The Butte-Silver Bow Courthouse was briefly locked down Thursday morning after Butte Police responded to reports of a man with a gun near the courthouse.
An officer at the Butte Detention Center has been terminated from their position after reportedly using racist language and making threats recently towards an inmate.
A years-long, undercover investigation dismantled a Butte drug trafficking organization with ties to the Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico. The investigation led to the conviction of 18 Montana residents.
The organization had ties to the Sinaloa Cartel, one of two cartels responsible for bringing methamphetamine and fentanyl into the country from Mexico.