Woman Who Montana Police Say Drove Repeatedly Through Religious Group Pleads Not Guilty

Published on December 14, 2023

BILLINGS, Mont.—A Montana woman who police say was intoxicated when she drove her vehicle repeatedly through a group of religious demonstrators, wounding one person, pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to multiple felony charges. Genevienne Marlene Rancuret, 55, was arraigned in state district court and ordered held on $250,000 bond in the alleged weekend assault in Billings against members of Israel United in Christ. About 10 men from the group were assembled along a busy road in front of a grocery store, where they were holding signs and reading the Bible through an amplifier, when Ms. Rancuret drove at or through them several times, according to court documents and a witness....

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