In the past few weeks, Missoula has experienced a spike in violent crimes, from the shooting of a police officer, to home invasions, to burglaries, to armed robberies of motels and convenience stores, even a coffee kiosk.
Missoula police are investigating an armed robbery at a coffee stand on Southwest Higgins that occurred Sunday morning, January 26, at approximately 11 a.m.
Missoula police are investigating a home invasion robbery that was reported at about 8:40 p.m. on Sunday, December 29, in the 1800 block of Wyoming Street.
Christopher Lee Burch, 23, one of the two men involved in an armed robbery and near-fatal shooting at the Ole's Country Store in East Missoula on September 7, 2012, changed his pleas to guilty on three felony counts in Missoula District Court on Wednesday, September 18.
Wanna see a “perp”, crime novel talk for bad guy, get his butt kicked and thrown out of a convenience store he was trying to hold up? Watch this! And how about his accomplice who rides off and leaves him?
Missoula Justice Court Judge John Odlin began the month of April by seeing several individuals face a variety of charges via video from the county Jail.
Michael Burke, 31, was arrested just after midnight Saturday after allegedly robbing the Walgreen's Drug Store on Brooks at gunpoint and fleeing from police.