Ada County Sheriff’s detectives arrested a 27-year-old Nampa man Thursday who used Facebook to meet a teenage girl and then have illegal sexual contact with her last month. Colin A. Slaughter is charged with felony counts of sexual battery of a minor between the ages of 16 and 17 and use of a child in
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Protect yourself from car burglars at trailheads by taking purses and wallets with you.
Detectives are looking for whoever broke into a car parked at the Polecat trailhead off Cartwright Road last weekend and stole a purse from inside. The car was broken into sometime between 5:30 to 6:45 a.m. on Oct. 23. The victim was recreating in the Foothills when the thief smashed the front driver’s side window
Do you recognize these beer thieves? If so, let us know.
Detectives are working to identify a man wearing a white hooded sweatshirt who stole two 18-packs of Bud Light from the Jackson’s Food Store at 4608 S. Cole Road the night of Oct. 1 — and his getaway driver. The beer swiping occurred just before 9:30 p.m. that night. A man wearing a backwards baseball
70-year-old Star man dies in one-car crash late Tuesday night
Ada County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating what caused a 70-year-old Star man to lose control of his car in the Chinden Blvd./Locust Grove Road intersection and crash into a brick sign late Wednesday night. Edward W. Rochnowski was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash. He was in the car by himself. Rochnowski was
24-year-old Baker City man arrested for 2013 robbery of south Ada convenience store
Jonathon L. Whitlow is being held in the Ada County Jail on a $250,000 bond for the armed robbery of convenience store on Five Mile Road in 2013. The 24-year-old Whitlow, of Baker City, Ore., is charged with felony counts of robbery and the use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. Police
31-year-old Boise man arrested in doghouse after lengthy standoff in South Ada neighborhood Thursday
James E. Whitmore is now in the Ada County Jail after he ran and then hid from deputies in a south Ada County neighborhood for over three hours Thursday afternoon in an attempt to avoid arrest. It didn’t work. The incident began just before 3 p.m. Thursday. Deputies were on their way to arrest Whitmore
Boise woman charged with felony DUI for rollover crash
A 35-year-old Boise woman who lost control of her car and rolled it over in a southwest Ada County neighborhood Sunday is charged with her third DUI since 2008. Deputies also determined Cammy E. Thompson was driving even though her license is currently suspended in connection with her last DUI arrest in 2014. Deputies were
“Jury Duty” scam phone calls continue to plague the Treasure Valley
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 will never call and threaten to arrest you — or any member of your family — because you missed jury duty. Deputies will also never ask you to place funds for payment on a
Boise couple charged with felony injury to child
Ada County Sheriff’s deputies declared a 4-year-old boy to be in imminent danger earlier this month because of unsafe living conditions inside his Boise-area apartment. The boy’s parents, 29-year-old Ryan D. Kyser and 26-year-old Meghan M. Nadorff, turned themselves in at the Ada County Jail early Saturday morning on charges of Felony Injury to Child.
Middleton man dies after head-on collision on Idaho 44
A 56-year-old Middleton man died after his car hit a pickup head-on on Idaho 44 Saturday afternoon. The crash occurred around 2:15 p.m. Thomas P. Allsopp was driving a Dodge Charger eastbound on Idaho 44, near the Idaho 16 intersection, when witnesses said the car drifted into the westbound lane, where it hit a Dodge