The City of Kuna is offering a $100 reward for information that leads to the arrest of whoever broke into the Kuna Disc Golf & Rec building last week. Whoever broke into the building, located next to the skate park in the 400 block of W. 2nd Street, stole over $8,000 worth of recreation equipment
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32-year-old registered sex offender charged with sexual battery of a minor
A Boise man is charged with sexual battery of a minor for having illegal sexual contact with a 16-year-old girl he met online. Josiah P. Kershner is being held in the Ada County Jail on a $200,000 bond. Ada County Sheriff’s deputies began their investigation of the 32-year-old Kershner on Sunday after being contacted by
Kuna woman charged with felony vehicular manslaughter in connection with fatal car vs. bike crash last fall
Ada County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a 43-year-old Kuna woman Thursday afternoon for her role in a car vs. bike crash on Meridian Road in November that resulted in the death of cyclist Kurt Krieger. Sharon Howell is charged with a felony count of vehicular manslaughter and a misdemeanor court of resisting arrest. Howell was released
Thieves go through window screens to break into two Star homes
Star police are looking for whoever broke into two homes through window screens and took jewelry from inside since the end of June. In both cases, thieves removed or cut through window screens to get into homes when no one was home. The first break-in happened June 19 on N. Nebula Avenue (in the neighborhood
Adam Dees pleads guilty to Foothills murders, will spend the rest of his life in prison
George Welp said Friday he and the rest of his family support a plea agreement that guarantees his parent’s killer will remain in prison for life — and brings the case to a swift and just resolution. Adam Michael Dees pleaded guilty Friday to three counts of first-degree murder in connection with the deaths of
29-year-old Kuna man charged with burglary, other felonies after lengthy standoff in Star Thursday
Star Police and Ada County Sheriff’s deputies are still figuring out exactly where Zackery D. Adams went and what he took from homes during a long standoff in Star Wednesday. Adams is currently being held in the Ada County Jail on felony counts of burglary, possession of methamphetamine, and possession of a weapon by a
21-year old man Garden Valley man charged with felony DUI in connection with head-on crash on Idaho 16 Tuesday night
Wesley Alan Watts is charged with felony counts of DUI and leaving the scene of an injury crash after he drove his truck into oncoming traffic and collided with a minivan on Idaho 16 late Tuesday. Watts is also charged with misdemeanor counts of marijuana possession and resisting arrest. The female driver of the minivan
21-year-old man arrested for burglary twice this week in connection with string of break-ins in Kuna
Police arrested a 21-year-old Kuna man caught breaking into snow cone stand early Friday morning – only hours after he bonded out of the Ada County Jail on a different felony burglary charge. In addition to the break-in at the snow cone stand in the Linder/Deer Flat roads area Friday morning, Shayne A. Angwin is a
The Ada County Board of Commissioners appoint Steve Bartlett to be the new Ada County Sheriff
Capt. Steve Bartlett will take over as Ada County’s top lawman at the end of June when Sheriff Gary Raney retires. Raney — who has spent the last three decades working for the ACSO, including the last 10 years as sheriff — will retire June 30. Bartlett said he is “humbled and honored” to be
Nampa man who tried to use Facebook to entice a teenage girl last summer will spend at least five years in prison
A 36-year-old Nampa man could spend up to two decades in prison for using Facebook to try to lure a 13-year-old girl into having sex. Dion Garcia pleaded guilty earlier this year to felony charges of enticement of children over the Internet and possession of sexually exploitative materials. Garcia found out last week those crimes