The Lewis and Clark County Attorney s Office filed felony aggravated animal cruelty charges Friday against three men who ran a quarter horse breeding operation in the Helena Valley.
A report filed by a Great Falls attorney tasked with investigating workplace culture within the East Helena Police Department details an environment of isolation, stress, burnout and inappropriate surveillance of
The Lewis and Clark County Sheriff s Office put out a call for volunteers to help care for the nearly 60 horses seized from a north Helena Valley ranch Tuesday amid an investigation into alleged neglect.Â
Sheriff Leo Dutton said a Cascade County horse rescue operation took in 10 of the horses, including a few of the studs, mares and foals. They were problematic horses, Dutton said of the three studs that were making caring for the rest of the herd difficult. The studs are not well behaved.
Lewis and Clark County Sheriff Leo Dutton feeds the horses seized by his department earlier this week.
Justin Eugene Keiser
A Helena man who raped a woman after offering her a ride in 2007 has been arrested on suspicion of raping one teen girl and sexually assaulting another earlier this month.Â
Justin Eugene Keiser, 34, is charged with two felony counts of sexual intercourse without consent, three counts of felony sexual assault, two counts of misdemeanor sexual assault and one count of misdemeanor unlawful transactions with children.Â
On May 19, law enforcement responded to St. Peter s Health for reports of a sexual crime. Authorities interviewed two 17-year-old girls who said they had been sexually assaulted by Keiser early that morning.Â
Two local law enforcement officers were recognized Tuesday by Helena s Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Working Group for their service to victims of domestic and sexual violence in Lewis and