A Boise woman faces DUI, manslaughter and negligent homicide charges after a Friday evening incident in which Oregon police allege she struck and killed a Washington man who was checking his tire pressure along Oregon’s Route 86.
Kyla Vaughn, of Caldwell, was charged last year for causing a baby’s brain injury. She could face up to 10 years in prison when she’s sentenced in February for felony injury to child.
The Ada County Prosecutor’s Office will pursue the death penalty against Timmy Kinner, accused of a Boise mass stabbing that killed one 3-year-old girl and injured several others.
Roy Drennon lost control of his Porsche outside a car show last September in Boise. He injured 11 people. He’s been found guilty of reckless driving, a misdemeanor, and could face up to six months in jail.
Staff at the Juvenile Corrections Center in Nampa, Idaho, confronted a revolt when six teenage boys barricaded themselves inside a classroom. The incident report details the boys’ abusive behavior.
The charges filed Oct. 3 against Ryan Redmon allege that he kept his Cascade Police-issued Glock pistol and encouraged four other officers to keep their pistols upon retirement. He faces to accusations of grand theft.
Officers called to the 200 block of Morningside Drive in Twin Falls provided lifesaving measures but were unable to save the twin infants. Police investigate and the cause of the boys’ death was unknown Friday.
Republican Idaho Senate candidate David DeHaas is scheduled to be tried on a resisting arrest charge 3 weeks after the November election. DeHaas is challenging incumbent Democratic Sen. Maryanne Jordan.
A Boise State University financial aid officer pleaded guilty Thursday to apparently threatening to run into a man with his car in 2016. Larry Jay Hallam admitted to disturbing the peace in an Idaho court.
Hector Flores Arias of Idaho is charged with distributing drugs to a minor and lewd conduct with a minor. His arrest came Oct. 2 after Wilder Police received a missing person’s report about a teen.
The Idaho Department of Correction sent another 150 male inmates to be housed at a prison in Texas because Idaho prisons and jails are too crowded. Inmates arrived Tuesday at Eagle Pass Correctional Facility.
Ada County dispatchers said the call came in around 5:42 a.m. near Cole and Ustick roads and no one was transported to the hospital. Boise Police responded to the call.
It’s no secret that Idaho’s prisons and jails are overcrowded. The Idaho Department of Correction has 7,840 total beds at its facilities statewide — but it has about 8,600 inmates. Here are the latest statistics on inmates in Idaho's prison system.
Just before 6 a.m. Thursday, Boise Police responded to the Boise Bench where one adult man had been shot. The shooting occurred in the 900 block of south Philippi Street and officers are working to identify a suspect.
At least three ducks and two geese were discovered Wednesday at Julia Davis Park that had been hit by blow darts. Idaho Fish and Game says one goose has been taken to a rehabilitation center.
The Canyon County jail is now the first in Idaho to implement a iris biometric identification recognition system when booking inmates into custody, a process that is more accurate and faster than fingerprinting, the sheriff said.
A 19-year-old driver was arrested for reckless driving after he was accused of racing his Jeep Grand Cherokee through Middleton and crashing through the front door of a house there, according to a Middleton Police Facebook post.
Idaho Statesman’s new Curious Idaho question asks about prison overcrowding. What kind of inmates fill Idaho prisons, and can changing how people are sentenced for crimes relieve crowding?
Jasmyne Olenik was last seen leaving Wilder High School on Monday and was believed to be with 35-year-old Hector Arias, who police say is dangerous. The girl was located safely and police arrested Arias.
It’s no secret that Idaho’s prisons and jails are overcrowded. The Idaho Department of Correction has 7,840 total beds at its facilities statewide — but it has about 8,600 inmates. Here are the latest statistics on inmates in Idaho's prison system.
