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BOISE (Idaho Statesman) — Scott Thompson’s baby daughter nearly died at St. Luke’s Boise Medical Center last year, when a rare condition attacked her spinal cord and paralyzed her from the waist down. She spent weeks in the hospital, Thompson said. On Monday night, Thompson took his 16-month-old to the hospital again because she was […]

BOISE (Idaho Statesman) — An inmate at the Idaho State Correctional Institution was believed to have been beaten to death early Saturday by another inmate, according to the Idaho Department of Correction and the Ada County Sheriff’s Office. An as yet unnamed suspect has been arrested. At 2:25 a.m., security workers at the prison south […]

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Authorities have arrested a suspect in the apparent beating death of an inmate at the Idaho State Correctional Institution south of Boise. The Idaho Statesman reports security workers responded to an altercation in a housing unit early Saturday morning and found 57-year-old Gerald B.

BOISE (Idaho Statesman) – The Ada County Sheriff’s Office arrested former Idaho Rep. Aaron von Ehlinger on Friday afternoon after he was extradited from Georgia to his home state. Ada County deputies flew to Georgia on Thursday afternoon and returned to Boise the next day with von Ehlinger in custody. He was processed under a […]

Former Lewiston state Rep. Aaron von Ehlinger is back in Idaho after his extradition from Georgia on felony charges of rape and forcible penetration with a foreign object, according to

Former Lewiston state Rep. Aaron von Ehlinger is back in Idaho after his extradition from Georgia on felony charges of rape and forcible penetration with a foreign object, according to

It’s been almost two weeks since Aaron von Ehlinger was charged with rape, but the former Lewiston state representative still hasn’t been arrested or turned himself in.

Jun. 3—On Monday morning, the more than 750 employees of the Ada County Sheriff's Office woke up to an unexpected email. "I am writing today to let you know that I am retiring from the ACSO and as your sheriff," Sheriff Stephen Bartlett wrote. Bartlett had been sheriff since 2015. A Republican, he had just sought and won re-election in November. His retirement was effective immediately. He ...

The issue of drug smuggling at the Canyon County jail turned deadly last December, leading to a renewed push from the sheriff’s office to find a solution. Two inmates at the county jail in Caldwell have overdosed in the past four months while smuggling in drugs. One of the women survived, but the other died at a local hospital. County jail Capt. Harold Patchett said visitors and inmates trying to sneak drugs into prisons and jails has been a problem for as long as he can remember. He’s work...

Several Idaho Police Departments Have Used Clearview AI Tech Various Idaho law enforcement agencies are testing out controversial facial recognition software, Clearview AI. by Jacob Scholl, The Idaho Statesman / April 8, 2021 Shutterstock/FranciscoBaliego (TNS) — Several Idaho law enforcement agencies have had access to a controversial facial recognition app that is used to identify individuals, according to a report from Buzzfeed...