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After violent attack on officer, Billings police note more dangerous environment for law enforcement
BILLINGS - A Billings police officer was seriously injured after being attacked while responding to a trespassing call at a downtown parking garage Wednesday night.
Officer Hope Reid was dispatched to a parking garage on North Broadway after reports of an armed trespasser with a knife.
Police say John Smells "violently attacked" Reid, causing serious injuries.
Reid was taken to a hospital, treated and released.
Smells faces officer assault charges.
Melville woman reacts to allegations against Montana Guardsmen in antler theft
MELVILLE - In Sweet Grass County, deputies are investigating three Montana Guard airmen accused of trespassing and stealing elk antlers this month.
Detectives allege the airmen landed a military helicopter on a private ranch in the Crazy Mountain foothills to commit the theft.
Residents of the nearby community of Melville say the incident feels like a significant breach of trust.
Food-conditioned grizzly bear killed in Yellowstone National Park
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK - In Yellowstone National Park, staff trapped and killed a grizzly bear this week after it became conditioned to human food.
Park staff say the 11-year-old, 400-pound male repeatedly sought out human food sources, overturning bear-resistant dumpsters near Old Faithful and other popular areas of the park.
The last grizzly bear killed in a similar management action was in 2017.
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