Man accused in plot to kill young sex abuse victim sentenced
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…
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Man accused of hit and run crash that killed a Pocatello biker is pleading guilty
The man accused of a hit and run crash that killed a Pocatello biker is pleading…
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Idaho death row inmate asks Supreme Court to stop execution
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…
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Pocatello Police concerned about recent overdoses in community
The Pocatello Police Department is issuing a warning that anyone using illegal drugs is placing themselves at risk of ingesting unknown toxic…
Continue Reading Idaho death row inmate Pizzuto asks state for clemency
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…
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Man arrested after high speed chase
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…
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1980s Montana shooting victim identified through DNA
Officials in western Montana, working with a private DNA lab in Texas, have identified the victim of an early 1980s homicide and are now…
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Police shoot man holding crowbar near Salt Lake City
Utah police shot a man they say had a crowbar and was breaking windows near Salt Lake City.…
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Wyoming burglary victim offers $20,000 reward
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…
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Man sentenced to 20 years for shooting man to death
A Fruitland, Idaho man was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Friday in the shooting death of a man in Ontario,…
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Two arrested on drug charges after traffic stop
During the stop, deputies “recognized indications of criminal behavior and observed a pipe used to smoke marijuana inside the…
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Suspicious death in Jefferson County
Jefferson County deputies received a call in reference to a missing 43-year-old female Wednesday.…
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Idaho shooting: Very few school incidents committed by girls
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…
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Police investigate shooting fatality
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…
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Remembering those injured in the Rigby Middle School shooting
We are learning more about those injured in Thursday’s school shooting at Rigby Middle…
Continue Reading Defense: Utah man charged with killing wife had brain injury
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…
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Sheriff: Girl shoots 3 at Rigby Middle School; teacher disarms her
Jefferson County Sheriff Steve Anderson said at a press conference Thursday at approximately 9:08 a.m., a sixth-grade female student retrieved a…
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Police: Woman stabbed after telling teen to stop using slurs
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…
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Federal grand jury indicts four former Minneapolis police officers in George Floyd’s death
A federal grand jury has indicted four former Minneapolis police officers in connection with the death of George Floyd, alleging the officers…
Continue Reading Idaho sets June execution date for Gerald Ross Pizzuto Jr.
Idaho death row inmate Gerald Ross Pizzuto Jr. has been scheduled for execution on June…
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Family of Utah man killed by officer sues police department
The family of a Utah man who was shot and killed by a police officer are suing the police department for his death.…
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Police kill Wyoming man they say was trying to flee
A Casper police officer shot and killed a man the department said was trying to flee a traffic stop early Thursday…
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Police search Idaho Falls residence
Idaho Falls Police and the Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office are assisting the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office serving a search warrant at a…
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1 in custody, 3 injured after active shooter incident at Rigby Middle School
There was an active shooter at Rigby Middle School Thursday morning, Jefferson School District 251 confirmed. …
Continue Reading Husband of missing Colorado mother charged with her murder
The husband of a Colorado woman missing since Mother’s Day weekend last year has been charged with her murder, according to court documents…
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Man arrested for lewd conduct with a minor under 16
Idaho Falls Police detectives apprehended David Sherill on April 9 in Kissimmee, Florida, for felony lewd conduct with a minor child under 16, a…
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Man sentenced for bribery of FBI official
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…
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Blackfoot man arrested for alleged sexual exploitation of a child
Attorney General Lawrence Wasden announced investigators with his Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit arrested a Blackfoot man on…
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Idaho Falls man arrested for alleged sexual exploitation of a minor
Attorney General Lawrence Wasden announced investigators with his Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit arrested an Idaho Falls man on…
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IFPD and bomb squad responds to suspicious device
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…
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Intoxicated driver arrested after hit and run crash
Bonneville County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of a hit and run crash near 1st St. and Ammon Road Monday after 7…
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Ammon man arrested for resisting arrest, injuring deputy
Bonneville County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a residence on Vaughan St. early Saturday to a physical disturbance. …
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Fleeing suspects arrested for possession of cocaine
Two adults were arrested Saturday night after fleeing from a Bonneville County Sheriff’s deputy and subsequently crashing their vehicle at the…
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Traffic stop leads to drug arrest
An Idaho Falls man was booked into the Bonneville County Jail Saturday after being found in possession of illegal drugs and drug paraphernalia. …
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Police investigate string of malicious property damage
The Idaho Falls Police Department is investigating a string of malicious property damage that occurred over the weekend.…
Continue Reading Police: Teen arrested in fatal stabbing of woman in Murray
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…
Continue Reading Officials identify victim found in van prior to standoff
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.…
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Police seize 40 pounds of marijuana in bust
Police in Citronelle seized 40 pounds of high-grade marijuana in bust Monday…
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Investigators say 8-year-old’s body found in trash bag in grandmother’s car
An Emmett woman once held on suspicion of first-degree murder was in court Monday, and she’s facing new…
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Purse snatchers target grocery store shoppers
The Idaho Falls Police Department says purse snatchers are targeting grocery store…
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Juvenile arrested following Bingham County pursuit, Idaho Falls hit and run
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…
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Schwab pleads guilty to girl friend’s murder
Pickett asked him how he pleaded to the charge of first-degree…
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Supporters of lawmaker in rape complaint name his accuser
When rape allegations surfaced against a Republican state lawmaker in deep-red Idaho, some rushed to support him – in part by publicly releasing the…
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Officers cleared in police involved shooting death
The Madison County Prosecutor’s Office has determined Rexburg Police acted appropriately in a shooting incident that resulted in the death of Troy…
Continue Reading Police investigating rape allegations against Idaho lawmaker
The Boise Police Department is investigating a rape allegation made against an Idaho…
Continue Reading Fort Hall man sentenced for stabbing
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…
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Idaho sheriff: Missing girl’s body found, suspect arrested
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…
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Idaho man charged in connection with Capitol riot
Federal law enforcement officials arrested an Idahoan for assaulting law enforcement officers, among other charges, during the breach of the U.S.…
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3 charged in American Falls shooting
Three people are in custody and one in critical condition after a shooting in American Falls.…
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Idaho Falls man sentenced to more than 16 years for sexual exploitation of children
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.…
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High-speed chase from Fort Hall ends in Pocatello
Two were arrested Wednesday after a high-speed chase that started in Fort Hall came to an end in…
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Family of man who starved in jail speaks out about lack of criminal charges
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…
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Prosecutor says no criminal charges in jail starvation death
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…
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Police apprehend wanted man in Idaho Falls
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…
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Man who pleaded guilty in Crow killing dies in custody
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.…
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Wyoming couple charged with murder for 2-year-old’s death
A Wyoming couple has been charged with first-degree murder for the death of a 2-year-old…
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DUI stop leads to arrest for possession of meth
Bonneville County Sheriff’s deputies were sent to the Ucon area for a report of a possibly intoxicated driver Sunday after 7 p.m. …
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Wyoming investigators reopen 1988 dead newborn case
Investigators in southeastern Wyoming have reopened the case of a dead newborn found in a culvert more than 30 years…
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Idaho officials investigating riot at prison near Boise
Idaho Department of Correction officials say they’re still investigating a Saturday prison riot that forced staffers to evacuate a housing unit and…
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Local 16-year-old missing since February, mom pleads for help
A local 16-year-old girl is still missing after seven…
Continue Reading Utah deputy who lost eye in shoot out released from hospital
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…
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Anti-government activist Bundy arrested at Idaho Statehouse
Anti-government activist Ammon Bundy was arrested again Thursday on a misdemeanor charge of trespassing at the Idaho…
Continue Reading Reentry Center walkaway captured
The Minidoka Sheriff’s Office and Cassia County Sheriff’s Office took a 41-year-old into custody Thursday around 12 p.m.…
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Man arrested after threatening people with a knife
Idaho Falls Police arrested Justin Breeden, 34, of Bakersfield, California after he was reported to be threatening and chasing people with a knife.…
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Third man from Utah charged in US Capitol breach
A third man from Utah was charged Wednesday in connection with the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in January.…
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Arizona man to face DUI, drug charges in fatal crash
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…
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Vallow/Daybell July trial vacated
Judge Steven Boyce granted a motion Wednesday to vacate Lori Vallow-Daybell and Chad Daybell’s July…
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Utah man gets probation in plea deal after drive-by shooting
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…
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Former FBI employee sentenced for receiving bribes, tax fraud
A former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) official was sentenced to 39 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release…
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Police release update about Pocatello stabbing incident
The Pocatello Police Department released an update Tuesday about an incident Monday where three individuals were reported to have been involved in an…
Continue Reading Nearly 28 tons of cocaine seized after police access encrypted network
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…
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Ammon man arrested after violating protection order
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. …
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Idaho Falls man arrested for felony DUI
A Bonneville County Sheriff’s deputy made contact with a reported intoxicated driver Saturday afternoon resulting in an arrest for felony driving…
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Man arrested for possession of marijuana, methamphetamine
A 22-year-old Ammon man was arrested for possession of marijuana and methamphetamine…
Continue Reading Woman killed by ex-boyfriend in Utah grocer’s parking lot
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…
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Man charged with attacking, choking mother
The case of a man accused of choking his mother and threatening her with knives has been sent to district…
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Ex-Salt Lake City police officer arrested in Capitol breach
Michael Lee Hardin was arrested Friday on charges of entering and remaining in the Capitol, a restricted building, and participating in disorderly…
Continue Reading Inmate sentenced to life in drug racketeering gang case
A leader of a white supremacist prison gang in Idaho has been sentenced to life in prison on racketeering and other charges, authorities…
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Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office partners with Othram to identify human remains
The Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office has partnered with Othram Laboratories to help identify human remains found in the Palisades area.…
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Man accused of killing 3-year-old in Idaho pleads guilty
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…
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Prosecutors: Idaho officer murder-suicide was premeditated
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…
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Forrest Fenn treasure hunter digs himself into a federal sentence
Chief Federal District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl sentenced Rodrick Dow Craythorn, 52, of Syracuse, Utah for excavating and damaging archeological…
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Man arrested for aggravated assault with a sword weapon
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…
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‘My soul is lighter:’ Serial killer’s death brings closure
Serial killer Joseph Edward Duncan III died in federal prison recently, having admitted to killing seven people, including five children, in Idaho,…
Continue Reading Judge asked to overturn ‘gay sex’ offender registration
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…
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Police search for man considered armed and dangerous
The Rigby Police Department is looking for a wanted man who is considered armed and…
Continue Reading Ex-Idaho university employee faces money misuse charges
Prosecutors in Idaho have charged the former University of Idaho associate director of alumni relations with multiple felonies after he was accused…
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Pocatello police: Man’s nose bitten off during bar fight
Pocatello police say a man had part of his nose bitten off during a bar fight early Sunday…
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Man arrested for Walmart burglary
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…
Continue Reading Serial killer on federal death row dies at Indiana hospital
He was sentenced to death in 2008 following his conviction for the killing of 9-year-old Dylan Groene and three adults in Idaho.…
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Police arrest wanted man
The Rigby Police Department with the assistance of the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office arrested a 24-year-old Friday. …
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Idaho activist suspected of vandalism injured during arrest
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…
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Ex-Idaho nurse resentenced, released in 2018 murder case
A former nurse in Idaho who admitted to helping a Colorado rancher cover up the killing of his fiancee Kelsey Berreth was released on parole after…
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Hit and run crash results in felony DUI arrest
Bonneville County Sheriff’s deputies located a 59-year-old Shelley man Tuesday around 4:30 p.m. after he was reported to have been intoxicated and…
Continue Reading Ex-Wyoming probation officer pleads guilty to sexual assault
A former probation officer in Wyoming has pleaded guilty to sexual assault after disclosing a physical relationship with a parolee under her…
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Man arrested for kidnapping woman
Clark County Dispatch received a 911 call from a distraught female Tuesday around 9:30 a.m. claiming she was being held against her will and was in…
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Man arrested after found stuck in stolen vehicle
A 24-year-old man was arrested Monday after he was found stuck on a canal bank in a stolen…
Continue Reading Montana man to go to trial following Idaho bar shooting
A jury trial for a Montana man accused of shooting into a crowd outside a bar in Idaho last year has been scheduled for April 28.…
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Man arrested for unlawful entry, possession of meth
A 20-year-old Rupert man was booked into the Bonneville County Jail…
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Veteran homicide attorney added to Vallow/Daybell prosecution team
A veteran homicide attorney has been added to the prosecution team in the cases of Chad Daybell and Lori…
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