PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A former developer from Bend, Oregon admits he got his teenage son to shoot him in the legs so he could delay a 12-year prison term for mortgage fraud and collect disability insurance.
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho lawmakers are once again seeking to remove a special exemption that allows elected officials to carry concealed guns without a permit.
JACKPOT, Nev. (AP/KTVB) -- Investigators are testing blood evidence found in a van that belonged to a 26-year-old Mexican man whose body was found in February off a dirt road near the Nevada-Idaho border town of Jackpot.
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) — Authorities in eastern Idaho say the son of a Democratic state lawmaker shot his wife accidentally with a rifle following a day of hunting. he Idaho Falls Post-Register (http://tinyurl.com/aecvczc ) reports that 31-year-old Ian Malepeai and his wife, Hailey Hodges, of Irwin, had been hunting Monday...
(KLIX)- Police arrested a man after allegedly robbing a Twin Falls Sonic drive in. According to Twin Falls police 29 year old Christopher Cole was arrested on suspicion of armed robbery. Police say at around 10:14pm a call came in that the Sonic on Blue Lakes had been robbed at gunpoint...
BURLEY, Idaho (AP) — Fire officials suspect a dangerous mixture of cleaning solvent, dirty rags and high explosives likely led to an explosion that sent the wife of a southern Idaho legislator to the hospital with second-degree burns. Amy Wood is listed in good condition Tuesday at the University of Utah's Burn and Trauma Center...
(KLIX)- Twin Falls Police have arrested a man who they say threatened bank employees he would come back with a mask and gun. According to Lt. Craig Stotts 32 year old Mark Alan Olson was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct and trespass from property...
JEROME COUNTY, Idaho (KTVB)- The Jerome County Sheriff's Office is investigation a home
invasion robbery. Deputies were dispatched around 4 a.m. Tuesday to a residence
north of Eden after receiving a report of shots fired. The sheriff's office
says that three masked men entered a home and robbed two men at gunpoint for
cash and clothing...
(KLIX)- Jerome Police arrested three people early Tuesday morning after discovering drugs in their vehicle. Initially police were called to a report of someone being kidnapped and put into a car. Police later stopped a vehicle and found three men with drugs in a care including a gun...
(KLIX)- Jerome Police are looking for person of interest in a late night shooting in Jerome. According to the Jerome Police Chief 21 year old Kendra Adams was shot in the back while riding as a front seat passenger. A gun went off shooting a bullet through the front passenger seat and hit Adams...
(KLIX)-Jerome Police pulled a wanted man from a Jerome residence earlier this morning. At about 9:27am police responded to the Big Tree Trailer Court on a domestic violence call. Police knocked on the door without a response but could hear someone inside...
Boise, Idaho (KTVB) Many Magic Valley residents fly out of the Boise Airport and they take a lot with them, whether it be toothpaste, combs’ and other toiletries. But, believe it or not people have tried to take a cattle prod on board a plane at the airport...
A Buhl man has been charged with aggravated assault for allegedly threatening two people with a handgun. The Times-News reports that 23-year-old Robert Joseph Ferreira was arraigned Dec. 14th after a Twin Fall police officer responded to a call about a woman being kidnapped at gunpoint from a car...
A 2-year-old Rupert boy is dead after suffering a gunshot wound to the head. The Times-News reports that the toddler was shot by his 3-year-old brother. Rupert Police Chief Randy White says the shooting happened in northeast Rupert, at about noon Wednesday...
(AP) A woman injured while loading a firearm at the Sun Valley Resort gun club last summer has filed a lawsuit seeking an unspecified amount in damages. The Idaho Mountain Express reports Nan Bassett, of Salt Lake City, sued the owner of resort three weeks ago in Idaho's 5th District Court. Bassett claims inadequate instruction contributed to the July, 2010 shooting accident at the Sun Valley G