CRIME & SAFETY
Coroner IDs teenager found dead in home with ‘deplorable’ conditions. He was 14.
BOISE (Idaho Statesman) — The Ada County Coroner’s Office on Friday identified the teenage boy who was found dead in a home that police called “deplorable.”. The Boise Police Department said it was called to a home off West Russet Street after 8 a.m. April 18 after one of the boy’s parents called and said they’d found their teenage son dead.
Man charged with helping white supremacist gang member escape prison appears in court
A man charged with helping a white supremacist gang member escape an Idaho prison last month appeared in court on Monday for a preliminary hearing.Nicholas Umphenour is accused of helping break Skylar Meade out of custody while he was in a Boise hospital in the early hours of 20 March.Umphenour and Meade had been held in the same unit of an Idaho Department of Corrections facility from December 2020 until January 2024. They are also allegedly part of the same white supremacist prison gang, the Aryan Knights, police said.Umphenour is facing three counts of aggravated battery on an officer...
Rocky Mountain wrestling coach, family all safe after house fire
BOISE, Idaho — This article originally appeared in the Idaho Press. NOTE: A GoFundMe has been set up to help the Bullock family with expenses as they begin to rebuild after a Sunday evening house fire. To donate to the GoFundMe, click here. Rocky Mountain High School wrestling coach...
Idaho man injured after crashing car into tree
LAPWAI, Idaho – The Idaho State Police (ISP) is investigating a car crash that left a man injured after he crashed his car into a tree. On April 26, around 11:10 a.m., ISP said a maroon SUV, driven by a 63-year-old man from Caldwell, was traveling southbound on the US 95 near milepost 297, three miles south of Lapwai.
FBI agent uses phone data to show where Chad Daybell was when JJ and Tylee disappeared
BOISE — An FBI agent who specializes in analyzing cellphone records testified Monday in the Chad Daybell murder trial about phone locations that helped in his investigation. Nickolas Ballance said after the bodies of 7-year-old Joshua "JJ" Vallow and his sister 16-year-old Tylee Ryan were located in Chad Daybell's backyard, he analyzed devices near where the bodies were found shortly after the children were seen for the last time.
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