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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.

37 year-old James Rogers appeared in Missoula Justice Court on Thursday charged with felony aggravated assault and misdemeanor partner or family member assault for allegedly strangling his girlfriend to the point where she thought she was going to die.

22 year-old Marcus Deutsch appeared in Missoula Justice Court on Monday charged with felony aggravated assault after allegedly beating a woman so severely, that her neck was broken.

32 year-old Daniel Rasmussen was charged with sexual intercourse without consent after a five year-old child was diagnosed with a sexually transmitted disease.

A Missoula man, Bo Standish, has been charged with felony assault with a weapon after allegedly beating his spouse with a lanyard attached to a shock collar, and then strangling her and punching her as she attempted to escape.

Dr. Jay Palmatier, Phd, a psychologist with the Missoula Mental Health Center, has been charged in Missoula Justice Court with one count of sexual abuse of children for possessing child pornography.

There were nine DUI arrests made over the weekend (November 9 - 10) by Missoula County Sheriff's Department deputies, and in two of those cases the individuals involved fought back against the arresting officers leading to more severe charges.

Keith Brown, 55, plead guilty to a first-degree felony count of sodomy on a child and two second-degree felony counts of sexual abuse of a child. The renowned classical piano group 'The 5 Browns' were among the accusers of the charges.