February crime report: Cold cases, sledgehammer death, school threats and more
Did you miss any crime and court news from last month? Here's a collection of the crime reports, notable arrests and important court hearings to make sure you know what's going on.
A Boise man who allegedly preyed on Christians, using biblical quotes to entice them to invest in Arizona real estate, is accused of operating a Ponzi scheme and scamming investors out of more than $82 million.
See who police are looking for in the Magic Valley.
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Is it a matter of time before the truth comes out? Or will the full stories of the missing, the murdered and the unidentified be forever unknown?
The House on Thursday approved legislation that would bar Idaho officials from releasing where they obtain the drugs used in lethal injection executions.
A Burley teacher is charged with felony rape and domestic battery in the presence of a child. Court records show the incidents were not related to anything that occurred at school.
On Oct. 14, 1994, 17-year-old Krystyn left a note for her family, saying she had to get away but would return within a year. She never came back.
An Idaho woman has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in connection with the beating death of her 9-year-old stepson.
Three men were sentenced to federal prison this week for their participation in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and heroin in the Magic Valley.
A Heyburn man charged with first degree murder in a sledgehammer death appeared in court on Wednesday without an attorney.
A Boise man is charged with attempted first-degree murder after police said he strangled and beat a woman at an Interstate 84 rest area in Cassia County.
Married only eight months, Jose “Merced” and Karina Rodriguez slept peacefully when a man entered their home on the outskirts of Rupert and began bludgeoning the couple. More than 13 years later, the case remains unsolved.
BURLEY — The Cassia County Sheriff’s Office is searching for Samuel Reza Rogel, 46, in connection with a man who was shot in the chest and kil…
A man forced his way into an Idaho Falls residence, shot a woman, fatally shot a man and then shot himself in Coeur d'Alene after police located him in a stopped vehicle, police said.
Antisemitic graffiti was once again found in a Boise park, the latest in a string of similar incidents in the city.
A Hayden poll worker, most known as a member of Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin’s indoctrination task force last year, is facing a criminal misdemeanor charge of electioneering at the polls, court records show.
Following up on a pledge from Gov. Brad Little’s office to challenge a judge’s ruling that the governor lacks the authority to deny a clemency recommendation, the attorney general’s office appealed the decision to the Idaho Supreme Court.
A Heyburn man and his brother lured a man to his home and killed him, bludgeoning him in the face with a 6 pound sledgehammer and shooting him in the back of the head, prosecutors say.
Tthe Boy Scouts of America has reached a tentative settlement with an official bankruptcy committee representing more than 80,000 men who say they were molested as children by Scout leaders and others.
Police say a male juvenile has been charged with threatening violence on school grounds after a social media post prompted lockdowns and school closures in multiple districts.
Schools were locked down and multiple law enforcement agencies responded after a student received a threat on social media.
A man suspected of opening fire inside a grocery store in Washington state, killing one person and injuring another, was arrested late Monday night on Interstate 90 near Spokane, police said.
A man who police suspected was taking a kidnapped 18-year-old woman to Las Vegas was arraigned on drug charges in Twin Falls Monday.
Authorities are searching for a man who opened fire Monday at a grocery store in Washington state, killing one person and injuring another.
Idaho inmate Gerald Pizzuto’s death sentence was reduced to life in prison by a state district court judge Friday — a ruling with far-reaching implications.
A Gooding man was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for distribution of methamphetamine.
A student has been arrested for making a threatening post to social media. The teen was booked into the Jerome Detention Center on Tuesday.
POCATELLO — The Bannock County Sheriff’s Office is leading an investigation into the culprits behind ibuprofen-laced hot dogs being left along…
Sheriff's deputies in north-central Idaho shot and killed a man that they said was armed with a knife early Monday morning.
Investigators from the Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children Unit arrested a Twin Falls man Tuesday on charges of sexual exploitation of a minor.
