Ada County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a 43-year-old Boise man in connection with a report of a sexual assault at an Eagle-area home earlier this week. Eric M. Simunich is charged with a felony count of rape. He is being held in the Ada County Jail without bond. Simunich is scheduled to make his initial court
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The ACSO is heading into final phase of the MacArthur Foundation’s Safety and Justice grant
The Ada County Sheriff’s Office would like to thank the MacArthur Foundation Safety and Justice Challenge for their support in our combined effort to reduce our jail population. We are headed into the final phase of the MacArthur Foundation’s $1 million grant Ada County received in October 2017. Our shared goal with the foundation is
ACSO deputies use new thermal detection drone to find lost hunters in the Foothills
It is not uncommon for Ada County’s 911 Emergency dispatchers to get calls from recreationists or hunters who get turned around in the Foothills and need help getting out. Our deputies know the area well and can usually figure out where people are, but then they have to determine how to safely travel through the
Beware super low construction or roofing bids – they could be a scam
It seems like there is no shortage of scams going around. The most ubiquitous racket for the last several years has been the “jury duty,” “IRS,” or “arrest” scam, where someone pretending to be a law enforcement officer calls your cell phone and says if you don’t pay a fee immediately, you will be arrested.
The ACSO is looking for a place in western Ada County for a second Driver’s License Office
If you’ve had to renew your Idaho Driver’s License – or test for a new one — this summer at our office at 400 N. Benjamin Lane, chances are you’ve had to wait for a while. This summer has been one of our busiest ever, and we know it’s been extra frustrating for people who
Deputies are investigating the death of 42-year-old male inmate at the jail
Ada County Sheriff’s investigators and Coroner’s officials are working to determine what caused the death of a male inmate at the Ada County Jail Thursday morning. A definitive cause of death has not yet been established for 42-year-old David L. McClure, who was booked into the jail early Wednesday evening. There were no signs of
Deputies continue to investigate fatal truck vs. bicycle crash
A 7-year-old boy who was hospitalized after he was hit by a pickup truck while riding a bike in south Boise Thursday night has died. Ada County Coroner’s officials have determined Eduard Prokophcuk died from blunt force trauma associated with the crash. Eduard Prokopchuk was riding his bike on the north side of W. Amity
Message from Sheriff Bartlett about adding 2nd Driver’s License office and possible expansion of the Ada County Jail
The Ada County Board of County Commissioners is having a public hearing Tuesday to discuss how to pay for two major projects here at the ACSO: To find, furnish, and open another driver’s license office somewhere in western Ada County — and to buy land and plan for an expansion of the Ada County Jail
Deputies find body of missing fisherman in Snake River
Members of the Ada County Sheriff’s Office dive team have located the body of a fisherman who fell into the Snake River river early Sunday morning. Dive team members spent most of Sunday and Tuesday searching the water before locating the man just after 3 p.m. Tuesday. It appears the 42-year-old Aaron James Link fell
Fake jury duty and arrest warrant phone scams persist in the Treasure Valley
Ada County Sheriff’s Office deputies will never call and threaten to arrest you because you have an outstanding civil judgment — or missed jury duty — or have a federal arrest warrant — or anything like that. Deputies will also never ask you to place funds for payment on a pre-paid credit card to “cancel the