Convicted sex offender gets out of prison early due to health concerns
Randy Russell Sargent | Bonneville County Jail IDAHO FALLS — A convicted sex offender from Rigby was released from prison after a judge agreed his medical history made incarceration a risk to his...
View ArticleUPDATE: Stolen vehicle has been found
Courtesy Terry Rackham UPDATE: MENAN – Authorities have located the stolen truck. The owner of the vehicle tells EastIdahoNews.com the truck was found on E. River Road just outside Idaho Falls. The...
View ArticleEx-Latter-day Saint bishop to now be prosecuted in federal court on child...
SALT LAKE CITY (Deseret News)— A former Latter-day Saint bishop arrested last fall for allegedly possessing and distributing what state investigators called “child sexual abuse material” will now be...
View ArticleMan placed on rider after being busted with meth dissolved in liquid
Daniel Santos | Bonneville County Jail IDAHO FALLS — A Shelley man will spend up to the next year on a rider program after police busted him with about 900 grams of liquid meth. Daniel Santos, 35, was...
View ArticleSCOTUS denies Idaho’s application to pause transgender inmate’s surgery
BOISE (KIVI) — The United States Supreme Court has denied Idaho’s application to stop a transgender inmate’s reassignment surgery. The court order said that two justices, Clarence Thomas and Samuel...
View ArticleHigh school teacher arrested after alleged sexual assault of student
Patrick Todd Smith | Bonneville County Jail IDAHO FALLS — A local high school teacher was arrested Tuesday after a female student told police she had been sexually abused and harassed by him. Patrick...
View ArticleIdaho Falls man sent to prison for years of sex abuse
Abundio Perez-Resendiz | Bonneville County Jail IDAHO FALLS — An Idaho Falls man was sent to prison this month for a sex crime involving two 16-year-old girls. Abundio Perez-Resendiz, 33, was sentenced...
View ArticleMan sent to prison after endangering children and police while reportedly high
Quinton Wade Miner | Bonneville County Jail IDAHO FALLS — A local man has been sent to prison for endangering children by driving while high on drugs. Earlier this month, District Judge Bruce Pickett...
View ArticleUtah man arrested after killing woman he met on Tinder dating app, police say
Ethan Hunsaker is now in custody. | Layton Police Departmemt LAYTON, Utah (Gephardt Daily) – A Layton man was arrested in the early hours of Sunday morning after he allegedly killed a woman he met on...
View ArticlePolice: Utah man accused of killing woman he met on Tinder app facing murder...
than Robert Hunsaker | Photo: Layton Police Department LAYTON, Utah (Gephardt Daily) – More details have been released after a Layton, Utah man allegedly stabbed a woman to death early Sunday morning...
View ArticlePolice ID woman they say was killed by Utah man she met on Tinder app
Ashlyn Black | Layton City Police Department via Gephardt Daily LAYTON, Utah (Gephardt Daily) — Officials have identified a woman allegedly stabbed to death by a Layton man early Sunday morning after...
View ArticleMan arrested for lewd conduct, police believe there could be other victims
The following information and mugshot is from the Ada County Sheriff’s Office. Detectives are working to figure out if a 50-year-old Kuna man who had illegal sexual contact with three pre-teenage girls...
View ArticleChubbuck man sent to prison for possessing child porn
Donald Joseph Maberry | Bannock County Jail POCATELLO — A Chubbuck man will go to prison after police and the Department of Homeland Security found child pornography on his phone. Donald Joseph...
View ArticlePolice find 2 pounds of meth inside suspicious package
The following is a news release and photo from the Idaho Falls Police Department. IDAHO FALLS – On May 15, 2020, Idaho Falls Police Officers responded to a residence in Idaho Falls for a report of a...
View ArticleMan charged with lewd conduct from alleged incident four years ago
Jeremiah Dean Johnson | Bonneville County Jail AMMON — A man was arrested for an alleged sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl that happened four years ago. Jeremiah Dean Johnson, 22, is charged with...
View ArticleFormer student sentenced for head-butting another student on BYU-Idaho campus
Alan Klein Lauese | Madison County Jail REXBURG — A former Brigham Young University-Idaho student was sentenced Wednesday for head-butting another student on campus in December. Alan Klein Lauese, a...
View ArticleMontana man sent to prison after meth arrest in Idaho Falls
Cody Lodmell | Bonneville County Jail IDAHO FALLS — A Montana man arrested in November for dealing meth in Idaho Falls was sent to prison on Tuesday. Cody Lodmell, 40, appeared in court before District...
View ArticleMan gets at least 3 years in prison for having sexual relationship with...
Bryce Brumfield | Bingham County Jail BLACKFOOT — A judge recently sent a Bingham County man to prison for having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old girl in 2018. Bryce Brumfield, 26, was...
View ArticleTwo charged with arson after admitting to setting home on fire to get rid of...
A fire destroyed a mobile home in Shelley back in March of 2019 | Courtesy Ramona Anderson SHELLEY — Two men are facing up to 15 years in prison after admitting to setting fire to a mobile home last...
View ArticleJudge rejects plea agreement for woman charged with manslaughter in Shelley...
Jericka Evans in court. | Mike Price, EastIdahoNews.com BLACKFOOT — During a sentencing hearing Thursday, a judge rejected Jericka Evans’ binding plea agreement that would have placed her on probation...
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