A multi-agency task force has concluded their investigation of the Jan. 7 incident where a 37-year-old Meridian man killed himself during an Internet enticement operation. Officials with the Ada County Coroner’s office determined Kirk Wilkinson committed suicide when he shot himself in the head on Jan. 7 — a conclusion supported by investigators with the multi-agency critical incident task
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27-year-old Boise man arrested on a lewd conduct charge
A 27-year-old Boise man who tried to have sex with teenage girl he met over the internet is charged with lewd conduct. Ada County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Richard A. Harshman early Monday morning — hours after the girl ran away from his south Boise home and went to a nearby house to get away. Deputies began
18-year-old Boise man arrested for coercing teen girl into sending him nude photos
Ada County Sheriff’s deputies have arrested an 18-year-old Boise man who posed as someone else online to coerce a teenage girl into sending him nude photos last month. Michael Anthony Hall is charged with three felony counts of sexual exploitation of a child and a charge of theft by extortion in connection with the case.
36-year-old Kuna man charged with lewd conduct
Detectives arrested 36-year-old Leo Joseph Bright Wednesday on charges of lewd conduct with a child under the age of 16 and sexual abuse of a child under the age of 16. Investigators say he had inappropriate sexual contact with two girls who were known to him. The incidents happened between 2010 and 2012 at Bright’s
37-year-old Boise woman charged with felony injury to child
A 37-year-old woman who gave a teenage girl who passed out from drinking too much alcohol an IV instead of calling an ambulance or getting medical help last month is charged with felony injury to child. Jennifer A. Phippen was booked into the Ada County Jail Friday afternoon on a $300,000 bond. Phippen is charged
35-year-old Nampa man arrested for internet enticement
Ada County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a 35-year-old Nampa man Saturday who tried to use Facebook to lure a 13-year-old girl into having sex. Dion Garcia is charged with a felony count of enticement of children over the internet. Deputies arrested Garcia after a traffic stop in the Ten Mile Road/Pine Avenue neighborhood Saturday morning — a
33-year-old woman charged with felony injury to child
Ada County Sheriff’s deputies declared a 9-year-old boy who suffers from mental health issues to be in imminent danger earlier this summer after he kept leaving his home and tried to walk into other houses in his South Boise-area neighborhood. Deputies arrested the boy’s mother, 33-year-old Danielle Bowen, July 17 for felony injury to child.
24-year-old Boise woman charged with felony injury to child
Ada County Sheriff’s deputies declared two boys under the age of five to be in imminent danger last month after discovering the south Boise-area home the kids were living in was full of animal feces, urine and dirty diapers. Sierra C. White, the children’s mother, is charged with two counts of felony injury to child. Deputies
Caldwell man who tried to entice young teen girls on Facebook sent to prison
A 20-year-old Caldwell man found out last week he will spend at least the next five years in prison — and possibly much longer — for using the internet to lure a 14-year-old girl into having sex with him. Alex Rangel pleaded guilty to charges of lewd conduct and enticement of children over the internet