Deputies arrested a pair of Boise teenagers early Tuesday morning for breaking into cars in the Hill/Horseshoe Bend roads neighborhood. Deputies booked 19-year-old Andrew B. McCormick into the Ada County Jail Tuesday — just a few hours after getting a call from a citizen who saw two men walking through the Big Springs neighborhood acting
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Deputies want to talk to anyone who has info on Meridian Road fatal motor scooter crash
Investigators want to talk to anyone who may have seen or has information about a fatal motor scooter crash at the intersection of Columbia and Meridian roads last week. The crash happened just after 11 a.m. on Sept. 10. Brian L. Burger, 46, of Meridian, was killed after the motor scooter he was riding collided with
Burned armpit hair prank leads to rollover crash early Sunday morning
Five teenagers had to get medical treatment after a prank with a lighter led to a rollover traffic crash on Columbia Road early Sunday morning. Two girls, ages 15 and 16, sitting in the back seat were thrown from the Ford Bronco during the crash. The 18-year-old driver and two other boys, ages 16 and
Deputies continue to investigate cattle truck rollover on Kuna-Mora Road
Two men had to go to the hospital and dozens of cattle died after a semi-truck rolled over on Kuna-Mora Road Monday afternoon. The crash occurred just before 2:30 p.m. Monday, about two miles west of Interstate 84. Deputies say it appears the 60-year-old man who was driving the truck was going too fast as
ACSO deputies investigate fatal motorcycle crash on State Street
A 47-year-old Emmett motorcyclist died Sunday afternoon after he collided with a Sports Utility Vehicle on State Street near the Horseshoe Bend Road intersection. The crash occurred just after 1:30 p.m. The Ada County Coroner’s Office will publicly identify the man who died at a later time. The motorcyclist was trying to turn eastbound on
“Tax Evasion” phone scam pops up again in Ada County
Here’s a tip that’ll help keep local residents from being victimized by the latest phone scam going around the U.S. Internal Revenue Service employees will not call and tell you to place funds for payment on a pre-paid credit card or any other electronic money transfer system because your spouse is wanted for “tax evasion.”
46-year-old Meridian man dies after crashing scooter near Kuna
A 46-year-old Meridian man died after he drove a motor scooter into a truck hauling a trailer in the Columbia/Meridian roads intersection Wednesday morning. The Ada County Coroner’s Office is expected to release the name of the man — and the cause and manner of death — sometime Thursday. Officials were still working to find and
Caldwell man charged with meth trafficking
A 32-year-old Caldwell man is charged with four felony counts of methamphetamine trafficking for selling the drug to undercover officers four times since June. The most current deal occurred on Aug.7, when Sergio Marquez-Castillo sold an undercover officer a half-pound of meth (223 grams) for $5,000. The deal was Marquez-Castillo’s fourth since June 23. In
37-year-old Boise woman charged with felony injury to child
A 37-year-old woman who gave a teenage girl who passed out from drinking too much alcohol an IV instead of calling an ambulance or getting medical help last month is charged with felony injury to child. Jennifer A. Phippen was booked into the Ada County Jail Friday afternoon on a $300,000 bond. Phippen is charged
Vandals hit Indian Lakes Golf Course a second time
Ada County Sheriff’s deputies are looking for whoever drove a truck across fairways and greens of Indian Lakes Golf Course early Tuesday morning — just a day after vandals broke into the clubhouse and drove a golf cart into a pond. The owner of the course estimates the turf damage will cost as much as