U.S. Attorney Jesse A. Laslovich
Recent News About U.S. Attorney Jesse A. Laslovich
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Townsend man pleads guilty after fatal shooting incident involving girlfriend's dog
A Townsend resident has pleaded guilty to firearms charges after admitting to shooting his girlfriend's dog. U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich confirmed that Gabriel Martin Puga, 33, admitted on December 4 to being a prohibited person in possession of...
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Great Falls woman pleads guilty in meth trafficking case
A Great Falls woman has admitted to a conspiracy charge related to methamphetamine distribution, according to U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich.
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East Helena man sentenced for trafficking thousands of fentanyl pills
An East Helena resident, Thomas Anthony Conley, aged 37, has been sentenced to over 11 years in prison for trafficking fentanyl and methamphetamine.
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Tennessee man sentenced for mailing fentanyl leading to fatal overdose
A Tennessee man has been sentenced to six years in prison after admitting to mailing fentanyl pills that resulted in the overdose death of a Great Falls resident. Malice Clark, Jr., also known as Greg Clark or “Greed,” aged 58, pleaded guilty in June to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. The sentencing includes three years of supervised release and an order to pay $9,000 in restitution.
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Butte man receives prison sentence for trafficking cocaine and fentanyl
A Butte resident, Adam Hassan Abdel Aziz, has been sentenced to five and a half years in prison for trafficking cocaine and fentanyl. This sentence will be followed by four years of supervised release, according to U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich.
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Former Whitefish Housing Authority director pleads guilty to embezzlement
The former executive director of the Whitefish Housing Authority has admitted to embezzling at least $100,000 from the organization. This announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich. The defendant, Dwarne Lamont Hawkins, 46, pleaded guilty to theft from an organization receiving federal funding.
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Teen admits guilt in Crow Indian Reservation shooting death
A 17-year-old from Crow Agency has admitted to murder and firearm charges in connection with the shooting death of an 18-year-old man, whose body was found in the Little Big Horn River on the Crow Indian Reservation. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich.
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Missoula woman sentenced for trafficking methamphetamine and fentanyl
A Missoula woman has been sentenced to six and one-half years in prison for conspiring to traffic methamphetamine and fentanyl. The sentence will be followed by five years of supervised release, according to U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich.
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Missoula man sentenced for receiving child pornography
A Missoula man was sentenced to five years in prison for receiving and storing thousands of images and videos of child sexual abuse material from the internet. U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich announced that Bryan Michael Balog, 31, pleaded guilty in May to receipt of child pornography.
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Box Elder man pleads guilty to knife assault on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation
A Box Elder man has admitted to assaulting a woman with a knife during an argument on the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation, according to U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich.
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St.Peter's Health settles $10M over false claims act violations
U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana, Jesse Laslovich, announced a settlement agreement between the federal government and St. Peter’s Health in Helena. St. Peter’s will pay $10,844,201 to resolve allegations of violating the False Claims Act by submitting false claims for payments to federal health care programs for services performed by an oncology doctor.
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Billings man sentenced for illegal firearm possession
A Billings man was sentenced today to three years and one month in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, after admitting to possessing a firearm following a felony conviction, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich announced.
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Bozeman construction company owner sentenced for failing to pay over $800K in taxes
MISSOULA — The owner of a Bozeman construction company who admitted to not paying employee-related taxes of more than $800,000 to the IRS was sentenced today to federal prison and fined $75,000, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.
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Former nurse practitioner admits healthcare fraud involving false claims totaling nearly $600K
A former nurse practitioner in Butte admitted on Thursday to prescribing controlled substances despite having a suspended license and falsely billing an insurance company approximately $61 million for vitamin B-12 injections, receiving nearly $600,000 from the false claims, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich announced.
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Owner charged with filing false tax returns after undercover investigation
GREAT FALLS — The owner of a firearms business in Great Falls has been charged with filing false income tax returns following an undercover investigation. The investigation determined that the owner did not report 20 percent, or approximately $1.4 million, of his gross receipts, resulting in a tax loss of almost $500,000, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich announced today.
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Fort Belknap man pleads guilty to assault with dangerous weapon
A Fort Belknap man accused of stabbing a woman multiple times during an argument admitted to an assault charge today, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich announced.
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University researcher admits falsifying records in federal probe
A researcher at the University of Montana admitted on June 27 to charges of falsifying documents in a federal investigation, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich announced today.
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Box Elder man sentenced to 30 years for child sexual abuse
A Box Elder man convicted by a federal jury of sexually abusing two children at a residence on the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation was sentenced on June 25 to 30 years in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich announced.
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Browning man sentenced for meth trafficking on Blackfeet Indian Reservation
GREAT FALLS — A Browning man who admitted to trafficking methamphetamine on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation was sentenced on Monday to four years and eight months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich announced.