Ada County Sheriff’s Office detectives are investigating how the body of a 34-year-old Meridian man ended up on a small island in the Boise River just west of Willow Lane. Detectives began their investigation just after 7 p.m. Monday when member of the public who was in the river saw what appeared to be human remains
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15-year-old girl busted after stealing a pickup truck and then leading deputies on high-speed pursuit
A teenage girl will be charged with felony counts of eluding arrest and grand theft for stealing a pickup truck early Tuesday morning and then leading deputies on a high-speed pursuit in south Ada County. The girl was driving at speeds exceeding 100 mph before the pursuit ended on Ten Mile Road, near the Amity
Two Boise men are in custody in connection with armed robbery of Eagle teenager
Two Boise men who used Snapchat to develop a relationship with an Eagle teenager before one robbed him last month are charged with conspiracy to commit robbery. Detectives identified 19-year-old Syrus E. Tomaskovich as the stick-up man and arrested him early Wednesday morning after a traffic stop near Ustick and Mitchell streets in Boise. Deputies
ACSO is reviewing AG analysis on the legality of selling aerial fireworks
It is illegal for any citizen to set off aerial fireworks in Idaho unless they have a special permit for a public display. That is Idaho law. As soon as someone lights a fuse on a bottle rocket, they are committing a crime. What remains unclear is if a recent Idaho Attorney General analysis claiming
Detectives find duo suspected of taking trail camera in animal observation area by Idaho 21
Update: ACSO detectives have located two teenagers seen in surveillance video before a trail camera was removed from a tree off Idaho 21 in May. Detectives continue to work on the case and no charges have been filed at this point. Detectives have determined the girl will likely not be cited. Charges against the 17-year-old
Four 12-year-old boys will be charged with burglary for breaking into over a dozen cars in Kuna last weekend.
At least a dozen people who left their cars unlocked in the Ten Mile Road/Deer Flat Road/Linder Road/Avalon Street neighborhood in the early morning hours of June 11 woke up to find items missing from inside. Kuna Police identified four 12-year-old boys as the culprits. Juvenile Court charges are pending against the boys, who were
ACSO applies for MacArthur Foundation Safety and Justice Challenge grant
It’s been two years since the MacArthur Foundation selected Ada County as a finalist for its Safety and Justice Challenge to reduce our jail population. Since then we’ve been hard at work to create a sustainable plan to reduce Ada County’s jail population by 15%-to-19% — and to promote social justice. Our plan to answer the
“Caller ID spoofing” is on the rise in Ada County
Here’s a tip that’ll help keep Ada County residents from being victimized by the latest phone scam. Ada County Sheriff’s Office deputies – or any other Ada County employee — will never call you and ask for a credit card number. You may have noticed lately phone spammers are getting pretty good at using local numbers
Deputies arrest 21-year-old Boise man who ran through south Ada neighborhood to try to avoid arrest
A 21-year-old Boise man who ran away during a traffic stop, led deputies on a foot chase, and tried to hide in a south Ada County neighborhood Wednesday afternoon is charged with resisting arrest. That charge is one of many filed against Cameron Dean Gamel, who also has active arrest warrants for felony grand theft
Deputies seek driver who hit jogger on 8th Street Extension late Friday night
A man jogging on the 8th Street Extension was badly injured late Friday night after he was hit by a car and then got into a fight when he confronted the driver. Deputies began their investigation just before midnight when dispatchers got a 911 call about a man lying on the dirt road. Paramedics arrived