The driver who police say rear-ended another vehicle on Interstate 80, causing a crash that killed two people, has been arrested and charged with two counts of aggravated homicide by vehicle, driving while under the influence and causing serious bodily injury and reckless driving. On Sunday, July 18, Braylin Scott Wertenberger of Boulder, Colo., slammed his GMC Sierra pickup into the back of two

( Publisher’s Note: The following blotter includes the activities of the Wolf Point police and fire department Aug. 2-8. All those cited or arrested are presumed innocent.) Citations were issued to: August 2 Vernon Birdsbill, 80, male, Fourth Avenue South and Main Street, stop sign violation, tribal court. August 3 Pepper Zimmerman, 59, female, Fourth Avenue North and Johnson Street,

The sentencing hearing for Clovis Geno has been scheduled for Wednesday, Aug. 18, at 10 a.m. in Wolf Point. A jury found Geno guilty of deliberate homicide of Ramona Naramore during a trial in Wolf Point held in May. Naramore was found dead in Culbertson in January 2020 and an autopsy revealed she was killed by strangulation. The trial lasted three days. Jury members deliberated for about

Vincent Benjamin Putman is scheduled to make his initial appearance in district court on Wednesday, Aug. 11, on three charges. Putman is facing the charges of criminal possession of dangerous drugs, a felony, criminal possession of drug paraphernalia, a misdemeanor, and disorderly conduct, a misdemeanor. Bond was set at $10,000. According to court documents, the Roosevelt County Sheriff’s

Dejarreh La’kean Talley, aka “DJ” Talley, 23, of Philadelphia, Miss., has appeared in Great Falls before U.S. Magistrate Judge John T. Johnston on charges of burglary. Talley made the plea of not guilty on Aug. 3. Talley faces a maximum 20 years in prison, a $50,000 fine and three years of supervised release. Talley was detained pending further proceedings. The Federal Bureau of Investigation

Montana State health officials said last week the trend of hospitalizations in Montana connected to unvaccinated COVID-19 patients has remained constant over the past several months. Specifically, Department of Public Health and Human Services director Adam Meier said that COVID-19-related hospitalization data from the past eight weeks from June 5 to July 30 shows that 89 percent of Montanans