Tag: Montana
Kristin Renee Zelonish Edwards, Bank Fraud, Montana 2026
⏱ 2 min read Kristin Renee Zelonish Edwards, a 39-year-old California woman, defrauded Glacier Bank of over $170,000 by depositing 12 fraudulent savings bonds at four different bank branches in Northwest Montana between October 2022 and January 2023. Edwards claimed she found the bonds while going through her deceased grandmother’s items, but witnesses testified this…
Kasey Ann Willard, Meth Trafficking, Montana 2025
⏱ 2 min read Kasey Ann Willard, a 52-year-old woman from Washington, was busted for funneling massive amounts of meth into Montana. The meth trafficker pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine after a sting operation caught her with a large haul. Willard was pulled over in Saltese, Montana, on October 18, 2025,…
Satchel Vernard McDonald, Cocaine Possession with Intent to Distribute, Montana 2026
⏱ 2 min read Satchel Vernard McDonald, a 29-year-old from Billings, Montana, was dealing cocaine from a strip mall parking lot, armed with a handgun. The crimes took place over six months, starting in mid-2023, and ended with his arrest on January 6, 2024. McDonald’s operation was uncovered after a local business on Central Avenue…
Charles Jesse Sanchez, Meth Trafficking, Montana 2023
⏱ 2 min read Charles Jesse Sanchez, a 61-year-old Billings man, has pleaded guilty to trafficking methamphetamine on the Crow and Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservations. Sanchez, also known as ‘Chuck’, was caught by the FBI and Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) on June 19, 2023, after a confidential source purchased four ounces of meth from…
Joshua Mark Rideshorse, Methamphetamine Possession with Intent to Distribute, Montana 2026
⏱ 2 min read Joshua Mark Rideshorse, a 41-year-old Billings man, was dealing meth from his Alderson Avenue home when the Eastern Montana High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force caught wind of his operation in September 2024. Rideshorse was buying meth in Washington and selling it in Montana, raking in cash and amassing a…
Jody Lynn Pope, Methamphetamine Trafficking, Montana 2026
⏱ 2 min read Jody Lynn Pope, a 30-year-old Missoula woman, was involved in a methamphetamine trafficking operation that ultimately led to her downfall. On December 10, 2025, Pope attempted to sell meth at Franklin Park in Missoula, but fled the scene when she spotted law enforcement. The incident occurred when Pope arrived at the…
Chad Miller Costello, Wire Fraud, Montana 2023
⏱ 2 min read Chad Miller Costello, a 36-year-old Billings man, ran a scrap metal business scheme that stole money from customers across the United States. From 2018 to 2023, Costello promised to buy scrap metal at premium prices, but only paid a portion or nothing of the contract price. He would then sell the…
Destinee Fate Rowe, Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine, Montana 2026
⏱ 2 min read Destinee Fate Rowe, a 27-year-old woman from Wolf Point, Montana, was dealing methamphetamine out of motel rooms in Billings. In January 2026, she pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Rowe’s meth trafficking operation was uncovered after an informant tipped off law enforcement, leading…
Carol Jane Soza, Meth Trafficking, Montana 2025
⏱ 2 min read A 61-year-old woman from Butte, Montana, has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for trafficking a massive haul of methamphetamine. Carol Jane Soza pleaded guilty in December 2025 to possession with intent to distribute meth, after law enforcement busted her with 27 pounds of the illicit substance in her car.…
Violet Jean Littlelight, Carjacking Resulting in Death, Montana 2026
⏱ 2 min read Violet Jean Littlelight, 23, and Shyanna Jo Whitewolf, 21, were involved in a carjacking that turned deadly in a South Side Billings neighborhood on May 16, 2025. The two women, along with a third conspirator, Brian Contreraz, lured an acquaintance of Littlelight’s to South Park in Billings to rob him and…
