Crime Tracker Archives

Father, stepmom plead not guilty in 9-year-old boy’s death

May 17, 2021 12:22 PM Associated Press

An Idaho couple has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder charges in connection with the death of a young…

Inmate arrested after escape from Montana women’s prison

May 17, 2021 11:43 AM Associated Press

A woman who escaped from the Montana Women’s Prison in Billings has been arrested.…

Sentencing in Coeur d’Alene shooting moved to July

May 17, 2021 9:37 AM Associated Press

Sentencing for the man charged in the Fourth of July shootings in a Coeur d’Alene park has been moved to July…

Man accused in plot to kill young sex abuse victim sentenced

May 17, 2021 9:34 AM Associated Press

A Boise man who was convicted of soliciting the murder or kidnapping of a little girl who he was later convicted of sexually abusing has been…

Man accused of hit and run crash that killed a Pocatello biker is pleading guilty

May 14, 2021 4:58 PM News Team

The man accused of a hit and run crash that killed a Pocatello biker is pleading…

Idaho death row inmate asks Supreme Court to stop execution

May 13, 2021 2:19 PM Associated Press

An Idaho man scheduled for execution in three weeks is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to stop the state from moving forward with his lethal injection…

Pocatello Police concerned about recent overdoses in community

May 12, 2021 9:40 AM News Team

The Pocatello Police Department is issuing a warning that anyone using illegal drugs is placing themselves at risk of ingesting unknown toxic…

Idaho death row inmate Pizzuto asks state for clemency

May 11, 2021 2:47 PM Associated Press

An Idaho death row inmate with terminal cancer and heart disease is asking the state to let him die naturally rather than kill him by lethal…

Man arrested after high speed chase

May 10, 2021 12:05 PM News Team

Blackfoot Police officers attempted to initiate a traffic stop on an older model pick-up truck in the area of South Shilling Street within the City…

1980s Montana shooting victim identified through DNA

May 10, 2021 2:07 PM Associated Press

Officials in western Montana, working with a private DNA lab in Texas, have identified the victim of an early 1980s homicide and are now…

Police shoot man holding crowbar near Salt Lake City

May 10, 2021 11:21 AM Associated Press

Utah police shot a man they say had a crowbar and was breaking windows near Salt Lake City.…

Wyoming burglary victim offers $20,000 reward

May 10, 2021 9:49 AM Associated Press

The owner of hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of guns, cash and other valuables stolen from a rural Wyoming home is offering a $20,000 reward…

Man sentenced to 20 years for shooting man to death

May 10, 2021 9:33 AM Associated Press

A Fruitland, Idaho man was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Friday in the shooting death of a man in Ontario,…

Two arrested on drug charges after traffic stop

May 9, 2021 2:45 PM Rachel Fabbi

During the stop, deputies “recognized indications of criminal behavior and observed a pipe used to smoke marijuana inside the…

Suspicious death in Jefferson County

May 7, 2021 4:45 PM News Team

Jefferson County deputies received a call in reference to a missing 43-year-old female Wednesday.…

Idaho shooting: Very few school incidents committed by girls

May 7, 2021 2:40 PM Associated Press

Authorities say they are trying to determine what prompted a young girl to open fire at a rural Idaho middle school, one of the few school shootings…

Police investigate shooting fatality

May 7, 2021 2:29 PM News Team

Bonneville County Sheriff’s deputies and Idaho Falls Fire responded to a residence in the 500 N. block of Lakewood Wednesday night to a reported…

Remembering those injured in the Rigby Middle School shooting

May 7, 2021 5:56 PM News Team

We are learning more about those injured in Thursday’s school shooting at Rigby Middle…

Defense: Utah man charged with killing wife had brain injury

May 7, 2021 3:09 PM Associated Press

A Utah man awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in the beating death of his wife on an Alaska cruise had brain…

Sheriff: Girl shoots 3 at Rigby Middle School; teacher disarms her

May 6, 2021 1:43 PM News Team, Associated Press

Jefferson County Sheriff Steve Anderson said at a press conference Thursday at approximately 9:08 a.m., a sixth-grade female student retrieved a…

Police: Woman stabbed after telling teen to stop using slurs

May 7, 2021 12:01 PM Associated Press

A 16-year-old Utah boy was charged as an adult with stabbing a woman to death after she told him to stop using racial slurs, according to court…

Federal grand jury indicts four former Minneapolis police officers in George Floyd’s death

May 7, 2021 9:46 AM CNN Newsource

A federal grand jury has indicted four former Minneapolis police officers in connection with the death of George Floyd, alleging the officers…

Idaho sets June execution date for Gerald Ross Pizzuto Jr.

May 7, 2021 9:23 AM Associated Press

Idaho death row inmate Gerald Ross Pizzuto Jr. has been scheduled for execution on June…

Family of Utah man killed by officer sues police department

May 7, 2021 9:48 AM Associated Press

The family of a Utah man who was shot and killed by a police officer are suing the police department for his death.…

Police kill Wyoming man they say was trying to flee

May 7, 2021 9:45 AM Associated Press

A Casper police officer shot and killed a man the department said was trying to flee a traffic stop early Thursday…

Police search Idaho Falls residence

May 6, 2021 6:44 PM News Team

Idaho Falls Police and the Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office are assisting the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office serving a search warrant at a…

1 in custody, 3 injured after active shooter incident at Rigby Middle School

May 6, 2021 9:58 AM News Team, Associated Press

There was an active shooter at Rigby Middle School Thursday morning, Jefferson School District 251 confirmed. …

Husband of missing Colorado mother charged with her murder

May 6, 2021 1:54 PM CNN Newsource

The husband of a Colorado woman missing since Mother’s Day weekend last year has been charged with her murder, according to court documents…

Man arrested for lewd conduct with a minor under 16

May 6, 2021 9:33 AM News Team

Idaho Falls Police detectives apprehended David Sherill on April 9 in Kissimmee, Florida, for felony lewd conduct with a minor child under 16, a…

Man sentenced for bribery of FBI official

May 5, 2021 4:52 PM News Team

A 63-year-old Centreville, Virginia man was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for paying a bribe to a public official, Acting U.S. Attorney…

Blackfoot man arrested for alleged sexual exploitation of a child

May 5, 2021 3:33 PM News Team

Attorney General Lawrence Wasden announced investigators with his Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit arrested a Blackfoot man on…

Idaho Falls man arrested for alleged sexual exploitation of a minor

May 5, 2021 10:41 AM News Team

Attorney General Lawrence Wasden announced investigators with his Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit arrested an Idaho Falls man on…

IFPD and bomb squad responds to suspicious device

May 4, 2021 3:26 PM News Team

Idaho Falls Police Officers responded to a residence in the area of St. Clair Road and 1st Street for a report of a suspicious item the caller…

Intoxicated driver arrested after hit and run crash

May 4, 2021 10:02 AM News Team

Bonneville County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of a hit and run crash near 1st St. and Ammon Road Monday after 7…

Ammon man arrested for resisting arrest, injuring deputy

May 3, 2021 3:41 PM News Team

Bonneville County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a residence on Vaughan St. early Saturday to a physical disturbance. …

Tabitha G. McKnight and Leonardo J. Lopez

Fleeing suspects arrested for possession of cocaine

May 3, 2021 2:29 PM News Team

Two adults were arrested Saturday night after fleeing from a Bonneville County Sheriff’s deputy and subsequently crashing their vehicle at the…

Traffic stop leads to drug arrest

May 3, 2021 3:00 PM News Team

An Idaho Falls man was booked into the Bonneville County Jail Saturday after being found in possession of illegal drugs and drug paraphernalia. …

Police investigate string of malicious property damage

April 28, 2021 3:30 PM News Team

The Idaho Falls Police Department is investigating a string of malicious property damage that occurred over the weekend.…

Police: Teen arrested in fatal stabbing of woman in Murray

April 28, 2021 10:23 AM Associated Press

A 16-year-old boy was arrested in Utah after police accused him of fatally stabbing a woman in an apartment complex parking lot in Murray earlier in…

Officials identify victim found in van prior to standoff

April 27, 2021 10:02 AM Associated Press

Yellowstone County officials have released the name of a man who was found shot to death in a van prior to a standoff in Billings last week.…

Police seize 40 pounds of marijuana in bust

April 21, 2021 8:29 AM CNN Newsource

Police in Citronelle seized 40 pounds of high-grade marijuana in bust Monday…

Investigators say 8-year-old’s body found in trash bag in grandmother’s car

April 20, 2021 11:14 AM News Team

An Emmett woman once held on suspicion of first-degree murder was in court Monday, and she’s facing new…

Purse snatchers target grocery store shoppers

April 20, 2021 5:45 PM Ariel Schroeder

The Idaho Falls Police Department says purse snatchers are targeting grocery store…

Juvenile arrested following Bingham County pursuit, Idaho Falls hit and run

April 20, 2021 12:53 PM News Team

Law enforcement in the Idaho Falls area were notified Sunday of a vehicle that had been involved in a high-speed pursuit in the Shelley and Bingham…

Schwab pleads guilty to girl friend’s murder

November 19, 2019 3:08 PM News Team

Pickett asked him how he pleaded to the charge of first-degree…

Supporters of lawmaker in rape complaint name his accuser

April 20, 2021 3:22 PM Associated Press

When rape allegations surfaced against a Republican state lawmaker in deep-red Idaho, some rushed to support him – in part by publicly releasing the…

Officers cleared in police involved shooting death

April 19, 2021 11:57 AM News Team

The Madison County Prosecutor’s Office has determined Rexburg Police acted appropriately in a shooting incident that resulted in the death of Troy…

Police investigating rape allegations against Idaho lawmaker

April 19, 2021 4:53 PM Associated Press

The Boise Police Department is investigating a rape allegation made against an Idaho…

Fort Hall man sentenced for stabbing

April 19, 2021 4:46 PM News Team

A 19-year-old Fort Hall man was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court to 40 months in federal prison for assault resulting in serious bodily…

Idaho sheriff: Missing girl’s body found, suspect arrested

April 16, 2021 9:51 AM Associated Press

An Idaho sheriff has said investigators found what is believed to be the body of an 8-year-old girl who went missing earlier this week and that a…

Idaho man charged in connection with Capitol riot

April 15, 2021 3:43 PM News Team

Federal law enforcement officials arrested an Idahoan for assaulting law enforcement officers, among other charges, during the breach of the U.S.…

3 charged in American Falls shooting

April 15, 2021 11:49 AM News Team

Three people are in custody and one in critical condition after a shooting in American Falls.…

Idaho Falls man sentenced to more than 16 years for sexual exploitation of children

April 15, 2021 4:52 PM News Team

A 52-year-old Idaho Falls man was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 200 months in federal prison for sexual exploitation of children, Acting U.S.…

High-speed chase from Fort Hall ends in Pocatello

April 15, 2021 11:32 AM News Team

Two were arrested Wednesday after a high-speed chase that started in Fort Hall came to an end in…

Family of man who starved in jail speaks out about lack of criminal charges

April 14, 2021 5:12 PM Emma Iannacone

The family of the Pocatello man who died in the custody of the Bannock County Jail held a joint press conference with Sheriff Tony Manu on…

Prosecutor says no criminal charges in jail starvation death

April 13, 2021 3:10 PM Associated Press

Idaho jailers watched as a mentally ill man starved to death, according to a newly released investigatory report, but a prosecutor says there isn’t…

Police apprehend wanted man in Idaho Falls

April 14, 2021 11:06 AM News Team

Idaho Falls Police officers located a wanted 26-year-old Rigby man in the area of Benton Street and St. Clair Road in Idaho Falls Tuesday night…

Man who pleaded guilty in Crow killing dies in custody

April 14, 2021 10:48 AM Associated Press

A man who pleaded guilty to fatally shooting a woman in front of her child on the Crow Indian Reservation in southern Montana has died in custody.…

Wyoming couple charged with murder for 2-year-old’s death

April 13, 2021 2:30 PM Associated Press

A Wyoming couple has been charged with first-degree murder for the death of a 2-year-old…

DUI stop leads to arrest for possession of meth

April 13, 2021 11:15 AM News Team

Bonneville County Sheriff’s deputies were sent to the Ucon area for a report of a possibly intoxicated driver Sunday after 7 p.m. …

Wyoming investigators reopen 1988 dead newborn case

April 13, 2021 12:20 PM Associated Press

Investigators in southeastern Wyoming have reopened the case of a dead newborn found in a culvert more than 30 years…

Idaho officials investigating riot at prison near Boise

April 13, 2021 9:54 AM Associated Press

Idaho Department of Correction officials say they’re still investigating a Saturday prison riot that forced staffers to evacuate a housing unit and…

Local 16-year-old missing since February, mom pleads for help

April 12, 2021 2:50 PM Emma Iannacone

A local 16-year-old girl is still missing after seven…

Utah deputy who lost eye in shoot out released from hospital

April 12, 2021 10:18 AM Associated Press

One of two sheriff’s deputies wounded in a shootout outside the Salt Lake City area’s jail lost his eye but the other has been released from the…

Anti-government activist Bundy arrested at Idaho Statehouse

April 8, 2021 3:11 PM Associated Press

Anti-government activist Ammon Bundy was arrested again Thursday on a misdemeanor charge of trespassing at the Idaho…

Reentry Center walkaway captured

April 8, 2021 3:00 PM News Team

The Minidoka Sheriff’s Office and Cassia County Sheriff’s Office took a 41-year-old into custody Thursday around 12 p.m.…

Man arrested after threatening people with a knife

April 8, 2021 1:57 PM News Team

Idaho Falls Police arrested Justin Breeden, 34, of Bakersfield, California after he was reported to be threatening and chasing people with a knife.…

Third man from Utah charged in US Capitol breach

April 7, 2021 6:31 PM Associated Press

A third man from Utah was charged Wednesday in connection with the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in January.…

Arizona man to face DUI, drug charges in fatal crash

April 7, 2021 4:35 PM Associated Press

An Arizona man will face multiple felony driving under the influence and drug charges in a head-on crash on a Nevada highway that killed three…

Vallow/Daybell July trial vacated

April 7, 2021 11:01 AM News Team

Judge Steven Boyce granted a motion Wednesday to vacate Lori Vallow-Daybell and Chad Daybell’s July…

Utah man gets probation in plea deal after drive-by shooting

April 7, 2021 3:31 PM Associated Press

A judge has sentenced a Salt Lake City man to three suspended jail terms and three years of probation after he pleaded guilty to felony firearm…

Former FBI employee sentenced for receiving bribes, tax fraud

April 7, 2021 9:52 AM News Team

A former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) official was sentenced to 39 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release…

Police release update about Pocatello stabbing incident

April 5, 2021 11:35 AM News Team

The Pocatello Police Department released an update Tuesday about an incident Monday where three individuals were reported to have been involved in an…

Nearly 28 tons of cocaine seized after police access encrypted network

April 6, 2021 6:56 AM CNN Newsource

Police in Belgium say they have seized almost 28 tons of cocaine with a street value of 1.4 billion euros ($1.65 billion) after gaining access to an…

Ammon man arrested after violating protection order

April 5, 2021 12:26 PM News Team

Bonneville County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a residence on Dakota Dr. after a report of a domestic disturbance Sunday around 10:00 a.m. …

Idaho Falls man arrested for felony DUI

April 5, 2021 12:06 PM News Team

A Bonneville County Sheriff’s deputy made contact with a reported intoxicated driver Saturday afternoon resulting in an arrest for felony driving…

Man arrested for possession of marijuana, methamphetamine

April 5, 2021 11:19 AM News Team

A 22-year-old Ammon man was arrested for possession of marijuana and methamphetamine…

Woman killed by ex-boyfriend in Utah grocer’s parking lot

April 5, 2021 10:31 AM Associated Press

Authorities in northern Utah say a 41-year-old woman was shot and killed in a grocery store parking lot by an ex-boyfriend who later shot himself…

Man charged with attacking, choking mother

April 5, 2021 10:21 AM Associated Press

The case of a man accused of choking his mother and threatening her with knives has been sent to district…

Ex-Salt Lake City police officer arrested in Capitol breach

April 3, 2021 11:52 AM Associated Press

Michael Lee Hardin was arrested Friday on charges of entering and remaining in the Capitol, a restricted building, and participating in disorderly…

Inmate sentenced to life in drug racketeering gang case

April 2, 2021 2:07 PM Associated Press

A leader of a white supremacist prison gang in Idaho has been sentenced to life in prison on racketeering and other charges, authorities…

Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office partners with Othram to identify human remains

April 1, 2021 10:14 AM News Team

The Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office has partnered with Othram Laboratories to help identify human remains found in the Palisades area.…

Man accused of killing 3-year-old in Idaho pleads guilty

April 1, 2021 9:41 AM Associated Press

A man who was accused of breaking into an Idaho apartment, stabbing a 3-year-old girl and injuring eight others has pleaded guilty to first-degree…

Prosecutors: Idaho officer murder-suicide was premeditated

April 1, 2021 11:42 AM Associated Press

Prosecutors in Idaho have said a former police officer fatally shot a woman he had been dating before shooting himself last year in what they…

Forrest Fenn treasure hunter digs himself into a federal sentence

March 31, 2021 12:26 PM News Team

Chief Federal District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl sentenced Rodrick Dow Craythorn, 52, of Syracuse, Utah for excavating and damaging archeological…

Man arrested for aggravated assault with a sword weapon

March 31, 2021 4:52 PM News Team

Jefferson County Sheriff’s deputies responded to 4122 E. 300 N. in Jefferson County Sunday around 9:35 p.m. in reference to a domestic dispute…

‘My soul is lighter:’ Serial killer’s death brings closure

March 31, 2021 2:38 PM Associated Press

Serial killer Joseph Edward Duncan III died in federal prison recently, having admitted to killing seven people, including five children, in Idaho,…

Judge asked to overturn ‘gay sex’ offender registration

March 31, 2021 12:58 PM Associated Press

A federal judge in Montana is considering the case of a man who asked that he no longer be required to register as a sex offender in Montana for…

Police search for man considered armed and dangerous

March 30, 2021 5:33 PM News Team

The Rigby Police Department is looking for a wanted man who is considered armed and…

Ex-Idaho university employee faces money misuse charges

March 30, 2021 2:43 PM Associated Press

Prosecutors in Idaho have charged the former University of Idaho associate director of alumni relations with multiple felonies after he was accused…

Pocatello police: Man’s nose bitten off during bar fight

March 29, 2021 5:57 PM News Team

Pocatello police say a man had part of his nose bitten off during a bar fight early Sunday…

Man arrested for Walmart burglary

March 29, 2021 11:48 AM News Team

Bonneville County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a 27-year-old Ammon man last Saturday afternoon after responding to a report of a burglary at the…

Serial killer on federal death row dies at Indiana hospital

March 28, 2021 4:40 PM Associated Press

He was sentenced to death in 2008 following his conviction for the killing of 9-year-old Dylan Groene and three adults in Idaho.…

Police arrest wanted man

March 26, 2021 6:15 PM News Team

The Rigby Police Department with the assistance of the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office arrested a 24-year-old Friday. …

Idaho activist suspected of vandalism injured during arrest

March 26, 2021 3:35 PM Associated Press

A Black Lives Matter organizer in Boise who is a former university professor was injured this week during his arrest by police in Boise who said they…