Serving Proudly As The Voice Of Valley County Since 1913
Serving Proudly As The Voice Of Valley County Since 1913
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At 7:20 p.m., on Oct. 6, Valley County Dispatch received a 911 call stating multiple gun shots were being reported in the town of St. Marie. Officers responded from Valley County Sheriff’s Office and Glasgow Police Department. Both officers made contact with a male suspect. The suspect was given multiple commands and did not comply. The suspect then aggressively approached the law enforcement officers yelling, “Just shoot me.” The Valley County Deputy transitioned to a conducted energy device and deployed one five-second neuromuscular stimu...
On July 5, the Valley County Sheriff’s Office in conjunction with the Eastern Montana Drug Task Force, executed two separate search warrants on two houses in Glasgow. The search warrants resulted in the arrest of two individuals for possession of dangerous drugs, possession of drug paraphernalia, and possession of drugs with intent to distribute. Two adults, one male and one female, were booked into the Valley County Jail that evening. The investigation is active and ongoing. If you have information related to drug activity you are e...
On Tuesday, June 20, at 8:20 p.m., a caller reported a single vehicle rollover accident on Montana Highway 24S just east of the Duck Creek Road and the Gateway restaurant. Law enforcement arrived and observed a single male occupant trapped inside the car. STAT EMS and Fire responded to the scene. According to the Glasgow City/Long Run Fire Department the sole occupant was trapped in the vehicle and required extrication. A total of 12 fire department members responded with a command vehicles, a rescue truck, a structure engine and water tender....
During the early morning hours on May 26, the Valley County Sheriff’s Office, in cooperation with the Glasgow Police Department and additional support from the Eastern Montana Drug Task Force, executed a search warrant at a residence in Glasgow. Two arrests were made pertaining to possession and distribution of dangerous drugs. Methamphetamine was recovered during the search of the residence. The investigation is active and ongoing. If you have information related to drug activity you are encouraged to contact law enforcement at 4...
During the early morning hours on Friday, May 26, 2023, the Valley County Sheriff’s Office, in cooperation with the Glasgow Police Department and additional support from the Eastern Montana Drug Task Force, executed a search warrant at a residence in Glasgow. Two arrests were made pertaining to possession and distribution of dangerous drugs. Methamphetamine was recovered during the search of the residence. The investigation is active and ongoing. If you have information related to drug activity you are encouraged to contact law enforcement a...
Update To The Incident From March 29 The Yellowstone County Coroner’s Office has identified 47-year-old, Jonathan Ryan Hamilton, as the deceased person from the March 29, 2023, officer involved shooting incident, that occurred in Glasgow, Montana. Hamilton was originally arrested, on a Blaine County Arrest Warrant, in another state and was returned to Montana to face several criminal charges pertaining to child sexual assault. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the victims and their families involved in these incidents. During the afternoon o...
Feb. 6, 2023, marks the 130-year anniversary of the Valley County Sheriff's Office. To celebrate, a new shoulder patch was created that symbolizes the identity of Valley County. In 1893 Valley County was created out of Dawson County and included everything north of the Missouri River to Canada, and from the North Dakota border to a point west of Malta. This same year a courthouse and jail were built in Glasgow. The first appointed Sheriff was James Deegan. Various portions of the rather large...
BNSF Train Hits Vehicle On Nov. 14, at approximately 08:35 a.m., dispatch received a 911 call stating a BNSF train struck a vehicle at a crossing near mm 546 on US Highway 2. A single vehicle, with one occupant, was struck in the front passenger quarter sending the vehicle into a ravine on the south side of the tracks. The driver was transported to the hospital. The west bound train was traveling approximately 58 miles per hour when it struck the BNSF vehicle. Local first responders, ambulance crew, fire rescue, and additional law enforcement...
On Nov. 14, at approximately 08:35 a.m., dispatch received a 911 call stating a BNSF train struck a vehicle at a crossing near mm 546 on US Highway 2. A single vehicle, with one occupant, was struck in the front passenger quarter sending the vehicle into a ravine on the south side of the tracks. The driver was transported to the hospital. The west bound train was traveling approximately 58 miles per hour when it struck the BNSF vehicle. Local first responders, ambulance crew, fire rescue, and additional law enforcement arrived on scene quickly...
I want to address a rumor floating around Glasgow that says arrestees are being released from jail because of COVID and that the public is not being notified. This rumor is absolutely False! It is true that we have had a run of Covid in the detention center. We originally escaped the initial thrust of Covid in 2020 and were doing quite well with our procedures for cleaning and disinfecting. However, just like each of us, Covid caught up to us. We are on the tail end of this in the facility now. To be clear, at no time were arrestees released...
At approximately 10:45 in the morning, on Saturday, July 23, a two-vehicle accident occurred at the intersection of US Highway 2 and MT Highway 117, near the town of Nashua. Nine individuals were involved, two adults in one vehicle traveling east, on US Highway 2 and one adult with six children, of varying ages, were in the vehicle entering the intersection from MT Highway 117. Multiple first responders converged on the scene and US Highway 2 was shut down for a short period of time. The three adults were pronounced dead at the scene of the...
At approximately 10:45 in the morning, on Saturday, July 23, a two-vehicle accident occurred at the intersection of US Highway 2 and MT Highway 117, near the town of Nashua. Nine individuals were involved, two adults in one vehicle traveling east, on US Highway 2 and one adult with six children, of varying ages, were in the vehicle entering the intersection from MT Highway 117. Multiple first responders converged on the scene and US Highway 2 was shut down for a short period of time. The three adults were pronounced dead at the scene of the...
On Thursday, June 10, six officers from the Valley County Sheriff's Office completed their cross-deputization training with Chief of Police Jim Summers of the Fort Peck Tribal Law and Justice Office. Training was conducted at the Valley County Courthouse. The presentation included four hours of cultural sensitivity, case law and a history of Assiniboine and Sioux culture. I have been working with Chief Summers for the past three years to bring cross-deputization to fruition. Covid-19 was a...
The Valley County Sheriff's Office DUI Task Force in cooperation with the Glasgow Police Department offered for the first time a county wide scholarship to seniors for the 2020/2021 school year. All seniors in all Valley County schools were provided an opportunity to write a minimum 500-word essay on what it means to 'live above the influence' and being a peer role model in the community. We received four applicants for the $500 scholarship. Three scholarships essays were received from Glasgow H...
Dear Valley County, As I sit at my desk this afternoon, the 31st of December 2018, to consider what might be important to convey to the residents of Valley County, I can not help but consider where we have come from. In a short time, I will be taking Retired Sheriff Vernon Buerkle home to drop him off. How weird it must feel for him, after over 40 years of service in this county, to watch his patrol vehicle drive away. To say his final “off shift” to dispatch over the radio. Sheriff Buerkle, like those who came before him, gave his best eff...
