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04-20-2018 State of Idaho v. Jesus Manuel Garcia-Guilty All Charges

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE    Date: April 20, 2018    Contact: Shawna Dunn Deputy Prosecuting Attorney (208) 287-7700    RE: State v. Jesus Manuel Garcia  On January 14, 2017, Daviel Ruiz Gomez and Luis Rosales were stabbed at the China Blue nightclub in Boise.  Daviel Ruiz Gomez, later succumbed to his wounds and passed away at

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03-06-2018 State v. Ethan Windom – To Be Re-sentenced

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE    Date: March 06, 2018    Contact: Shelley W. Akamatsu  (208) 287-7700    RE: State v. Ethan Windom Ethan Windom, of Boise, will be re-sentenced for the brutal murder of his mother at her Boise home in 2007. Windom, 16, repeatedly struck his mother’s head with a club that he had fashioned

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02-06-2018 State v. Brandon Curtiss – Charges Filed

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: Feb 06, 2018 Contact: Shelley W. Akamatsu  (208) 287-7700 RE: State v. Brandon Curtiss Brandon Curtiss, 43, of Payette, Idaho, was arrested by the Idaho State Police today and charged with nineteen counts of Grand Theft. Curtiss is charged with collecting rent payments on behalf of property owners through his businesses

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11-30-2017 State v. Francis Marie March – Guilty Plea

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: Nov 30, 2017 Contact: Brent Ferguson / Robert Bleazard  (208) 287-7700 RE: State v. Francis Marie March On November 28, 2017, Francis Marie March pled guilty to First Degree Murder in connection with the August 2016, killing of Mark Irwin of Boise. Ms. March is scheduled for a sentencing hearing on

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11-06-2017 State v. Adam Bodenbach – Sentencing

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: Nov 6, 2017 Contact: Whitney Faulkner / Ben Harmer (208) 287-7700 RE: State v. Adam Bodenbach Adam Bodenbach was sentenced Friday afternoon for the murder of Ryan Banks. Bodenbach murdered Ryan Banks on January 6, 2017.  Bodenbach and Banks had briefly fought earlier in the evening, leading Banks to leave Bodenbach’s

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10-31-2017 State v. Byron Sanchez – Sentencing

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: Oct 31, 2017 Contact: Tanner Stellmon (208) 287-7700 RE: State v. Byron Sanchez Yesterday, the Honorable Judge Hippler sentenced Byron Sanchez to a unified five-year sentence with 4 years fixed and 1 year indeterminate, after an Ada County Jury found Mr. Sanchez guilty of authoring and sending a threatening letter to

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09-20-2017 State v. Launa Coates

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: Sept 20, 2017 Contact: Shelley W. Akamatsu Deputy Prosecuting Attorneys (208) 287-7700 RE: State v. Launa Coates Launa Coates, 47, of Nampa, Idaho, was bound over to District Court for six counts of felony grand theft by the Honorable David Manweiler yesterday. Coates is charged with embezzling approximately $97,000 dollars from

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08-30-2017 State v. Adam Bodenbach – Guilty Verdict

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: August 30, 2017 Contact: Ben Harmer or Whitney Faulkner Deputy Prosecuting Attorneys (208) 287-7700 RE: State v. Adam Bodenbach-Guilty Verdict Adam Bodenbach was charged with Murder in the First Degree, Use of a Firearm in the Commission of a Crime and Possession of Cocaine after he shot and killed Ryan Banks

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08.24.2017 State of Idaho v. Bryan C. Coy-Sentencing

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   For Release: August 24, 2017     Contact Person: Kai E. Wittwer   Deputy Prosecuting Attorney   208-287-7700   RE: Bryan C. Coy-Sentencing On August 23, 2017, Bryan C. Coy was sentenced by Fourth District Judge Richard Greenwood for three counts of Aggravated Assault on a Law Enforcement Officer.  Coy was

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06-21-2017 State vs Bruce Allen Marchant – Indicted

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For Release: June 21, 2017     Contact Person: Jan Bennetts   Prosecuting Attorney   208-287-7700 On June 20, 2017, an Ada County Grand Jury indicted Bruce Allen Marchant on charges of First Degree Murder, Kidnapping, and Rape in connection with the disappearance and death of 18 year-old Sierra Ashley Bush. The

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