Bozeman resident Ellen Lorraine Van Ausdol, who ran a money management service for court-appointed clients, was sentenced Friday to nine months in prison.
Authorities say a man escaped this morning around 11:00am from the Montana State Prison in Deer Lodge. Dean Randolph Jess, 42, escaped while on a service call for Motor Vehicle Maintenance. The vehicle he escaped in was found abandoned on the southern perimeter of the prison ranch...