By Elizabeth Wolfe, Taylor Galgano, Jillian Sykes, Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — Under the buzz of neon lights and cluttered walls and ceilings of The Owl Bar, bartender Cassandra Dutra spends many of her nights catering to the familiar faces crowding her counter, often losing track of the number of rounds the regulars have bought
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The man charged with capital murder in the death of Santaquin Police Sgt. Bill Hooser is now facing additional charges for allegedly attacking multiple deputies at the Utah County Jail.
Michael Aaron Jayne, 43, of Garrett, Indiana — who is already awaiting trial on a charge of aggravated murder — was charged Monday in 4th District Court with aggravated assault by a prisoner, a second-degree felony; two counts of assault by a prisoner, a third-degree felony; and causing property damage, a class A misdemeanor.
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Five adults were removed from the home and detained while deputies searched the property. Deputies found small amounts of fentanyl and meth, along with drug paraphernalia.
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By Taylor Romine, Josh Campbell, Taylor Galgano, Danya Gainor, CNN (CNN) — Investigators are still searching for a man they say shot and killed four people at a Montana bar Friday morning, closing parts of the nearby forest over the weekend as they work to locate the “armed and extremely dangerous” suspect, officials said. As
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The Anaconda-Deer Lodge County Law Enforcement Center says that the suspect, Michael Paul Brown, is still on the run. The Granite County Sheriff’s Office says that the suspect’s house was cleared by SWAT teams. The shooting occurred late Friday morning at the Owl Bar, according to the Montana Division of Criminal Investigation.
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A 22-year-old man was arrested last night after Pocatello Police Department (PPD) officers responded to reports of multiple shots fired at a parked vehicle in the 4800 block of Navajo Street.
Matthew Adcock, 22, was taken into custody during the investigation. He faces two counts of aggravated assault and two additional counts of firing into an occupied dwelling related to a separate, prior incident, according to a PPD news release.
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Kohberger was sentenced to four consecutive life sentences and was quietly escorted out of the courtroom, leaving behind a courtroom of heartbroken families, prosecutors and a judge still unable to process that all-important yet elusive question: Why?
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A judge sentenced Lori Vallow-Daybell to two consecutive terms of life in prison for the murder of her fourth husband Charles Vallow, and the attempted murder of her niece’s former husband, Brandon Boudreaux on Friday.
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After two days of testimonies from the prosecution and defense, Jeremy Best was given three consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole.
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A sentencing hearing continues on Thursday for Jeremy Best. Best pleaded guilty back in February to killing his wife Kali, their unborn child and 10-month-old son Zeke in November of 2023.
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CNN By Eric Levenson, Dakin Andone, Maureen Chowdhury, Antoinette Radford, CNN (CNN) — The family of Kaylee Goncalves, one of the four University of Idaho students killed by Bryan Kohberger in 2022, called him a “joke,” “loser,” and “as dumb as they come” in a day of searing victim impact statements. “If you hadn’t attacked
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Bryan Kohberger sentenced to 4 consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole for the murders of four University of Idaho students.
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Jeremy Best agreed to a plea deal with prosecutors back on February 13, 2025. The plea deal spares Best from the death penalty.
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Bryan Kohberger has one last chance Wednesday to give the grieving parents of four University of Idaho students he admitted to killing the answers they’ve desperately sought for nearly three years.
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President Donald Trump is weighing in on the upcoming Bryan Kohberger sentencing.
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By Alisha Ebrahimji, Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — Idaho’s only maximum security prison could soon be home to Bryan Kohberger, the man who admitted to the 2022 gruesome killings of four University of Idaho students in a remarkable change-of-plea hearing earlier this month. The Idaho Maximum Security Institution, opened in 1989 to confine the state’s
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At around 3:37 PM, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Deputies arrived at 531 N 4200 E in Rigby to serve a felony warrant. Patrick Burns, a 40-year-old Rigby resident, barricaded himself in a bedroom within the home.
Continue Reading A judge in Boise will hear arguments for a gag order to be lifted in the Bryan Kohberger murder case.
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Butte City Mayor Kevin J. Turner was arrested after pulling out a gun during a city council meeting on July 10, 2025.
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On July 8th, 2025, 56-year-old Benjamin Roy Naylor, a Burley resident, was arrested and charged with four counts of first-degree murder. Court documents from the case provide a chilling account of the investigation into the homicides that occurred across Cassia and Minidoka Counties.
Continue Reading A 56-year-old Burley man, Ben Naylor, has been taken into custody in connection with the murders of four people in Cassia and Minidoka Counties, according to a press release from Cassia and Minidoka Counties. Naylor was arrested last night, July 8, as part of a joint investigation between the Cassia and Minidoka County Sheriff’s Offices, along with the Heyburn and Rupert Police Departments.
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A 44-year-old Bonneville County man, Gregory Alan Davis, is now in custody following a violent incident where he allegedly drunkenly assaulted a man and woman with a metal rod. The attack happend in a shed on Tuesday evening, July 8, according to a press release from the Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office.
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After a three-year investigation, law enforcement officials in Power County, in partnership with the Idaho State Police (ISP) and multiple other state, local, and federal agencies, have successfully identified human remains discovered in the Fort Hall River bottoms as those of Lesiah Olivia Pickett of Spokane, Washington, a woman last seen in 2019.
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A 41-year-old St. George man, Benjamin Hansen, is facing four counts of second-degree felony attempted aggravated murder after allegedly firing more than 150 rounds at police officers during a standoff on Tuesday, July 8.
The incident began around 4 PM on 3000 East Seegmiller Drive after an argument broke out between Hansen and a victim living with him in the home. Hansen reportedly relapsed into drinking and barricaded himself inside the home.
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July 4, 2025, at 2:42 a.m., Idaho Falls Police Officers responded to the Fred Meyer parking lot at 2250 N Yellowstone Highway after a person called 911, reporting that a man had been stabbed. Officers arrived, located the man, and immediately started providing aid. Idaho Falls Fire EMS arrived soon after and took over medical care, transporting the victim to a local hospital.
Continue Reading Bryan Kohberger has accepted a plea deal that will spare him the death penalty in the slayings of four University of Idaho students in November 2022, according to a letter sent to the victims’ families by prosecutors. The plea deal court hearing is expected to begin at 11 a.m. MT today, Local News 8 will be live streaming the hearing below.
Continue Reading University of Idaho murder suspect Bryan Kohberger has reportedly accepted a plea deal, pleading guilty to the murders of Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin.
Brian Entin of News Nation wrote on X, “Sources confirm the prosecution has proposed dropping the death penalty in exchange for Kohberger pleading guilty to committing the four murders and serving life.”
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A 15-year-old Canadian runaway is now in custody in Lincoln County, Wyoming, facing multiple serious felony charges after allegedly stealing and crashing several vehicles across Idaho and Wyoming. Authorities estimate the damage from his alleged crime spree to be $100,000.
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Lawyers representing the family of Victor Perez, a 17-year-old with autism and cerebral palsy, held a press conference tonight, Thursday, June 26, to announce a lawsuit filed against the Pocatello Police Department. Victor Perez was shot nine times by Pocatello police officers on April 5, later dying from his injuries after being taken off life support.
The lawsuit, officially filed by attorneys from the law firm Burris Nisenbaum Curry & Lacy and local attorney Jenniffer Call, alleges that the department violated Victor’s civil rights.
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The former owner of Downard Funeral Home, Lance Peck, has agreed to plead guilty to mishandling his business.
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Bonneville County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating a shooting on N. River Road, north of Idaho Falls Monday morning.
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Detectives with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s office said the car thought to be involved in taking two children from the Monteview area was not in Idaho at the time when they believed the children had gone missing.
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Elizabeth Roundy, mother of two kidnapped teens, speaks with Local News 8.
Continue Reading By Andy Rose, Veronica Miracle, Jack Hannah, CNN (CNN) — Amid a critical hearing in the Bryan Kohberger murder trial, an 8-month-old police video is drawing attention for a woman who said she will be a key witness in the case. “I’m a DoorDash driver,” the woman told a police officer after an unrelated traffic
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A Pocatello man is facing a slew of felony and misdemeanor charges after he allegedly escalated a traffic stop for erratic driving into a physical altercation, in a destructive attempt to flee from Idaho State Police. Monday night, ISP reportedly arrested 43-year-old Joshua Edward Maddock after he reportedly fled a traffic stop, crashed through two truck stop properties, and attempted to hide from law enforcement.
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Sixteen jurors were selected for the murder conspiracy trial of Lori Vallow Daybell on Wednesday.
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An eastern Idaho man is in custody facing multiple felony charges related to child sexual exploitation material, Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador announced.
Jole Clarke, 23, was arrested last Wednesday, May 28, by investigators with the Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force. He has been charged with three counts of distribution of child sexual exploitation material and seven counts of possession of child sexual exploitation material.
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The former owner of Downard Funeral Home, where bodies were found decomposing inside, has signed a plea deal with the Bannock County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office.
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A man with an active felony arrest warrant is in custody following an alleged stalking incident and pursuit on Highway 20, according to a post on the Rexburg Police Department Facebook page..
On Sunday at approximately 5:30 PM, Rexburg police responded to a report from a woman stating that her ex-boyfriend had followed her home from work and was waiting outside her residence.
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Police in Fort Hall are asking for the public’s help locating a known sex offender, 36-year-old Eli Mosho.
Anyone with information about Mosho’s whereabouts is asked to contact the Fort Hall Police Department at (208)238-4000, their local law enforcement agency, or call 911.
Bryan Kohberger, the man suspected of killing four University of Idaho students, is expected to be in court Thursday for his last pre-trial conference.
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The man accused of killing 47-year-old Patrick Shelton has confessed to shooting him and dismembering his body, according to court documents.
Monday, May 12, sheriff’s deputies arrested 70-year-old Alan Douglas Bruce of Challis on felony charges of murder and destruction of evidence related to Shelton’s disappearance.
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Police arrested 26-year-old Trevor Jenkins of Bonneville County Tuesday night after he previously eluded officers.
Around 9:20 PM Tuesday, police patrolling the area of Hoopes Avenue and S Woodruff Ave. spotted a green Lexus RX, which they recognized as a vehicle that had eluded an officer days before. After running the license plate, the officers discovered that it was a fictitious plate, according to the Idaho Falls Police Department (IFPD).
Continue Reading Lori Vallow Daybell gets frustrated with an Arizona judge during a pretrial hearing on Wednesday morning.
Continue Reading The Custer County Sheriff’s Office released the name of the suspect in the homicide investigation of 47-year-old Patrick Shelton.
Alan Douglas Bruce of Challis was arrested May 12, 2025, on felony charges of murder and destruction of evidence related to Shelton’s disappearance, according to the sheriff’s office.
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Search and Rescue crews in Custer County are looking for a 47-year-old man who has been missing since last Thursday.
According to the Custer County Sheriff’s Office, 47-year-old Patrick Shelton was last seen May 8, 2025, in the Challis area heading into the mountains to cut firewood. Two days later, he was reported to be overdue in returning.
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The man involved in last night’s Idaho State Police pursuit has been arrested by the IFPD SWAT team.
The wanted man involved has been identified as 40-year-old Idaho Falls resident Lucas James.
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BLACKFOOT, Idaho (KIFI) — A woman is facing up to 7 years in prison after being found guilty of possession of methamphetamine. Aubrey LeFevre was arrested last August in Blackfoot after officers found a bag of methamphetamine and a meth pipe in her clothes. She faces a penalty of up to seven years in prison and/or a $15,000
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An Idaho Falls woman drives into a ditch on 1st Street in Ammon Monday night.
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A man was arrested after punching a Deputy early Saturday morning (May 3rd) during a traffic stop and DUI investigation.
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A federal judge in Idaho has issued a temporary hold on all executions in the state. This week, the judge granted a preliminary injunction that prohibits the execution of convicted individuals until the state Department of Corrections increases access for witnesses to the so-called “Medical Team Room.”
Under the Idaho Department of Corrections’ current lethal injection execution procedure, witnesses are only allowed to view the Execution Preparation Room and the Execution Chamber throughout the process.
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A California man is now in custody after allegedly attempting to rob a shop in Shelley and firing multiple shots at responding officers, according to the Bingham County Sheriff’s Office. The incident was resolved without injury to law enforcement, the suspect, or area residents.
27-year-old Luke Thomas Herzberger of California has been charged with 2 counts of Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon Enhancement.
According to a press release from the Bingham County Sheriff, Jeff Gardner, dispatch received a call at around 1 AM of a possible burglary in progress at a shop near 1150 E and 1300 N. The caller reported seeing a man who had run off and also told dispatch they had heard gunshots shortly after.
Upon their arrival, responding deputies and officers with the Shelly Police Department heard multiple gunshots and a bullet struck a police vehicle, according to the release.
Continue Reading By Lauren del Valle and Jean Casarez, CNN (CNN) — Bryan Kohberger’s legal team won’t be able to tell a jury in his upcoming death penalty trial about his autism diagnosis unless he takes the stand in his own defense, a judge ruled Friday. Kohberger faces four counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of
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Continued testimony is set to begin in the Lori Vallow Daybell case with additional witnesses taking the stand Monday morning.
The trial will continue on Monday morning, beginning at 10:00 a.m. Pacific time (11:00 a.m. Mountain).
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Testimony is expected to begin with a new witness taking the stand on Thursday morning in the Lori Vallow Daybell murder conspiracy trial.
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The Lori Vallow Daybell murder conspiracy trial resumes on Wednesday.
Continue Reading By Lauren del Valle and Jean Casarez, CNN (CNN) — A judge in Idaho is set to make decisions about what evidence can and cannot be submitted at the upcoming death penalty trial of Bryan Kohberger, who’s accused of murdering four University of Idaho students in November 2022. Kohberger faces four counts of first-degree murder
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Day two of testimony in the Lori Vallow Daybell murder conspiracy trial is set to continue Tuesday morning.
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A Bonneville County man is facing up to 15 years in state prison and a $50,000 fine after being found guilty of enticing a child on the internet.
In August 2023, 27-year-old Anthony Calderon, using the pseudonym “Alex Davis,” engaged in a Snapchat conversation with a 10-year-old girl from Attleboro, Massachusetts. According to court records, Calderon asked the victim to engage in and watch lewd acts via FaceTime.
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Lori Vallow Daybell is set to face another trial Monday, April 7, 2025. Daybell is accused of conspiring to murder her ex-husband, Charles Vallow. Her brother, Alex Cox, killed him, but claimed self-defense.
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The victim told the Sheriff’s Deputies her former spouse had come to the home uninvited and intoxicated. She convinced Huserik to leave, but he returned shortly after and went to the basement.
When Huserik’s ex-wife confronted him, the 40-year-old began hitting her, and she grabbed a rubber mallet to defend herself. Huserik’s ex-wife told law enforcement that her former husband then took the mallet from her and repeatedly hit her in the head with it. Huserik allegedly continued to beat her and, at one point, attempted to strangle her and hold her down by putting his foot on her neck.
A Wyoming woman with active warrants was arrested Friday afternoon, March 28, 2025 in Swan Valley after trying to hide from Deputies in a camper.
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An Idaho Falls woman was arrested for trying to enter a home and taking mail from a home.
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Attorney General Raúl Labrador introduced the newest member of his ICAC Unit – K-9 Badger, a two-year-old English Labrador.
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A Rexburg man was sentenced to at least 35 years in prison for killing the mother of his children.
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A 69-year-old man, Donnie Lee Winn of Bonneville County, is now in custody after allegedly trying to strangle a woman, according to the Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO).
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Saturday, Rexburg Police responded to a traffic complaint of a potentially intoxicated driver near a local business. According to the caller, the driver had stopped in the business’s handicapped parking lot and was slumped over the steering wheel.
Rexburg Police said their officers conducted a probable cause search of the suspect vehicle where they found several prescription pills, a glass smoking pipe, and methamphetamine along with a large sum of cash.
A 33-year-old man was arrested Sunday night after Sheriff’s Deputies reportedly pulled him over for drunk driving after he was seen racing near 1st St. and Woodruff Ave. During booking, sheriff’s deputies say they also found Methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia in the man’s wallet.
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Jefferson County Sheriff’s office said a family fight led to a man being shot.
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The victims told police they had received an email from what they thought was PayPal’s fraud department, informing the couple of activity involving the purchase of the cryptocurrency Bitcoin. Police say the victim called the number given in the email and was told the fraudulent activity was caused by an employee at his local bank.
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“The driver couldn’t provide a reason for the erratic driving, but did hand over a small jar of marijuana,” writes MCSO. “A short time later, the driver was arrested for DUI, and a search of the vehicle revealed over 4.5 pounds of marijuana inside the school bus.”
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Idaho Falls Police are on the lookout for a man who drove his pickup into a cinderblock fence.
Continue Reading By Holly Yan and Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN (CNN) — Attorneys for the man accused of stabbing four University of Idaho students to death have nodded to autism spectrum disorder in asking the court to ensure the 30-year-old wouldn’t get the death penalty if convicted, court records show. Bryan Kohberger is accused of killing Madison Mogen,
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A Rigby man is in jail on drug charges and not stopping for deputies.
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Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office arrested an Ammon man for smoking marijuana with kids in the car.
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IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) – Two men are in custody after an early morning beer theft Sunday morning. Idaho Falls Police continue to search the greater area for two suspected accomplices. Before 5:30 a.m., Idaho Falls dispatch received a burglary report at KJ’s on Broadway. The store clerk reported a small group of people had
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The Bannock County Sheriff’s office is warning people about a fake arrest warrant being sent to people in the county. They said the new scam looks like an arrest warrant coming from the Superior Court of Idaho.
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District Judge Michael Whyte sentenced Bent to 30 years determinant to life indeterminant on Monday.
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IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) – Friday evening, Bonneville County Sheriff’s Deputies caught a wanted man after he allegedly attempted to flush a fentanyl pill down the toilet. The man has been identified as 36-year-old Jason Cartier of Bonneville County. The arrest was made near a manufactured home on Eden drive in Idaho Falls. According to
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The CEO of a local meat processing plant made his first court appearance today.
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Madison County Detectives have executed a search warrant in Jefferson County on suspicion of “knowingly distributing child sexually exploitative material.”
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Chubbuck Police posted on social media they need help in finding a man who suspiciously contacted a neighborhood child.
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The Transportation Security Administration said on Facebook that an inert mortar was found in one Idaho Falls Regional Airport passenger’s checked bag.
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Bannock County Sheriff’s’ office is investigating the death of a driver after a police chase on Thursday night.
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The Bingham County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a suspect involved in breaking into some local potato cellars.
Continue Reading Bryan Kohberger was present at a hearing in the Ada County Courthouse Thursday.
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Charges are pending against a Chubbuck man after a shooting Thursday afternoon at a home near Cotant Park in Chubbuck.
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Bryan Kohberger is expected to be in a Boise courtroom on Thursday and Friday this week. Here’s what we can expect.
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Bonneville County Sheriff’s office is investigating a body discovered near the Peterson Hill Landfill on E. Sunnyside Road.
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Jefferson County Prosecuting Attorney’s office reported that five teenagers are responsible for creating the large boom heard in the county.
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Anevei Villasenor, 14, and Dalylah Villasenor, 17, were reported as runaways on January 4th.
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A man from Pocatello is facing several animal abandonment and cruelty charges.
Continue Reading Bonneville County Sheriff Deputies are investigating a fight between a husband and wife that ended up in a shooting.
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Jeremy Best’s attorney wants to move him out of the Bonneville County Jail to the Madison County Jail because of constitutional rights violations.
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A Pocatello man has been arrested in connection with the shooting incident on Upland St. Sunday morning.
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The Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office celebrated two newly completed expansion projects to the jail with a dual ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday morning.
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Lori Vallow appeared in a Phoenix courtroom for a status conference Friday, January 10, 2025.
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Bonneville School District 93 sent a letter to parents saying someone accessed their PowerSchool data system during the holiday break.
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A fight between multiple teens and young adults resulted in one person being stabbed.
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Rexanna Marie Johnston, 33, of Idaho Falls, was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for producing child pornography. In a separate case, Jonathan Douglas Mohr, 46, of Ammon, was sentenced to 17.5 years in federal prison for distributing child pornography.
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