5 convicted in relation to multi-million dollar counterfeit cellphone scheme
A federal jury in Idaho convicted five defendants for their roles in operating a $41 million dollar scheme wherein they sold counterfeit cellphones…
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Boise man sentenced to 4 years for possession of child pornography
A 51-year-old of Boise was sentenced to 57 months in federal prison for possession of child…
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Man sentenced to 5.5 years for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine
A Caldwell man was sentenced to 66 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute…
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Lewiston man sentenced to 10 years for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine
A Lewiston man was sentenced to 121 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute…
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Highland Park shooting suspect has been indicted on 117 counts by a grand jury
By Jamiel Lynch and Carolyn Sung, CNN A grand jury in Lake County, Illinois, has returned 117 felony counts against Robert E. Crimo III, the man…
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Wanted suspect apprehended in Burton area
On Wednesday at approximately 10:30 a.m. Madison County Sheriff’s Office deputies pursued and apprehended a wanted subject in the Burton area of…
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Police looking for 3 missing children
Pocatello Police are looking for 3 children who may be with their…
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New trial date set for Bingham County Sheriff
A new trial date has been set for Bingham County Sheriff Craig Rowland a day after he announced he will resign from…
Continue Reading Bingham County Sheriff set to resign Aug. 1
Bingham County Sheriff Craig Rowland will resign from office on Aug. 1,…
Continue Reading Nikolas Cruz walked into a McDonald’s and sat with the brother of one of his victims after the Parkland shooting, surveillance video shows
By Alaa Elassar and Kevin Conlon, CNN After carrying out a massacre at a Parkland, Florida, high school that left 17 dead, gunman Nikolas Cruz sat…
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Escapee arrested after lengthy pursuit, firing on officers
Early Thursday morning, Idaho Falls Police Officers and Bonneville County Sheriff’s deputies located Peter Lewis, a known fugitive who recently did…
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Aubree Ours and 5 first responders receive “life saving award”
It all started as a regular day for Aubree Ours when she started on her route, to deliver meals to the seniors on the Meals On Wheels program. Except…
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Police continue to seek public’s help locating escapee
Bonneville County Sheriff’s deputies are seeking the public’s help locating three inmates who cut their ankle monitor’s off and failed to…
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Woman arrested for drug trafficking
Bonneville County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a 60-year-old woman Tuesday night after a traffic stop produced multiple illegal drugs in her…
Continue Reading Idaho’s participates in $34 million multistate agreement with New York Jewelry Company
Attorney General Lawrence Wasden announced Tuesday Idaho’s participation in a $34.2 million multistate agreement with a New York-based jewelry…
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Idaho Falls walkaway captured
The Idaho Department of Correction is searching for a walkaway from the Idaho Falls Community Reentry…
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1 in custody after vehicle pursuit
The Blackfoot-Bingham County Joint Detective Division was investigating a possible narcotics violation inside the city limits of Blackfoot Monday.…
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Idaho GOP rejects abortion exception to save mother’s life
The Idaho Republican Party has rejected adding language to their platform to allow an abortion to save the life of the…
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6 members of white supremacist group expected in Idaho court
Six of the 31 members of a white supremacist group who were arrested near a northern Idaho pride event last month will be in court on Monday…
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Craig Rowland trial postponed
The trial of Bingham County Sheriff Craig Rowland has been…
Continue Reading Authorities seize more than $690,000 worth of hard narcotics in Texas
By Emma Tucker US Customs and Border Protection officers in Texas have seized nearly 90 pounds of hard narcotics with an estimated street value of…
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1 arrested in connection to Pelton homicide
Earlier Friday, Bonneville County Sheriff’s deputies made contact with 58-year-old Randy Michael Larkin in Chubbuck and placed him under arrest…
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Investigation into burglary at Planet Doom
The Idaho Falls Police Department is investigating a burglary that occurred early Friday morning at Planet Doom on 1st Street.…
Continue Reading Twin Falls provider sentenced for fraud and obstruction of medicaid fraud investigation
Attorney General Lawrence Wasden announced a Twin Falls woman was sentenced on Monday for provider fraud and obstruction of a Medicaid fraud…
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Testimony reveals what happened before 2 Pocatello police officers were shot
The man charged with shooting two Pocatello police officers will be heading to…
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Search warrant served and drugs seized
Jefferson County Sheriff’s Deputies served a search warrant Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at 797 E. 2700 N. Monteview located in Jefferson…
Continue Reading Amazon’s Ring has provided doorbell footage to police without owners’ consent 11 times so far this year
By Brian Fung, CNN Amazon’s smart-doorbell company, Ring, has provided surveillance footage to law enforcement without a warrant or the consent…
Continue Reading A Mexican network is sending abortion drugs to American women
By David Shortell, CNN One day late last month, as new abortion restrictions began taking shape in US states, three Mexican women quietly crossed…
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Man sentenced to 8 years for possession of child pornography
A 51-year-old Genesee man was sentenced to 97 months in federal prison for possession of child…
Continue Reading Casey White, the Alabama prisoner who escaped with a corrections officer, has been indicted for murder in her death
By Josh Campbell, Melissa Alonso and Dakin Andone, CNN Casey White, the inmate who escaped from an Alabama jail with corrections officer Vicky White,…
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1 arrested after officer-involved shooting
An Oklahoma man is in the Bannock County Jail after allegedly shooting at police officers Saturday…
Continue Reading 115 gallons of liquid meth, crystal meth and guns seized worth $2.5 million
A 43-year-old Dallas man was arrested and charged with trafficking methamphetamine after agents seized 115 gallons of liquid methamphetamine and…
Continue Reading US Marshals apprehend 13 sex offenders in Iowa wanted for crimes against children
By Alaa Elassar, CNN The US Marshals Service has arrested 13 of the most wanted sex offenders in Iowa, authorities say. All of the fugitives were…
Continue Reading Amber Heard asks court to declare a mistrial in Johnny Depp defamation case over issue with juror
By Chloe Melas, CNN Attorneys for Amber Heard have asked the court to declare a mistrial and order a new trial in the defamation case with her…
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Officers seek information about 2 mule deer bucks shot and left to waste in Madison County
Conservation Officers with the Idaho Fish and Game are seeking information from the public regarding two mule deer bucks shot and left to waste…
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Pocatello police ask for help identifying theft suspects
The Pocatello Police Department said on June 19, two suspects took more than $1,700 worth of…
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Inmate captured after escaping from Work Detail Crew
Bonneville County Sheriff’s deputies are seeking the public’s help in locating 27-year-old Larry Mathew Robinson…
Continue Reading Derek Chauvin sentenced to 21 years in federal prison for depriving George Floyd of his civil rights
By Paul Vercammen and Steve Almasy, CNN Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin will serve 245 months in federal prison for violating George…
Continue Reading Brittney Griner pleads guilty to drug charges in Russian court
By Anna Chernova, Abby Phillip, Dakin Andone and Alaa Elassar, CNN Two-time US Olympic basketball gold medalist Brittney Griner has pleaded guilty to…
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Mexico seizes ‘historic’ half-ton of fentanyl at warehouse
Mexico’s army and National Guard announced Thursday what they called a “historic” seizure of over a half-ton of fentanyl at a warehouse in the…
Continue Reading Bellevue man sentenced to 48 months for distributing fentanyl
On Friday, Dakota James Hoffman, 29, of Bellevue, was sentenced to 48 months in federal prison for distribution of fentanyl, U.S. Attorney Josh…
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Pocatello police seek witnesses to a disturbance
Pocatello Police Department officers are seeking witnesses to a physical disturbance that occurred at 420 North Main Street during Revive on June…
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Intoxicated man arrested after fleeing fiery crash
Bonneville County Sheriff’s deputies and Idaho Falls Fire responded to a vehicle accident last Friday evening just before 7 p.m. on N. 5th W.…
Continue Reading Chubbuck man arrested for alleged sexual exploitation of a child
Attorney General Lawrence Wasden has announced investigators with his Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit arrested a Chubbuck man on…
Continue Reading How a train fan solved a real life Orient Express mystery
Francesca Street, CNN French railway aficionado Arthur Mettetal was watching a video on YouTube when some parked train carriages in the corner of the…
Continue Reading What we know about the Highland Park shooting
By Gregory Krieg, CNN A gunman in Highland Park, Illinois, killed seven people and injured dozens more on a July Fourth parade route on Monday,…
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Idaho State Police release 2021 crime report
Idaho State Police completed a 2021 Crime in Idaho Report, primarily detailing statistics collected from police…
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Mountain Home man sentenced for federal drug, gun charges
A Mountain Home man was sentenced to 100 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and for unlawful…
Continue Reading Nampa man sentenced to 10 years for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine
A Nampa man was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute…
Continue Reading Star woman sentenced to 14 months for making false statements to obtain $11 million in government contracts
A Star woman was sentenced to 14 months in federal prison for falsely claiming that a business she controlled qualified as a service-disabled…
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Federal jury convicts Lapwai man for assault with dangerous weapon
After a three-day trial, a federal jury sitting in Coeur d’Alene found Qaya Mikel Gordon, 20, guilty of two counts of Assault with a Dangerous…
Continue Reading Daily Harvest hit with lawsuits from people who say they had their gallbladders removed after consuming its product
By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Days after meal-kit service Daily Harvest announced the voluntary recall of one of its products, the company has…
Continue Reading Ammon man arrested for alleged sexual exploitation of a child
Attorney General Lawrence Wasden has announced Thursday investigators with his Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit arrested an Ammon…
Continue Reading Remains discovered in Texas in 2013 have been identified as a teen missing since 2000, officials say
By Jalen Beckford, CNN Human remains found in West Texas in 2013 have been identified as a teen reported missing more than 20 years ago, state…
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Boise man sentenced to 17 years for aiding and abetting production of child pornography
22-year-old Caleb McCall-Teigen of Boise was sentenced to 204 months in federal prison for aiding and abetting the production of child…
Continue Reading R. Kelly sentenced to 30 years in prison for federal racketeering and sex trafficking charges
By Sonia Moghe and Dakin Andone, CNN Disgraced R&B singer R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison Wednesday following his conviction last…
Continue Reading R. Kelly sentenced to 30 years in prison for federal racketeering and sex trafficking charges
By Sonia Moghe and Dakin Andone, CNN Disgraced R&B singer R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison Wednesday following his conviction last…
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Police seek help concerning fatality crash on I-15
The Pocatello Police Department is asking for help from the public concerning a fatality crash that occurred in the evening hours of June…
Continue Reading 101-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard sentenced to five years for Holocaust atrocities
By Inke Kappeler and Ben Brown, CNN A 101-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard has been sentenced to five years in prison by a German court…
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Fireworks complaint results in multiple drug arrests
Bonneville County Sheriff’s deputies arrested three individuals over the weekend for multiple drug charges after observing the use of illegal…
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Juveniles breaking into homes to party, causing felony amounts of damage
Breaking and entering is a crime, and $2,000 worth of damage is a…
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Driver arrested for aggravated DUI after hitting pedestrian
Bonneville County Sheriff’s deputies and Idaho Falls Fire responded to the intersection of 1st St. and Nassau Dr. Wednesday to a reported vehicle…
Continue Reading Sheriff Craig Rowland trial moved to July 25
Attorneys in the case against Bingham County Sheriff Craig Rowland were in court Thursday discussing when the case will go to…
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Idaho woman sentenced for attempted murder of husband
An Idaho woman has been sentenced to up to 12 years in prison for attempted murder after prosecutors said she put a plastic bag over her husband’s…
Continue Reading Justin Ross Harris’ ex-wife calls him ‘a loving and proud father’ who also was ‘a terrible husband’
By Ray Sanchez and Tina Burnside, CNN Leanna Taylor has long maintained that her ex-husband did not mean to leave their 22-month-old son Cooper to…
Continue Reading 5-year-old boy died after being left in a car for hours while his mother prepared for a birthday party, report says
By Amanda Musa, CNN A 5-year-old boy died after his mother left him inside a car outside the family’s home in Houston while she prepared for…
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Vallow-Daybell trial preparations underway
The much anticipated trial of Lori Vallow-Daybell and her husband Chad Daybell is still months…
Continue Reading Caldwell man pleads guilty to distribution of methamphetamine
A Caldwell man pleaded guilty to distribution of…
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Man shot by police in Star during stolen gun investigation
Police in a small southwestern Idaho town shot and killed a 39-year-old man Wednesday morning, authorities…
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2 men sentenced for unlawful taking of golden eagle
Two Treasure Valley men, were sentenced for the unlawful taking of a golden eagle without…
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Man arrested after attack with knife
A 24-year-old man is behind bars for felony aggravated battery with a deadly…
Continue Reading Australian teenager charged with printing a ‘fully functioning’ 3D firearm
By Hilary Whiteman, CNN An Australian teenager has been charged with gun offenses after police seized a fully functioning firearm he allegedly made…
Continue Reading Eastern Idaho nurse practitioner pays the price for unlawfully prescribing narcotics
The United States District Court entered judgment against Nurse Practitioner Kenneth Lowther for violating the Controlled Substances Act and ordered…
Continue Reading Experts: Anti-LGBTQ rhetoric could galvanize extremists
As hate speech targeting LGBTQ people increases among some far-right influencers and others online, experts are warning that extremist groups may see…
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Drive-by shooting suspect arrested
The Pocatello Police Department said an arrest was made Monday in connection to a drive by shooting on…
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Idaho Supreme Court considers death row clemency case
The Idaho Supreme Court on Monday heard arguments on whether the state’s constitution gives a governor the power to veto a state commission’s…
Continue Reading Patriot Front leader among those arrested near Idaho Pride
After the arrest of more than two dozen members of a white supremacist group near a northern Idaho pride event, including one identified as its…
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Surveillance video shows fight inside Pocatello restaurant
A Pocatello man is jail facing assault charges after starting a fight at a restaurant Wednesday…
Continue Reading Federal jury convicts Pocatello man for trafficking methamphetamine and heroin
After a four-day trial, a federal jury sitting in Pocatello found 46-year-old Adam Lee Vallely of Pocatello guilty of one count of conspiracy to…
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Idaho stepmom gets life sentence for killing 9-year-old boy
A 29-year-old southwestern Idaho woman convicted of torturing and killing her 9-year-old stepson has been sentenced to life in prison without…
Continue Reading A missing child was found alive after more than 40 years. But the search continues for her parents’ killers, police say
By Aya Elamroussi and Andy Rose, CNN A woman who was turned over to officials at an Arizona church as a baby more than four decades ago has been…
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Chris Tapp reaches settlement with Idaho Falls
Chris Tapp has reached a settlement in his civil rights…
Continue Reading Boise man sentenced to 19 years for distributing child pornography
47-year-old Judd Evans Ballard of Boise was sentenced to 235 months in federal prison for distribution of child pornography by Chief U.S. District…
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Jake Eilander’s preliminary hearing rescheduled again
Jake Eilander was supposed to appear in court Wednesday morning, but his hearing has…
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Large amount of drugs found in Idaho Falls traffic stop
Two women were arrested after police found a large amount of drugs in their…
Continue Reading US mass shootings are on pace to match last year — the worst ever, Gun Violence Archive data show
By Priya Krishnakumar and Dakin Andone, CNN The United States is on pace to match or surpass its worst year on record for the number of mass…
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Preliminary hearing for Todd Brewer moved to July
The man who is charged with shooting two Pocatello police officers was in court Monday…
Continue Reading The Buffalo shooting suspect showed signs of violent behavior and was left untreated. Violence prevention experts say troubled youth like him need long-term support
By Emma Tucker, CNN The 18-year-old White man who opened fire at a Buffalo supermarket, killing 10 and injuring three, was first known to authorities…
Continue Reading 6 mistakes that led to the 1972 Watergate burglars being caught
By Janelle Davis, CNN Their mission was to break into the Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington, bug the room and photograph…
Continue Reading Mariah Carey sued over hit track ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’
Story by Reuters Mariah Carey was sued on Friday over her 1994 Christmas classic “All I Want for Christmas Is You” by a songwriter who…
Continue Reading From graduation parties to a mall, 13 mass shootings over the weekend leave more than a dozen dead and over 70 injured
By Chris Boyette and Holly Yan, CNN They were at places that seemed safe — but few spaces in America are guaranteed safe anymore. More than a…
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New police chief will bring some fresh ideas, Rexburg Mayor says
June 1, 2022 the Rexburg city council ratified a decision by the cities mayor Jerry Merrill for the new police chief for the Rexburg Police…
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Police seek information regarding Ross Park vandalism
During the last several months, the Pocatello Police Department has noticed an increase in vandalism at Ross Park.…
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Former ISU assistant football coach charged with murder
Idaho State University assistant football coach DaVonte’ Neal was arrested last week in Bannock County for an outstanding warrant in…
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Four New York men sentenced to prison for identity theft scheme
Four New York men were sentenced to federal prison for an identity theft scheme designed to obtain iPhones on Sprint customer…
Continue Reading Jerome County man arrested for alleged sexual exploitation of a minor
Attorney General Lawrence Wasden has announced investigators with his Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit arrested a Jerome man on…
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Former congressional candidate pleads guilty to COVID-19 relief fraud and falsification of records
A Boise man pleaded guilty for using COVID-19 relief funds for personal expenditures and for falsifying records to conceal thousands of dollars of…
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Police seek information on persons and vehicles of interest in homicide investigation
The Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in identifying vehicles and persons of interest in the homicide of Morey P.…
Continue Reading Man accused of shooting 2 Pocatello police officers released from hospital, taken to jail
The man accused of shooting two Pocatello police officers has been released from the hospital and taken to jail.…
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Man sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for trafficking methamphetamine
A California man was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for possession of methamphetamine with intent to…
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