Police conduct multi-agency raid on Pocatello house
Pocatello police executed a high-risk search warrant at a home on Samuel Street on Friday afternoon in coordination with several law enforcement…
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Sheriff warns of new wave of jury duty scams in Bonneville County
Bonneville County Sheriff’s deputies are warning people about a new wave of jury duty scams where callers threaten residents with arrest warrants to…
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Pocatello man charged after police say he intentionally ran over Flock cameras at Lowe’s
A 20-year-old Pocatello man is charged with felony malicious injury to property after police say he intentionally drove his pickup truck over two…
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Bryan Kohberger wants out of his plea deal. Here’s what experts say about his chances
Bryan Kohberger, who was sentenced to life in prison for the murders of four University of Idaho students, has filed for post-conviction relief to…
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Bryan Kohberger petitions to withdraw guilty plea in U of I murders
Bryan Kohberger, who is serving a life sentence for the 2022 murders of four University of Idaho students, is seeking to withdraw his guilty plea and…
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Man Arrested After Allegedly Hitting Woman with Truck, Fleeing, and Being Caught with Drugs
A 36-year-old local man was arrested in Idaho Falls after allegedly hitting a woman with his truck during a domestic dispute and being found with…
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Judge throws out plea deal for former Chubbuck church leader accused of child sexual abuse
A district judge rejected a plea deal for Virgil Larson, a former Chubbuck church leader accused of sexually abusing six minors. The proposed…
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Competency evaluation ordered for suspect in Boise Greenbelt murder case
A judge ordered a mental health competency evaluation for Ross Wardlaw, who is charged in the first-degree murder of 25-year-old Jordan Harbst,…
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Jackson man arrested after high-speed chase through town square
A 47-year-old Jackson man named Aaron Feuerstein was arrested Thursday night after leading police on a high-speed chase in a stolen…
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Shelley Man charged with felony rape of teenager
A 20-year-old Bingham County man faces felony charges for the alleged rape of a 17-year-old girl in Shelley,…
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911 Call of ‘Banging and Blood’ Leads to Police Standoff in Jackson; Man in Custody, Woman Hospitalized
A 47-year-old Jackson Hole man is in custody, and a 24-year-old woman has been hospitalized following an early afternoon emergency call that led to a…
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Local man arrested after allegedly pulling gun on teens at McCowin Park
An Ammon man named Shane Sutton was arrested and charged with three counts of aggravated assault after allegedly pointing a handgun at a group of…
Continue Reading “It was very preventable”: Boise greenbelt murder suspect was acquitted of separate knife assault just months prior
As Ross Allen Wardlaw of Boise faces first-degree murder charges for the deadly July 6 stabbing of Jordan Harbst on the Boise Greenbelt, a voice from…
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Suspect, passenger killed after wrong-way chase on I-15 in Bingham County
Two people are dead following a late-night police pursuit that ended in a rollover crash on Interstate 15 near Shelley, according to the Bingham…
Continue Reading Boise man charged with first-degree murder in Greenbelt killing
A 41-year-old man, Ross Allen Wardlaw, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder for the stabbing death of 25-year-old Jordan Harbst along…
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Robinson Hearing Day 5: Man accused of killing Charlie Kirk returns to court
The man accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk is scheduled to return to a Utah courtroom today for the fifth and final day of his…
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Charlie Kirk’s accused killer ‘said he wishes he hadn’t done it,’ roommate told Utah prosecutors
A videotaped statement from the defendant’s former roommate is being presented in court as evidence against the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk,…
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Former Portneuf Valley Soccer Club President makes first court appearance on grand theft charge
Former Portneuf Valley Soccer Club President Cristie Stone appeared in court for the first time on July 7 since the Bannock County Prosecutor’s…
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An Idaho mother said her toddlers died after routine vaccinations. Prosecutors say she murdered them
An Idaho mother is facing murder charges after prosecutors accused her of suffocating her 18-month-old twins, who she claimed died due to a…
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Tyler Robinson returns to Utah court for Day 2 of preliminary hearing
PROVO, Utah (KIFI) — Tyler Robinson, 23, is scheduled to return to a Utah courtroom today as a multi-day preliminary hearing continues to determine…
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Police officer describes shooting of Charlie Kirk as prosecutors start presenting evidence in case of accused killer
Tyler Robinson, the 23-year-old man accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk, will appear in court this week for a multiday hearing…
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Lemhi County man sentenced to 40 years for lewd conduct with minors
A Lemhi County man has been sentenced to 40 years in prison following a two-year investigation into decades of child sexual…
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U.S. Marshals arrest Meridian robbery suspect in Idaho Falls
Francisco Salazar was arrested in Idaho Falls by U.S. Marshals and local law enforcement agencies after being tracked down for a robbery in Meridian,…
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Former Portneuf Valley Soccer Club President charged with Felony Grand Theft
The former President of the Pornteuf Valley Soccer, Cristie Stone, has been charged with Felony Grand Theft following an investigation into the…
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Pocatello man charged with stabbing man in the neck
A Pocatello man is being held on aggravated battery charges for stabbing a man in the neck in the early morning of June 24,…
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Rape convict Nicholas Rossi dies after choosing to discontinue medical treatment
Nicholas Rossi, who was extradited from Scotland to Utah and found guilty of rape twice, has died at age 38 from complications of an existing medical…
Continue Reading Chubbuck man faces reduced charges in child sexual abuse case after plea agreement
A Chubbuck man originally charged with six counts of child sexual abuse has entered into a plea agreement with prosecutors. The deal, expected to…
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Judge in Charlie Kirk killing delays contempt ruling until Friday, with death penalty eligibility possibly in balance
A Utah judge in the case against the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk is set to rule Monday on a defense motion to find prosecutors violated a…
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DUI suspect arrested after crashing through Rexburg Temple gates
A local driver was arrested on multiple charges, including driving under the influence, after allegedly ramming their vehicle through the gates of…
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Pocatello man sent to prison for eastern Idaho poaching operation
Joelseph Jenkins of Pocatello was sentenced to state prison and a lifetime ban from hunting after a multi-jurisdictional investigation into his…
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Five children hospitalized after two-vehicle crash in Pocatello
Five children were sent to a local hospital after being struck by two cars that collided in an intersection in Pocatello,…
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Man pleads guilty in connection to 2022 rest area killing
William Burton pleaded guilty to being an accessory to second-degree murder in the 2022 killing of Morey Pelton at a rest area east of…
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Trial set for 2027 in University of Idaho victims’ families’ lawsuit against Washington State University
A federal judge has set a September 2027 trial date in a lawsuit filed by the families of four University of Idaho students killed by Bryan…
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Judge keeps Charlie Kirk murder hearing open to public, media
Judge Tony Graf is expected to decide Monday whether to close portions of the upcoming preliminary hearing for Tyler Robinson, 23, accused of killing…
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‘Why would someone do this?’ Local family mourns beloved horse shot near Sage Lakes Golf Course
An Idaho Falls man and police is looking for answers after a horse was shot sometime between late Saturday evening, across the Sage Lakes Golf…
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Warrant arrest sparks brief police incident, shelter-in-place on W. Elswood Drive Tuesday afternoon
A shelter-in-place order was lifted in Idaho Falls after police took a male into custody who was wanted on several felony…
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Two wanted individuals arrested after Sunday traffic stop, foot chase near 17th and Holmes
Two wanted individuals are behind bars following a Sunday afternoon traffic stop that escalated into a brief foot chase near a busy local…
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23-year-old Rexburg man charged with distribution of child pornography
William S. Messer, 23, of Rexburg, Idaho, was arrested and charged with two felony counts of distribution of child sexually exploitative material…
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Elementary school employee charged with sex abuse of children, filming students
A Utah man who police say works at an elementary school and was arrested and accused of uploading child sex abuse material was charged Wednesday with…
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Multi-month investigation leads to arrest of Salem man on child exploitation charges
Wyatt Widdison has been charged with eight counts of possessing child sexually exploitative material (child pornography) in a Fremont County court…
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Madison County Deputies arrest suspect in connection to juvenile overdose
The Madison County Sheriff’s Office arrested a suspected drug dealer last week in connection to a Sugar City student’s drug overdose earlier this…
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Compass Academy shooter sentenced to 25 years in prison
Taylor Aughenbaugh, 20, was sentenced to up to 25 years in prison for his role in the 2024 Compass Academy parking lot shooting, after pleading…
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Pocatello man sentenced to 16 years for federal drug and firearms charges
Kacey Franklin James has been sentenced to 16 years in federal prison for trafficking methamphetamine, LSD, and Psilocybin mushrooms, as well as…
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Five Idaho men sentenced to prison for child exploitation; four from eastern Idaho
Five Idaho men, including four from eastern Idaho, were sentenced to a combined total of decades in prison for individual child exploitation charges,…
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35-year-old Ririe man in custody following Friday night reports of shots fired
Isreal Joel Hughes, 35, is in custody after reports of shots fired Friday night, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s…
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Judge declines to boot cameras from courtroom for Charlie Kirk murder suspect’s trial, delays upcoming hearing
Cameras will be allowed in the high-profile trial of Tyler Robinson, the Utah man accused of fatally shooting Charlie Kirk, and the preliminary…
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Ex-City Council candidate remains jailed on child porn charges; AG Labrador highlights ICAC success
Christopher Brunt, a former Idaho Falls City Council candidate, is being held on a $1 million bond following his arrest by the Idaho Internet Crimes…
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Overflowing Idaho prisons are sending women with good behavior to ‘the hole’
On the nearly four-hour drive from a southeast Idaho prison, Kristine Scott was optimistic. One of 15 women transferred on April 3 to a minimum…
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Standoff on Truckersville Road off I-86
Late afternoon on Wednesday, May 6, a police standoff caused a road closure off Interstate 86. Several school buses and cars were backed up at the…
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Utah prosecutors push back against contempt motion in Charlie Kirk murder case
Prosecutors in the case of the man accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk are pushing back against a defense motion to hold them in…
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IFPD issues warning to peer-to-peer rental owners after suspicious vehicle rental leads to drug seizure
The Idaho Falls Police Department is warning peer-to-peer and short-term rental owners to be on guard after a local car owner helped investigators…
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Counterfeit Cash: Idaho Falls retiree scammed out of hundreds in marketplace sale
As cash continues to circulate alongside digital payments, counterfeit bills are still slipping into everyday transactions, often going unnoticed…
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Former American Falls Treasurer charged with grand theft; Allegedly stole $278K for personal medical bills
Former City Treasurer of American Falls, Deana England, has been arrested for grand theft with a total of $278,057.98 lost in city money.…
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Pocatello Man Sentenced to 11 Years in Federal Prison for Child Pornography
A 34-year-old Pocatello man faces up to over a decade in federal prison for receiving child pornography following a joint undercover operation…
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Trial set for man charged with murder and kidnapping of 5-year-old Michael Vaughan
A September trial date has been set for Stacey Wondra, the man accused in the disappearance and death of 5-year-old Michael Vaughan.
During a…
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TikTok “psychic” appeals $10M judgment over false University of Idaho murder claims
The self-proclaimed “psychic crime-solver” ordered to pay $10 million for falsely linking a University of Idaho professor to the 2022 Moscow student…
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Ex-city council candidate charged with 12 counts of child exploitative material
A former candidate for the Idaho Falls City Council is facing a dozen felony charges after a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited…
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Suspect identified in deadly Power County Shooting
Authorities have identified the suspect responsible for a violent shooting that left two Pocatello residents dead and two others injured in northern…
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Prosecutor objects to probation sentence for man who struck Idaho Falls Police Officer
The Bonneville County Prosecutor’s Office is publicly speaking out against a sentence handed down to an Idaho Falls man found guilty of felony…
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Idaho Falls man sentenced to 20 years for 2024 Melaleuca parking lot shooting
An Idaho Falls man, Logan Dakota Stephens, will spend up to the next 20 years in prison for shooting a 35-year-old bystander during a confrontation…
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Domestic call leads to seizure of 6 pounds of marijuana; Ammon man arrested
A 21-year-old Ammon man is in custody facing felony drug charges after Sheriff’s Deputies discovered a large cache of narcotics while responding to a…
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Coroner names Pocatello residents killed in Friday shooting along Tank Farm Road
Bannock County Coroner Torey Danner identified the victims as 40-year-old Brandon Lee Madden and 36-year-old Amanda Ann Christian, both of…
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Investigation continues following deadly Power County Shooting; Two survivors in stable condition
Both surviving victims of the deadly shooting in Power County on Friday are now in stable condition, Bannock County authorities confirmed over the…
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South central Idaho law enforcement hunt for suspect after targeted Sunday night shooting
The Twin Falls County Sheriff’s Office is on the hunt for an armed suspect after reports of shots fired led to a brief car chase near a local sugar…
Continue Reading 3 dead, including suspect, with 2 injured in Power County shooting
Power County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting that left three people dead and two others injured Friday afternoon along Tank Farm Road in…
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Stacey Wondra pleads not guilty to murder, kidnapping during arraignment
Stacey Wondra appeared in Payette County Court on Friday afternoon, where he pleaded not guilty to the charges of murder, kidnapping, and destruction…
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“I Was a Coward”: Former Idaho pastor sentenced to 17 Years on child pornography charges
Former Nampa pastor Matthew Masiewicz was sentenced to up to 17 years in prison Thursday after pleading guilty to charges related to child…
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Seven arrested in early morning Pocatello SWAT raid in ongoing narcotics investigation
Seven people are behind bars today after Pocatello police executed a high-risk SWAT raid early this morning.
The Pocatello police department…
Continue Reading Utah man sentenced to 7 months jail in death of his daughter
An Ogden man charged in the death of his 4-month old daughter has been sentenced to about seven months jail.
Nicholas James Horsley, 28, pleaded…
Continue Reading Attorneys for accused Charlie Kirk assassin file to delay key hearing following inconclusive ballistics report
Attorneys for Tyler Robinson, the man accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk, filed a motion Friday to postpone a key preliminary…
Continue Reading Bingham County shooting: 56-year-old man dead, woman shot in face during domestic dispute
A Shelley man is dead, and a woman remains in critical condition with an apparent gunshot wound to the face after an early morning shooting that…
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Idaho Legislature passes bill to expand prison sex abuse law
A bill that would make it easier for prosecutors to charge prison staff accused of sexually abusing inmates passed the Idaho Senate on Tuesday and is…
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Police tip leads to 20-year combined sentence for Pocatello drug duo
Two convicted fentanyl traffickers will spend a combined 20 years in federal prison after a police tip led parole officers to uncover their drug…
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Wanted felon arrested with cash, drugs, and firearm in Bonneville County traffic stop
What began as a routine traffic stop on Tuesday, March 24, ended in a felony arrest after deputies discovered a cache of drugs, cash, and a handgun…
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Idaho Falls man sentenced in major Wyoming-Idaho cocaine trafficking conspiracy
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Wyoming is touting the final sentencing in a three-year investigation that dismantled a major…
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Butte County inmate back in custody after escape, car chase
An inmate who escaped a Butte County jail and led police on a brief car chase Monday morning is back in custody.
According to the Butte County…
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West Idaho man sentenced to 25 Years for possession of AI-generated child porn
A Canyon County man will spend up to the next 25 years in prison following an investigation that uncovered over 100 files of child pornography on his…
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Pocatello couple charged with felony child abuse after violent incident at East Idaho Aquarium
Left: Zachary Olpin, Right: Megan Olpin. Both charged with Felony Injury to a Child and Misdemeanor Injury to a Child. Megan Olpin faces an…
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Local man charged with felony eluding, drug possession following 115 MPH chase on I-15
A 32-year-old man faces multiple felony charges after allegedly leading Idaho State Police on a dramatic high-speed chase that topped 115 MPH and…
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Utah jury finds Kouri Richins guilty of murdering her husband
Closing arguments began Monday in the high-profile murder trial of Kouri Richins, the Utah mother accused of fatally poisoning her husband, Eric…
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Four teens cited following weekend vandalism spree in Fort Hall
A string of juvenile vandalism over the weekend has left a local training facility and several tribal vehicles damaged, according to the Fort Hall…
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One in custody following Friday night shooting in Challis
An unnamed person is recovering Monday after a weekend shooting in Challis sent them to the hospital.
According to the Custer County Sheriff’s…
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Utah man charged with manslaughter in death while practicing drawing handguns from holsters
A Roy man has been charged with manslaughter in the shooting death of another person while the two were practicing drawing handguns from…
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FBI offers reward for man wanted in Idaho child sexual assault case
The FBI is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest of Donald Steven Lang.
The FBI is assisting the Kootenai County…
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Convicted drug trafficker back in custody after K-9 finds meth during Idaho Falls traffic stop
A 41-year-old man on parole for drug trafficking faces new felony charges after Bonneville County Sheriff’s Deputies discovered methamphetamine…
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Idaho Transportation Dept. warns of statewide DMV text message scam
The Idaho Transportation Department is urgently warning residents about a wave of scam text messages spreading across the state.
“Scammers are…
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Benjamin Naylor sentenced to life without parole for southern Idaho killings
The man charged with killing four people across two southern Idaho counties is set to spend the rest of his life behind bars.
Monday, Benjamin…
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Mental health incident triggers evacuation at Jackson Albertsons
The Albertsons grocery store on Buffalo Way in Jackson, Wyoming, was evacuated Monday afternoon after police were forced to subdue a person…
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$8K in Damage – Sheriff’s Deputies investigating vandalism at Blacktail Park
Suspected acts of vandalism have forced the closure of Blacktail Park, potentially delaying its seasonal opening, leaving Bonneville County with an…
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Pocatello man faces multiple charges after falling from moving SUV before vehicle plows through building
A 42-year-old Pocatello man is free on bond after police say he drunkenly fell out of his moving SUV, causing his vehicle to plow through a local…
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59-year-old Canyon County man charged with possession of child pornography
“Every arrest my ICAC Unit makes removes another threat from Idaho streets and brings us closer to ensuring children can grow up safe from…
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Camera store hit by thieves, Police seek public help
Idaho Falls Police are investigating a burglary at the Perfect Light Camera store on 17th Street.…
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Idaho Falls SWAT raid nets 40 pounds of narcotics; 19-year-old charged
An Idaho Falls man is facing serious felony drug charges after a major multi-agency narcotics investigation uncovered 40 pounds of illegal…
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Idaho lawmakers move to expand ‘sexual contact’ definition to hold prison staff accountable
Spurred by InvestigateWest reporting that exposed sexual abuse by Idaho women’s prison staff, lawmakers are advancing legislation meant to close a…
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Man accused of killing Michael Vaughan seen on video at time of disappearance
Stacey Wondra, the man accused of kidnapping and killing 5-year-old Michael “Monkey” Vaughan, is back in court on Wednesday as part of a preliminary…
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Teen sentenced to 60 years for murder of Blackfoot mother
The young man charged with the fatal shooting of a Blackfoot mother in her home last year will spend up to the next six decades behind…
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Local man charged with possession of child pornography after arrest uncovers illicit messages with Kentucky Minor
A 27-year-old Madison County man is in custody after a routine traffic stop led Madison County Sheriff’s Deputies to a cache of child…
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Boise woman to remain in custody following stolen ambulance crash
A Boise woman accused of crashing a stolen ambulance into a medical office building and attempting to set it on fire must remain behind bars pending…
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Caldwell woman sentenced to 15 years for Meth Trafficking
A 60-year-old Caldwell woman will spend the next 15 years in prison for trafficking Meth in southern Idaho.
Kimberly Lee Freeman received the…
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Sugar City man arrested on charges of possession of sexual material exploiting children
On a tip from the Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, Madison County detectives acquired a warrant to search a home in Sugar City.…
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