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Blackfeet Law Enforcement Services made two arrests for an incident allegedly involving assault and intimidation with a firearm during a search for Arden Pepion on Saturday.
Blackfeet Law Enforcement Services (BLES) has stationed a patrol officer in the Two Medicine area on Joe Show Road East until further notice to ensure the safety of the search parties, according to a BLES statement.
BLES has not released the names of the two people arrested in the alleged incident. Blackfeet Law Enforcement would like to kindly remind volunteer searchers to keep safety as a priority by being aware of the rough terrain, river conditions and wildlife in the area, BLES said in a statement.
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Blackfeet Law Enforcement Services on Thursday morning provided a timeline and update on Arden Pepion, 3, who went missing on the Blackfeet Reservation on April 22.
Pepion was last seen in the surrounding areas of Joe Show East Road in Browning near the Two Medicine River.
The update came in response to growing calls for transparency in the investigation. Community members have expressed frustration, wondering why BLES didn t issue an AMBER alert for Arden and why the search effort was scaled back.
Officer Frank Goings said on Facebook Live that Arden had been missing between five and six hours before dispatch was contacted. He said Arden was last seen with her noncustodial uncle, and when contacted about the case, Blackfeet Law Enforcement Services (BLES) responded immediately.
Meat processor helps feed volunteers searching for Arden Pepion and Leo Wagner
Meat processor donates to feed searchers
and last updated 2021-05-24 01:09:56-04
BABB â C&C Meat Processing in Babb is helping in the search to find Arden Pepion and Leo Wagner, two people who have been missing for weeks in Glacier County. Arden, three years old, was
last seen on April 22nd in the vicinity of Joe Show East Road off of US Highway 89, several miles southeast of Browning. Leo was
last seen on April 27th near West Shore Road outside of St. Mary.
It started with the donation of an injured bull from a family in Valier, and C&C is now donating more than 250 pounds of hamburger to the Pepion and Wagner families to help keep searchers fed.