2 plead not guilty in Fort Peck killing

Suspects plead not guilty to murder charge

Two men accused in the shooting death of a Newhall man in the parking lot of Valencia Liquor June 17 pleaded not guilty at their arraignment.  Omar Garcia Ramirez, 25, and Jose Corona Duarte, 30, both are charged with one count of murder in connection with the shooting death of 31-year-old Fernando Edgar Barnabe.  The two were held to answer April 1 to the murder — Garcia Ramirez also is facing charges of possession of a firearm by a felon and f…

2 people from Wolf Point charged with second-degree murder

Abrianne Lillian Deserly, 24 years old, and Calvin Florin Lester, 35, both of Wolf Point and accused of murdering a man on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, were arraigned in federal court in Great Falls on Tuesday, April 29, 2025.U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said in a news release that both defendants pleaded not guilty to an indictment charging them with second-degree murder. On February 26, 2025, the body of Gifford Standing was found in an abando…

2 plead not guilty in Fort Peck killing

BILLINGS — Two people pleaded not guilty Tuesday to accusations of killing a man on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation earlier this year.

Two charged after Fort Peck homicide

Abrianne Lillian Deserly and Calvin Florin Lester were each indicted in U.S. District Court on a count of second-degree murder following the death of Gifford Standing in Wolf Point.

Deserly, Lester Charged By Federal Court - Northern Plains Independent

Abrianne Lillian Deserly and Calvin Florin Lester Jr. are each facing second degree murder charges in federal court. The charges read that on or about Feb. 26, in Wolf Point, the defendants unlawfully and with malice aforethought, that is recklessly with extreme disregard for human life, killed John Doe and aided and abetted the same. They were taken into custody by federal authorities last