Rape

A 46 year-old Missoula man is in the Missoula County Jail after allegedly strangling a woman four times and sexually assaulting her.

A Missoula man, 31 year-old Matthew Schaefer is in the Missoula County Jail after a night of alcohol and cocaine led to a charge of sexual intercourse without consent

56 year-old William Small allegedly raped an unconscious woman on the Missoula County Courthouse lawn on Sunday evening, in full view of several witnesses who tried to stop him.

41 year-old Anthony Rex Hoskinson, already in the Missoula County Jail on the revocation of a deferred sentence for DUI, has now been charged with felony sexual intercourse without consent.

When it comes to sexual intimacy, the new standard for dating is ‘explicit consent’, according to a new campaign launched this week by Make Your Move, part of Missoula City County Relationship Violence Services.

A $50,000 warrant issued on August 21 has resulted in the arrest early Friday morning of 33 year-old Ryan Denny on a charge of felony sexual intercourse without consent.

29 year-old Shane Pelletier is in the Missoula County Jail charged with felony sexual intercourse without consent after being arrested on a $100,000 warrant issued by the Missoula County Attorney 's Office.

30 year-old convicted rapist Jordan Scott Bahr listened quietly in Missoula District Court as his victim read a 12 page letter to Judge Robert L. 'Dusty' Deschamps about how the sexual assault Bahr inflicted on her changed her life forever.

33 year-old Randal James Everybody Talks About is in the Missoula County Jail on $400,000 bond for allegedly forcing a woman to ingest methamphetamine in addition to pistol whipping her and sexually assaulting her over several days.

A Missoula man in custody for assault has also been charged with sexual intercourse without consent.

Sexual assault victims have been damaged in many ways, and not just physically. Their trust in people has been shattered and they have difficulty communicating, especially with law enforcement.

Montana's law defining sexual assault and sexual intercourse without consent are antiquated, according to a bill introduced by a Missoula legislator before the House Judiciary Committee on Friday.