March 26, 2026
3:53pm Male reported a DMV ticket scam.
If you receive a phone call, email, text message, or social media contact asking for personal information, bank account information, needing to send money or gift cards to relatives, calls reporting fraudulent activity on an account or card or reporting accidents. Along with individuals receiving checks for large amounts of money know this: These are scams.
If it seems suspicious DO NOT GIVE any information to the caller. Ask for a call back phone number and call them back to see if it is who they are claiming to be or simply HANG UP.
If you don’t recognize the phone number on the caller ID, don’t answer it. If it is a person who truly needed to contact you, they will leave a message. If you don’t know the sender of the check, do not cash it.
The IRS and the Federal Justice System do not contact people via telephone. Local Courts do not contact via text message or private messenger.
Always remember the key things regarding scams:
1. If you didn't enter, you didn't win
2. If you have to pay to receive your prize, you didn’t win.
3. If you have a lawsuit or other legal issues pending you will get notification via certified mail or served to you by an official, whether it is a law enforcement officer or a civil process server
If you feel you have been a victim of a scam, please follow the link below to the Office of Consumer Protection. https://dojmt.gov/consumer/consumer-complaints/ or call the Montana State Legislature Fraud Hotline: 1-800-222-4446.
You can also call the National Do Not Call Registry phone number, 1-888-382-1222, to have your phone number removed from solicitors. Call this number from EACH phone number you want removed, cell or landline.
For emails, there is an option at the top of your email screen to report emails and block the sender’s email. This will help with receiving less of these types of emails.
5:31pm Valley Co Detention Center released one adult male, Howard Ereaux, from their facility on bond.
5:59pm Deputy performed residential security checks in the Malta area.
6:36pm Deputy performed security checks in the Dodson and Hwy 2 west areas.
March 27, 2026
1:59am Deputy performed security checks in the Saco and Hwy 2 east areas.
7:57am Female reported a dead deer on Hwy 191 north in the S curves and was a road hazard; Deputy responded and removed the deer.
11:48am BNSF employee requested PCSO assistance with an individual who was on or near the railroad tracks causing the eastbound train to perform an emergency stop in Malta or they would have hit the male; Deputy responded; male located and advised of the dangers of being on the railroad tracks when a train was going through Malta.
1:59pm Male reported an abandoned vehicle near the DY Junction on Route 66; MHP Trooper handled.
3:42pm Deputy performed security checks in the Dodson and Hwy 2 west areas.
4:35pm Deputy released one adult male, Coey Walker, from PCSO Jail on time served.
5:50pm Deputy performed security checks in the Dodson and Hwy 2 west areas.
7:04pm Female reported a vehicle/deer accident on Hwy 191 south; caller did not stop; Deputy responded; vehicle later located, driver was okay and had help coming; white form issued.
9:12pm Deputy performed residential security checks in the Malta area.
March 28, 2026
2:03am Deputy performed a traffic stop, in a Malta residential area, which led to one adult male, Marcus Knudsen, being transported to PCSO to perform DUI maneuvers; male later released with a DUI-Per Se citation; case file started.
4:05am Female reported a vehicle with flashers going on Hwy 191 south of Malta; Deputies responded; case file started.
4:24am Deputy transported one adult female, Jacqueline Tams, to PCSO to be incarcerated in PCSO Jail on Aggravated DUI charges.
3:04pm Deputy performed security checks in the Nelson Reservoir, Cole Ponds, Saco and Hwy 2 east areas.
3:09pm 911 received requesting FD assistance with a controlled burn that was now out of control in the Hwy 363 area; Malta FD responded; fire later controlled and extinguished.
7:14pm 911 received requesting medical assistance for a male who fell at a Malta residence; Deputies and local EMT Crew responded; patient not transported to the PC Hospital.
7:21pm PC Hospital requested an ambulance for a flight crew pick up; local EMT Crew handled after the lift assist call.
7:30pm 911 received reporting a neighbor shooting guns at a Malta residence; Deputies responded; residence found to be out of the Malta City limits and was in a controlled gun range area.
8:11pm Deputy performed residential security checks in the Malta area.
11:04pm Deputy performed security checks in the Short Oil Road area.
March 29, 2026
1:25am Deputy performed security checks in the Wagner and Hwy 363 area.
4:04pm Sheriff performed security checks in the Dodson and Hwy 2 west areas.
4:42pm Local convenience store reported an intoxicated patron who was harassing individuals in the parking lot; Deputies responded; case file started.
5:34pm Deputy transported one adult male, William Nelson, to PCSO to be incarcerated in PCSO Jail on DUI-2nd charges.
March 30, 2026
1:27am Deputy performed residential security checks in the Malta area.
2:36am Deputy performed security checks in the Dodson and Hwy 2 west areas.
9:27am Male reported another male trespassing on his property in Landusky; Sheriff responded; case file started.
9:30am Undersheriff released one adult male, Damian Reimann, from PCSO Jail on time served.
11:38am Undersheriff released one adult female, Jacqueline Tams, from PCSO Jail on bond.
12:07pm Undersheriff served a Blaine Co Justice Court warrant on one adult male, William Nelson, in PCSO Jail; case file started.
2:32pm 911 received requesting medical assistance for a male who fell at a Malta residence; local EMT Crew responded; patient not transported.
3:41pm Malta City employee requested Malta FD assistance with the controlled burn at the Landfill; MFD responded; fire controlled and monitored.
5:04pm Deputy released one adult male, William Nelson, from PCSO Jail and transported to Valley Co Detention Center to serve time.
7:28pm Malta FD Chief received a flare up report at the Malta City landfill and was sending a truck to put water on and monitor.
9:05pm Deputy performed security checks in the Dodson and Hwy 2 west areas.
9:09pm Female reported the Malta City landfill was on fire and no one was there; Malta City employee advised to send someone out there to monitor it.
10:39pm Deputy performed residential security checks in the Malta area.
11:23pm Several calls received reporting a fire near the Malta City landfill, east of the landfill and near the NorthWestern Energy building; Deputies responded; all reported locations found to be the monitored, controlled burn at the Malta City landfill.
11:58pm Deputy performed security checks in the Dodson and Hwy 2 west areas.
March 31, 2026
12:11am Male reported a fire south of Malta; location confirmed to be the controlled burn at the Malta City landfill.
1:49am PC Hospital requested an ambulance for a flight crew pick up from the airport; local EMT Crew handled.
8:28am 911 requesting assistance in Winifred; information passed onto Fergus Co SO.
9:35am Female reported a possible violation of a Protection Order; Undersheriff responded; information passed onto Miles City PD.
11:13am Sheriff performed security checks in the Landusky, Zortman and Hwy 191 south areas.
April 1, 2026
8:51am Male reported a DMV scam.
2:02pm Undersheriff performed security checks in the Sleeping Buffalo and Hwy 2 east areas.
4:38pm 911 received requesting assistance for a male who fell near the Old Hospital; Deputies and local EMT Crew responded; patient transported to the PC Hospital.
5:00pm Female reported a DMV messenger scam.
5:13pm Ft Belknap reported a traffic complaint on Route 66, possibly headed toward Phillips Co, from the Hays area; information passed onto MHP Dispatch.
8:45pm PC Hospital requested an ambulance for a flight crew pick up from the airport; local EMT Crew handled.
April 2, 2026
6:59am Female reported a dog “charging” at her while she was out walking in a Malta residential neighborhood; information passed onto ACO.
7:44am Male reported a train crossing blocked for over an hour; information passed onto BNSF Police.
8:19am Malta High School employee requested a welfare check on a student who had not been in school; Deputy responded; student, and family, had all been sick this past week.