Crime Tracker Archives

Kenneth Jones pleads guilty in Stephanie Eldredge case

October 29, 2020 4:28 PM News Team

The man who is being held for the death of Stephanie Eldredge pleaded guilty…

Utah man arrested for allegedly burning children with water

October 29, 2020 11:39 AM Associated Press

A Utah man was arrested after police accused him of burning two toddlers with hot water, authorities…

Police: Possible murder-suicide involves Idaho officer

October 29, 2020 11:18 AM Associated Press

Idaho State Police are investigating what they describe as a possible murder-suicide involving a central Idaho police officer and a coffee shop…

Bonneville County jail inmate dies in hospital

October 21, 2020 8:25 AM News Team

After a brief car chase that began shortly before 6 p.m. Tuesday, Idaho Falls Police arrested Pedro Lopez, 28, of Idaho Falls on a number of felony…

Idaho men charged with conspiring to sell hard-to-trace guns

October 27, 2020 2:55 PM Associated Press

A former Marine and another Idaho man charged with participating in a money-making conspiracy to build hard-to-trace firearms and distribute them in…

Wanted suspect in custody

October 27, 2020 12:18 PM News Team

Idaho Falls Police have released information on a suspect they are searching for in connection to a shooting that occurred on October…

Holmes sentenced in Pocatello shooting

August 14, 2019 6:32 PM News Team

Steven Holmes was sentenced for two Pocatello shooting incidents Thursday after entering a plea agreement in 6th District Court. …

Investigation underway after 2 found deceased in Bellevue

October 23, 2020 10:06 AM News Team

Idaho State Police are investigating after two dead bodies were found in a coffee shop in…

Police: Man fatally shot in Boise home; woman arrested

October 23, 2020 11:11 AM Associated Press

An Idaho woman was arrested after police believe she fatally shot a man inside a Boise home, authorities…

Forrest Fenn treasure hunter indicted for damage to Yellowstone

October 22, 2020 4:37 PM News Team

A man claiming to have been seeking the elusive Forrest Fenn treasure has been indicted by a
federal grand jury after he was found digging in the…

Blackfoot woman sentenced

October 22, 2020 5:47 PM News Team

A 32-year-old Blackfoot woman appeared before Judge Thompson in Bingham County on Wednesday for sentencing in two criminal cases and disposition of…

Bonneville County man pleads to aggravated assault charge

September 1, 2020 10:32 AM News Team

UPDATE/10-22-20:
Elijah Chavez entered a guilty plea in 7th District Court Tuesday to felony aggravated assault.…

Murdered student’s family reaches multi-million dollar settlement with University of Utah

October 22, 2020 12:06 PM News Team

On the two year anniversary of Lauren McCluskey’s death, University of Utah President Ruth V. Watkins and Lauren’s parents announced a settlement…

Custer County releases details regarding campground shooting

October 21, 2020 10:47 AM News Team

The Custer County Sheriff’s Office has released more information regarding a law enforcement officer-involved shooting incident involving Russell…

Power County lawmen solve vandalism case

October 21, 2020 8:45 AM News Team

The Power County Sheriff’s Office has closed the books on a 6-month old vandalism investigation.…

Chad Daybell’s hearing to dismiss postponed

October 20, 2020 5:32 PM News Team

Chad Daybell’s lawyer John Pior has asked a hearing to dismiss the case against Daybell be…

Burglary reports surge around Chubbuck

October 19, 2020 2:48 PM News Team

Chubbuck Police are asking the public to be aware of an uptick in thefts in the…

Police investigate shooting incident

October 17, 2020 6:05 PM News Team

The Idaho Falls Police Department is investigating a shooting incident that occurred sometime before 8:15 p.m. Friday possibly in the area of 1st…

One man arrested after high-speed chase near Arimo

October 17, 2020 4:23 AM News Team

An Idaho Falls man is in custody after leading Idaho State Police on a chase at 3:57 p.m. Friday.…

Man arrested after fight at Idaho haunted house over Trump

October 16, 2020 1:04 PM Associated Press

A Boise man was charged with assault after police say he drunkenly pulled a handgun on teens at a haunted house in Idaho last weekend because they…

Blackfoot man charged after home break-in

October 16, 2020 11:32 AM News Team

A 29-year-old Blackfoot man faces multiple charges after a disturbance led to a gunshot at around 1 a.m. October…

Bellevue Marshal arrested for delivering marijuana

October 14, 2020 9:11 AM News Team

The Marshal for the City of Bellevue has been arrested on felony charges of delivery of marijuana.…

Former Idaho governor candidate charged with murder in Colorado cold case

October 13, 2020 3:46 PM Emma Iannacone

Former Idaho gubernatorial candidate Steve Pankey was arrested and charged in the 1984 cold case of a 12-year-old Colorado…

Police stop wanted man with pit maneuver

October 9, 2020 1:15 PM Linda Larsen

Pocatello Police used the pit maneuver to capture a man wanted on outstanding warrants.…

Christopher Tapp files civil suit against Idaho Falls Police Department

October 8, 2020 8:53 AM Bre Clark

Attorneys for Chris Tapp filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the City of Idaho Falls and seven current and former Idaho Falls Police…

Virginia man pleads guilty to bribery of FBI official

October 8, 2020 4:47 PM News Team

A 63-year-old Centreville, Virginia man pleaded guilty to paying a bribe to a public official, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced Thursday.…

Street sign of Hiline Road and East Quinn Road where shooting on Oct.3 took place

Police are currently investigating two separate shooting incidents in Pocatello

October 6, 2020 6:44 PM Cole Sams

Police are still looking for suspects in two different shootings that occurred in Pocatello last week.…

Police release surveillance photos of liquor store theft suspects

October 6, 2020 2:54 PM News Team

Chubbuck Police released surveillance photos of suspects stealing from a liquor store and is asking for your assistance identifying the two…

Judge orders Dripps to be tried in Pocatello

September 30, 2020 9:43 AM News Team

Judge Joel Tingey has approved a defense motion to move Brian Dripps murder trial to Bannock…

Small town hit with two early morning vehicle thefts

October 5, 2020 12:58 PM Emma Iannacone

The Power County Sheriff’s Office is investigating two separate incidents of stolen vehicles in Rockland on Monday…

Blackfoot man sentenced to 3 life sentences

October 1, 2020 5:14 PM News Team

A 36-year-old Blackfoot man was sentenced Thursday to three life sentences on three counts of lewd conduct with a child under the age of 16. …

2 leaders of Aryan Knights prison gang sentenced to more than 17 years for RICO conspiracy

October 1, 2020 5:53 PM News Team

Two members of an Idaho prison gang called the Aryan Knights were sentenced to federal prison after pleading guilty to one count of participating in…

Idaho Falls man arrested for alleged child enticement

October 1, 2020 3:10 PM News Team

Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit investigators arrested an Idaho Falls man Thursday for alleged enticement of a child through use…

Police release name of suspect shot by officers

September 30, 2020 4:12 PM Emma Iannacone

Pocatello Police are releasing the name of the person who was shot by officers on Friday…

Police seek suspect car involved in shooting incident

September 29, 2020 8:26 AM Cole Sams

Chubbuck Police have released a surveillance picture of the car they believe was involved in a shooting incident early Tuesday…

2 teens charged with murder

September 29, 2020 2:34 PM News Team

Two 18-year-old boys are charged with killing a man following a shooting Monday in…

before and after statue outside of marshall public library

Vandals topple over iconic statue at Marshall Public Library

September 29, 2020 3:53 PM Emma Iannacone

The Marshall Public Library confirmed that someone toppled over the iconic statue of a boy outside the…

One person dead in Bonneville County shooting

September 28, 2020 2:50 PM Curtis Jackson

UPDATE 3:30 p.m. Bonneville County deputies are investigating a shooting incident at South Ammon Road, just south of First…

2 arrested during search warrant regarding stolen vehicle

September 28, 2020 3:55 PM News Team

On Friday, Idaho Falls Police officers received information that a vehicle reported as stolen from Boise may be located on 8th Street in Idaho…

Eyewitnesses say suspect wasn’t complying with police before shooting

September 26, 2020 11:26 PM Linda Larsen

Kathy and Scott Sievert were working at the Outback Golf Park Friday night when police shot at a suspected thief they had been looking…

Boise woman gets up to 30 years for crash that killed child

September 25, 2020 12:36 PM Associated Press

A Boise woman has been sentenced to up to 30 years in prison for driving under the influence in a crash that killed a 3-year-old girl and left three…

Police arrest 2 following SWAT standoff

September 25, 2020 11:20 AM News Team

Idaho Falls Police officers were searching for a wanted subject, Maddeline Ovard, Friday morning when they received information that Ovard and…

Police arrest man for robbery, battery

September 24, 2020 5:36 PM News Team

Idaho Falls Police arrested a 30-year-old Idaho Falls resident on multiple charges…

Police arrest man for attempted strangulation, domestic battery

September 24, 2020 11:19 AM News Team

Idaho Falls Police arrested a 25-year-old Idaho Falls resident for strangulation, domestic battery with traumatic injury and resisting or obstruction…

Police seek help locating circuit breaker thieves

September 23, 2020 3:17 PM News Team

The Pocatello Police Department is requesting your assistance locating circuit breaker…

Man who shot at police gets jail term

February 10, 2020 11:55 AM News Team

Channean L. Deveau, 26, of Idaho Falls is charged with five counts of felony aggravated assault, after he fired a gun at people from his vehicle just…

Lori Vallow Daybell requests change of venue

September 17, 2020 4:20 PM News Team

Attorneys for Lori Vallow-Daybell have filed a motion in Fremont County District Court asking the court to transfer her case to another…

BBB says scammers are out taking advantage of the pandemic

September 16, 2020 9:26 PM Adrian Luevano

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) – The Better Business Bureau says scammers are out taking advantage of recent natural disasters and the pandemic. A…

New hearing dates set in Daybell case

September 16, 2020 11:49 AM News Team

District Judge Steven Boyce has scheduled three new hearing dates to hear issues in the Chad Daybell…

2 arrested for aggravated assault, felony drug charges

September 16, 2020 10:54 AM News Team

Bonneville County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the 600 N. block of Eden Dr. to a disturbance involving a man dumping gasoline on property and…

Lori Vallow Daybell trial date moved

September 15, 2020 5:45 PM News Team

Court documents filed Friday show Lori Vallow Daybell’s pre-trial conference and jury trial will happen earlier than was announced during her…

Men on motorcycles accused of harassing Yellowstone bison

September 15, 2020 3:23 PM Associated Press

Two brothers accused of riding motorcycles off-road and harassing bison in Yellowstone National Park have pleaded not…

Lori Vallow Daybell pleads not guilty, jury trial set for April 2021

September 9, 2020 5:51 PM News Team

Lori Vallow Daybell’s arraignment before Judge Dane H. Watkins Jr. in Fremont County District Court has been set for Thursday, Sept. 10 at 10…

White-tailed deer found shot in Bear Lake County

September 10, 2020 5:50 PM News Team

Idaho Department of Fish and Game is seeking information regarding the illegal shooting of a white-tailed deer doe near Dingle Pond approximately…

Man arrested for trafficking meth, nearly 100 hydrocodone pills

September 9, 2020 6:11 PM News Team

A 51-year-old Idaho Falls resident has been arrested for trafficking meth and nearly 100 hydrocodone…

Man arrested for DUI, leaving the scene of a crash

September 9, 2020 3:18 PM News Team

A 60-year-old Idaho Falls was arrested for felony driving under the influence and eluding an officer in a motor vehicle, as well as misdemeanor…

Investigation under way in police shooting of Utah boy, 13

September 7, 2020 11:09 AM Associated Press

Authorities in Utah are investigating the shooting of a 13-year-old autistic boy by police in the Salt Lake City…

Daybell lawyer wants trial moved

September 4, 2020 2:55 PM News Team

Chad Daybell’s attorney has filed a motion to change the venue of his pending court…

Police arrest man after stabbing

September 3, 2020 3:53 PM News Team

A 30-year-old man was arrested for felony aggravated battery with a deadly weapon…

Dad, stepmom charged in connection with death of 9-year-old

September 3, 2020 1:12 PM Associated Press

Prosecutors have charged an Idaho stepmom with murder and her husband with felony injury to a child after police say emergency responders found a…

Daybell attorney wants charges dismissed

September 1, 2020 2:30 PM News Team

The attorney for Chad Guy Daybell has asked 7th District Judge Stevan Boyce to dismiss all charges against Daybell. …

Idaho police say suspect killed after firing at police

September 1, 2020 10:02 AM Associated Press

Three Boise police officers fatally shot a man who was firing his gun from inside a trailer, authorities…

IFPD is looking for 2 people involved in car vandalism

September 1, 2020 11:23 AM Ariel Schroeder

A video sent to us shows two people in a truck throwing rocks at a…

Woman arrested after Twin Bridges crash

August 31, 2020 2:22 PM News Team

An Idaho Falls woman was being held in the Madison County Jail Monday after she ran away from a crash at around 3 p.m. Saturday near Twin…

Man in custody after escaping State Hospital South

August 26, 2020 3:55 PM News Team

UPDATE 4:40 p.m. The Blackfoot Police Department reports the man has been found and is in custody as of 4:40 p.m.…

Bundy arrested at Idaho Statehouse for second time in 2 days

August 26, 2020 12:15 PM Associated Press

Anti-government activist Ammon Bundy was arrested Wednesday for the second time in two days at the Idaho…

Man arrested for burglary of 2 Ammon businesses

August 25, 2020 12:05 PM News Team

A 27-year-old Ammon man has been arrested for two counts of…

Chad Daybell pleads not guilty, trial set for January 2021

August 20, 2020 10:10 PM News Team

Chad Daybell entered a not guilty plea to all charges during his arraignment before Judge Steven Boyce during an arraignment on…

Pocatello man arrested after early morning stabbing

August 20, 2020 11:44 AM News Team

Idaho Falls Police officers responded to a residence on the 1100 block of Kortnee Drive for a report that someone had been stabbed around 12:30 a.m.…

Lori Vallow Daybell’s arraignment rescheduled

August 20, 2020 9:23 AM News Team

Lori Vallow Daybell’s arraignment originally scheduled Aug. 27 before Judge Dane H. Watkins Jr. in Fremont County has been…

Scammers impersonate Pocatello Police in money-grabbing calls

August 19, 2020 10:15 AM Emma Iannacone

Three separate people called police to report someone impersonating an officer asking for…

Custer County campground shooting investigation continues

August 6, 2020 4:02 PM News Team

Eastern Idaho Critical Incident Task Force members are investigating a shooting that involved an off-duty officer over the…

Idaho Falls man arrested for Walmart burglary

August 12, 2020 3:34 PM News Team

Idaho Falls Police officers were called to Walmart on 500 S Utah for reports of a burglary in process Sunday shortly before 4 p.m.…

Twin Falls man sentenced for attempted insurance scam

August 11, 2020 1:59 PM News Team

A Twin Falls man has been sentenced for attempting a “crash and buy” insurance scam.…

Man arrested for arson in Jefferson County

August 10, 2020 10:07 AM News Team

A 57-year-old man was arrested for arson on…

Police search for wanted man who fled on foot after vehicle pursuit

August 7, 2020 5:12 AM News Team

The Rigby Police Department reports shortly after 10:00 p.m. Thursday, officers and deputies were notified of a vehicle pursuit heading southbound on…

2 arrested for warrants, heroin trafficking

August 6, 2020 1:28 PM News Team

Idaho Falls Police officers arrested two Idaho Falls residents on Tuesday on various outstanding warrants and drug and other…

Lori Vallow Daybell waives preliminary hearing

August 6, 2020 11:21 AM News Team

Lori Vallow Daybell has waived her preliminary…

Idaho teen will serve jail time for shooting gun at protest

August 6, 2020 1:14 PM Associated Press

An 18-year-old who fired a gun near a Boise protest after the police killing of George Floyd will spend four days in…

Fraudulent $20 bills located in the area

August 5, 2020 10:32 AM Adrian Luevano

Pocatello Police report fraudulent $20 bills have been located in the…

Police investigate trailer and equipment theft

August 5, 2020 9:21 AM News Team

Police are looking for a large construction site trailer that was stolen over the weekend at a job site in western Idaho Falls.…

Pocatello man sentenced to more than 19 years for receipt of child pornography

August 4, 2020 4:27 PM News Team

A 42-year-old Pocatello man was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 235 months in federal prison for receiving sexually explicit images of minors,…

Prosecutor: Couple talked by phone on day kids’ bodies found

August 4, 2020 3:01 PM Associated Press

A couple at the center of a mystery over the deaths of the woman’s two children were heard in a jailhouse recording speaking by telephone to each…

2 arrested after Saturday search warrant

August 4, 2020 12:41 PM News Team

The Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office reports two were arrested after a search warrant was served in the 600 block Lawndale Dr. in Bonneville County…

Blackfoot Police arrest armed robbery suspect

August 4, 2020 10:10 AM News Team

Blackfoot Police arrested Jose A. Moreno, 20, on charges of attempted robbery Monday night.…

Drunk driver who killed 3 children gets 30-year sentence

July 31, 2020 2:44 PM Associated Press

A drunk driver who killed three children when he crashed into the back of a vehicle in which they were passengers has been sentenced to 30 years in…

Idaho Falls man pleads guilty to knowingly and fraudulently concealing assets in a bankruptcy proceeding

July 30, 2020 5:26 PM News Team

A 46-year-old Idaho Falls man pleaded guilty to knowingly and fraudulently concealing assets in a bankruptcy proceeding and agreed to immediately…

Woman arrested after night-long altercation

July 28, 2020 8:41 AM News Team

One woman was arrested after a night long standoff with Bonneville County SWAT…

Video streaming will continue in Daybell-Vallow court hearings

July 27, 2020 2:34 PM News Team

Fremont County Judge Feren Eddins has denied a motion to bar live broadcast or livestream coverage of preliminary court hearings for Lori Vallow and…

Mule deer found shot in Salmon

July 27, 2020 11:31 AM News Team

A young mule deer buck was shot within the city limits of Salmon, Idaho Fish and Game reported Monday morning.…

Dispatch calls increasing in Bonneville County

July 24, 2020 5:58 PM Chelsea Briar

The Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office has received almost 28,000 calls for services so far this year. In July alone, there were about 3,205 calls…

Media objects to not allowing video access at Vallow, Daybell hearings

July 24, 2020 4:17 PM News Team

Local media, including Local News 8, along with other regional and national media organizations have joined together to object to a motion that would…