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Montana Weekly Crime Roundup: Flathead, Missoula, and Yellowstone Led Activity Through March 8, 2026

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Filtered: Billings Police Department
Confidence Key High confidence clean source data, strong provenance, low duplicate risk Medium confidence some gaps, but still structurally reliable Limited confidence thin parsing or uncertain source quality Source tag where the record came from

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Resolved
◆ Police High confidence CrimeMapping
02/21/26 ·Yellowstone Co.

Daily Police Activity Report - Billings Police Department

Billings Police Department

The Billings Police Department responded to 13 incident(s). Below is a full log:

2:47 AM – Vandalism at 400 BLK YELLOWSTONE AVE

3:57 AM – Disturbing the Peace at 100 BLK TAM OSHANTER RD (Noise Complaint)

6:50 AM – Disturbing the Peace at 0 BLK 6TH ST W (Noise Complaint)

10:25 AM – Vandalism at 700 BLK 24TH ST W

3:02 PM – Vandalism at 300 BLK JACKSON ST

3:47 PM – Drugs/Alcohol Violation at 1200 BLK CENTRAL AVE (Drug Investigation)

4:21 PM – Weapons Violation at 300 BLK JACKSON ST (Weapons)

6:24 PM – Burglary at 3100 BLK 6TH AVE S

6:25 PM – Assault at 1400 BLK S 24TH ST W

9:14 PM – Vandalism at 1100 BLK GRAND AVE

9:23 PM – Assault at 2300 BLK ELIZABETH ST

11:07 PM – Drugs/Alcohol Violation at 1600 BLK 17TH ST W (Drug Investigation)

11:43 PM – Disturbing the Peace at 5100 BLK SOUTHGATE DR (Noise Complaint)

Resolved
◆ Police High confidence CrimeMapping
02/20/26 ·Yellowstone Co.

Daily Police Activity Report - Billings Police Department

Billings Police Department

The Billings Police Department responded to 17 incident(s). Below is a full log:

6:55 AM – Burglary at 1200 BLK 1ST AVE N

8:10 AM – DUI at KING AVE W & S 20TH ST W

9:54 AM – Vandalism at 2100 BLK 1ST AVE S

10:24 AM – Drugs/Alcohol Violation at 1200 BLK 30TH ST W (Tobacco/Liquor Law Violation)

10:25 AM – Drugs/Alcohol Violation at 400 BLK GRAND AVE (Drug Investigation)

12:13 PM – Fraud at 300 BLK S 38TH ST W (Forgery / Fraud)

12:25 PM – Vandalism at 2500 BLK WOODY DR

2:55 PM – Assault at 1400 BLK RIMROCK RD

2:58 PM – Fraud at 200 BLK FAIR PARK DR (Forgery / Fraud)

6:22 PM – DUI at GABEL RD & PIERCE PKWY

6:22 PM – Burglary at 3100 BLK 6TH AVE S

8:12 PM – DUI at AVENUE B & 1ST ST W

8:28 PM – Disturbing the Peace at 2300 BLK LAMPMAN DR (Noise Complaint)

8:40 PM – Burglary at 1000 BLK S 29TH ST

9:05 PM – DUI at 17TH ST W & RIMROCK RD

10:16 PM – Disturbing the Peace at 1700 BLK JANIE ST (Noise Complaint)

10:29 PM – Disturbing the Peace at 600 BLK W WICKS LN (Noise Complaint)

Resolved
◆ Police High confidence CrimeMapping
02/19/26 ·Yellowstone Co.

Daily Police Activity Report - Billings Police Department

Billings Police Department

The Billings Police Department responded to 8 incident(s). Below is a full log:

9:30 AM – Burglary at 4000 BLK MONTANA SAPPHIRE DR

10:58 AM – Fraud at 3000 BLK AVENUE C (Forgery / Fraud)

1:15 PM – Vandalism at MULLOWNEY LN & ELYSIAN RD

4:02 PM – DUI at MAIN ST & LOGAN LN

6:12 PM – Drugs/Alcohol Violation at 0 BLK PROSPECT DR (Drug Investigation)

8:07 PM – Disturbing the Peace at 1600 BLK INVERNESS DR (Noise Complaint)

9:42 PM – DUI at MASTERSON CIR & HWY 3

11:11 PM – DUI at 2000 BLK WOODY DR

What Happened Next

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Gallatin County · 02/18/26

HANG UP

High confidence

DRIVEWAY and 911

6 timeline steps Active timeline CFS CFS26-024460

Montana Blotter captured 5 follow-up log entries after the initial record.

Gallatin County · 02/18/26

DR SUSPICIOUS

High confidence

MEADOW VILLAGE

25 timeline steps Active timeline CFS CFS26-024375

Montana Blotter captured 24 follow-up log entries after the initial record.

Gallatin County · 02/18/26

and SUSPICIOUS

High confidence

ELDORADO LN

6 timeline steps Active timeline CFS CFS26-024321

Montana Blotter captured 5 follow-up log entries after the initial record.

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