Our best advice for people who want to avoid being victims of crime is to lock your stuff up. Today we want to add to that message with an essential additional piece of advice, which is — take your stuff out of your car or truck while you’re at it. Our detectives have taken over
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Eagle Police investigate a series of break-ins at homes under construction
Thieves have broken into at least four homes under construction in Eagle since February — stealing thousands of dollars worth of new appliances and tools. The homes are in the neighborhoods surrounding BanBury Golf Course. Thieves also broke into a home under construction at Rivermist Avenue in Star last week. Investigators say that break-in could be
33-year-old Kuna man charged with sex abuse of a minor
Ada County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a 33-year-old Kuna man who exposed his genitals to a pre-teenage girl in a local fast food restaurant last month— and detectives are trying to figure out if he has done the same thing to any other kids. Tyler A. Howell is charged with a felony count of sex abuse
Five-hour standoff in south Boise ends with arrest of 26-year-old man on aggravated assault and drug charges
Justin T. Larson is charged with resisting arrest in connection with a five-hour long standoff in a south Boise neighborhood Monday night that began earlier in the day when he threatened a woman with a gun. Larson is also charged with felony counts of aggravated assault, unlawful possession of a weapon by a convicted felon,
The “jury duty” phone scam has evolved into “federal warrant” phone scam and continues to plague Ada County
Ada County Sheriff’s Office deputies will never call and threaten to arrest you because you missed jury duty — or have a federal arrest warrant — or have an outstanding civil judgment — or anything like that. Deputies will also never ask you to place funds for payment on a pre-paid credit card to “cancel
72-year-old man who fell and spent the night stuck in the desert is getting medical treatment
A 72-year-old man who went out to the desert south of Boise to do some target shooting Monday afternoon and didn’t return home that night was found almost a day later lying stuck in the snow. The man survived and is getting medical treatment. Deputies later determined the man went out to do some shooting
“Jury duty” phone scam resurfaces in Ada County
Ada County Sheriff’s Office deputies will never call and threaten to arrest you because you missed jury duty. Deputies will also never ask you to place funds for payment on a pre-paid credit card to “cancel the arrest warrant” for missing that phony jury duty or some other made-up charge. Anyone who calls, says they
Reckless driver smashes into and badly damages ACSO patrol vehicle on I-84 early Saturday
Two Ada County Sheriff’s deputies managed to avoid serious injury early Saturday morning when a car smashed into one of our patrol Tahoe’s on the side of Interstate 84. The deputies were pulled over on the median side of westbound I-84, just east of Blacks Creek Road, and had the emergency lights on — and
Snapchat hoax leads to police investigation at Eagle Academy
The sharing of a Snapchat video of an assembly at Eagle Academy where balloons were popping and kids were yelling led someone off-campus to call 911 about a possible shooting at the school Friday morning. Eagle Academy has a school resource officer, who was in the building at the time of the call and was
37-year-old Boise arrested for driving his car into Ada County Courthouse Fountain
Jonathan J. Locksmith is being held in the Ada County Jail on a misdemeanor charge of reckless driving after he drove his car over the sidewalk and into the fountain in front of the Ada County Courthouse Sunday morning. Deputies were called out to the courthouse, located at 200 W. Fort Street, in Boise just