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Fourth of July weekend is approaching and the Montana Highway Patrol has a few reminders for Montanans.

“This is about prevention, preventing impaired driving in the first place and saving lives," Bozeman Chief of Police Steve Crawford said.

A vehicle traveling through Missoula was swerving erratically, and apparently, an intoxicated man and a four-year-old child were behind the wheel.

21 year-old Braden Gibson appeared in Missoula Justice Court via video from the Missoula County Jail charged with felony criminal child endangerment for allegedly driving drunk while holding a five week-old baby in his arms, and for beating the child's mother.

Two men, 28 year-old Joel Cahoon and 25 year-old Johnny Richardson were charged in Missoula Justice Court on Monday with breaking into Cahoon's former girlfriend's home on Saturday night and beating her and her new boyfriend in front of a minor child.

Judge Karen Orzech set bail for 30 year-old Jason Simonetti at $25,000 after remarking that 'someone could have been killed' in an incident that occurred over the weekend.

38 year-old Eva Marie Brown, and her husband 45 year-old Addison Brown, were both charged with felony criminal endangerment along with various drug and traffic offenses on Monday after allowing a child to wander unsupervised on Highway 93 North over Evaro Hill on a dark and rainy night.

Early on Valentine’s Day, Gary Dejarlais, 61, was allegedly driving the wrong way on Highway 93 North and nearly collided with a Montana Highway Patrol trooper.

The Montana Highway Patrol is well aware of the major sporting event taking place this Saturday in Bozeman.

24 year-old Anthony John Godinez appeared via video in Missoula Justice Court Tuesday afternoon from the Missoula County Jail after being part of an officer involved shooting over the weekend.