with co-conspirators Michael Ernest Monforton, Jeanette Sabrina McCown, and Scott Michael McCown, McCown used co-op funds for personal purchases and reimbursements. The scheme, which began in…
Jaden Douglas Batson, Receiving Child Pornography, Montana 2026
⏱ 2 min read Jaden Douglas Batson, a 24-year-old from Bozeman, Montana, has been sentenced to six years in prison for collecting and receiving child sex abuse material. Batson pleaded guilty in February 2026 to one count of receiving child pornography, after a two-year investigation that began with an online tip in June 2023. The…
Daniel Alan Verbanec, Threatening to Murder or Assault a United States Official, Montana 2026
⏱ 2 min read Daniel Alan Verbanec, a 47-year-old from Bozeman, Montana, made aggressive online threats against elected officials, including Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, and showed up at the state capitol building in Helena, demanding to speak to Gov. Greg Gianforte. In January 2025, a special agent with the United States Capitol Police reported…
Antonio Alfaro-Ramirez, Illegal Reentry, Montana 2026
⏱ 2 min read Antonio Alfaro-Ramirez, a 41-year-old Mexican national, was caught in a Bozeman apartment on December 23, 2025, during a search warrant execution by the Missouri River Drug Task Force. He had illegally reentered the US after being removed three times previously. Ramirez pleaded guilty in February 2026 to one count of illegal…
