Boise man already convicted of lewd conduct blasts prosecutor before solicitation sentencing Jacob Scholl, The Idaho Statesman Jul. 7—Before a Boise man was given his sentence on a serious felony charge Wednesday, he claimed his innocence and decried both the prosecution and subsequent media coverage of his crimes. Byron Ely, 62, was sentenced to at least 10 years in prison on one felony count of criminal solicitation of a crime after a jury found him guilty in April. Ely was charged in three separate cases alleging that he sexually abused a girl and then tried to solicit th...