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
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“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
Fatal vehicle crash at Idaho 44/Park Lane remains under investigation
A teenage girl has passed away and two other teens remain in critical condition at a local hospital as a result of a traffic crash on Idaho 44 in Eagle earlier this week. Fourteen-year-old Destiney Jacobs was a passenger in a car that collided with a pickup truck in the Idaho 44/Park Lane intersection early
42-year-old Eagle man charged with felony vehicular manslaughter
Deputies arrested 42-year-old Adam B. Paulson late Wednesday afternoon in connection with a fatal traffic crash on Eagle Road last weekend. Paulson was driving the pickup truck that struck and killed 24-year-old Madeline Duskey as she was crossing Eagle Road at the Riverside Drive intersection early Saturday morning. Paulson is charged with one count of
Deputies seize pot, meth, and cocaine after vehicle pursuit Monday night
A 26-year-old Boise woman is being held in the Ada County Jail on a $30,000 bond after she led deputies on a short vehicle pursuit Monday night that ended when a deputy collided with her car on the Interstate 84 on-ramp at Cole Road. Choleigh D. Jones is charged with felony counts of possession of
Eagle police investigate fatal truck/pedestrian crash
A 24-year-old Boise woman died after she was hit by a pickup truck while crossing Eagle Road early Saturday morning. It appears Madeline Duskey was walking in or near the crosswalk area on Eagle Road at the Riverside Drive intersection when she was struck by the pickup, which was going north. The crash occurred just
Update: Kuna teen charged for Halloween night crime spree
A 17-year-old boy who ran through a Kuna neighborhood on Halloween night during trick-or-treat, forced his way into one house and tried to steal a truck, and then broke into another home and battered an elderly man inside has been charged with seven misdemeanors. The boy was intoxicated during the spree and transported to a