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Right now, as I am writing this piece, Aug. 3 at 10 a.m., the Missoula County Sheriff’s Office is engaged in a standoff just north of the Wye with at least two people that were discovered committing a residential burglary. These two men are well known to local law enforcement, the courts, prosecutor’s office and are regulars at the Missoula jail (aka Career Criminals).

Most people will probably never hear about this incident because it is just commonplace anymore. What is also not unusual about this is that one of the people involved in the standoff was just in our jail last week for a differe...