Taylor Kemp will spend the next two years on probation and at least four days in the Ada County Jail for igniting a wildfire that consumed 2,600 acres of the Foothills in east Boise, destroyed one home, and put hundreds more at risk. Kemp will likely spend the rest of his life paying for
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Eagle Police arrest Boise man who broke into two homes, stole a car, turfed a lawn, and then tried to attack an officer with a tree branch
Wesley R. Williams is being held in the Ada County Jail on felony counts of burglary, malicious injury to property, and grand theft in connection with a violent crime spree in Eagle early Tuesday morning. Eagle Police had to use a Taser to take the tree branch-wielding Williams into custody. Investigators are still trying to
A message from Sheriff Bartlett
It is not uncommon for people arrested for crimes to make accusations against law enforcement agencies. We have a civil court system to address those concerns. On Tuesday, a federal jury determined an Ada County Sheriff’s Office deputy did not use excessive force when arresting Adam T. Saetrum on a drug delivery charge in 2013.
Concealed Weapon License office moving to Ada County’s Benjamin Lane campus
The ACSO concealed weapon license office is moving from the sheriff’s office at 7200 Barrister Drive to the Ada County campus at 400 N. Benjamin Lane. Ada County’s Benjamin Campus is the same building where you would go to renew your driver’s license. It is also where the county’s election services and juvenile probation services
Kuna Police investigating fatal car crash on Swan Falls Road
A 22-year-old Kuna man died after his car hit a power pole off the side of Swan Falls Road late Wednesday night. Kuna Police were sent to the intersection of Swan Falls and Kuna Mora roads when Ada County dispatchers got a 911 call about the crash just after 11:45 p.m. Wednesday. Officers arrived moments
CITF and prosecutor investigations completed in Edgar Hafen shooting case
Three Kuna Police officers correctly followed Ada County Sheriff’s Office policies on use of force when they shot a 72-year-old man who pointed a gun at them from inside his car last fall. Edgar Hafen is set to begin a jury trial in July for a felony count of assault or battery upon law enforcement
Deputies are looking for whoever dumped 147 tires along Beacon Light Road
The residents of Eagle, Star, and the rest of western Ada County love the wide-open and pastoral character where they live— and hate it when that aesthetic is wrecked with litter, like the 147 old junk tires left strewn off Beacon Light Road last night. The number 147 is not a misprint or typo. Someone
CITF investigating shooting in Boise
The Ada County Critical Incident Task Force is investigating the officer-involved shooting of a 34-year-old Boise man who fired at deputies serving a warrant at a home on West Granger Avenue Tuesday afternoon. The man’s injuries do not appear to be life-threatening. Three deputies with the Ada County Sheriff’s Office ACTION (Anti-Crime Team In Our Neighborhoods)
27-year-old Utah man charged with drug trafficking after deputies find a pound of pot and large bag of psilocybin mushrooms during traffic stop
Lee Thomas Smith is also charged with a felony count of possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver. Deputies began their investigation around 8 p.m. Friday when they pulled over Smith, who was driving a 2004 Prius on Eagle Road, near the E. Taconic Drive intersection because one of the headlights on the
Detectives are investigating report of battery near Table Rock
Detectives are investigating a case where a woman says she was followed by two men she didn’t know before she was punched in the face near Table Rock Sunday night. Detectives began their investigation immediately after the woman contacted us early Monday afternoon. The woman says the attack occurred between 8:40 and 9 p.m. Sunday night