2019: Crime and Courts in Montana

GREAT FALLS — Here's a look at some of the crime and court stories that affected Montana in 2019:

• Sentencing delayed for man who pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation of a child

• Helena man sentenced to life in prison for murdering his parents

• Arlee man charged with killing 1 person, critically injuring others

• Judge rules suspect in deputy’s murder can be forcibly medicated

• Several people implicated in scheme to smuggle drugs and contraband into Cascade County jail

• Trude sentenced for the death of a Helena man

• Man captured after escaping from jail is back in court

• Craft found guilty of killing Adam Petzack

• Child's death leads to homicide charges for three people in Great Falls

• Vigil planned for 3 murder victims in Great Falls