2 police officers shot in Sandpoint, Idaho; Gunman in standoff

An Idaho man with a previous felony conviction has pleaded guilty to stealing a handgun from a pawn shop. Federal prosecutors say Brandon Lee Damon visited A to Z pawn in Blackfoot, Idaho on August 3, 2017. They say he waited until the clerk was not looking and reached over the counter and stole a Black Taurus 9 mm handgun

Police are asking for the public's help identifying a man who may have tried to lure a 13-year-old girl into the restroom at a Meridian restaurant on Saturday. The incident happened at about 4:45 p.m. at The Counter on E. Monarch Sky Lane in the Village at Meridian.

Three Boiseans are facing child abuse charges after a Boise Police raid netted marijuana and THC oil in a home the suspects shared with two children. Shawn Mackrill, 29, and Jennifer Rose Doyle, 33, are both charged with felony injury to a child and felony drug possession, while Cindy Nicholls, 61, faces only the felony injury to child charge.

An eastern Idaho school district has canceled classes and shut down all of its schools after police took into custody a 14-year-old boy who authorities say threatened a school shooting. The Blackfoot School District says the closing of all schools Thursday follows the arrest of the student on Wednesday.

A woman is in custody after police say she stabbed her boyfriend, critically injuring him, at a Meridian motel Wednesday. Rebecca Lee Cook, 34, of Pleasant View, Utah, is facing a felony aggravated battery charge. Police say the attack happened at at about 5:10 p.m. in the 1500 block of South Meridian Road. Officers arrived to find the victim, a 34-year-old man, with a life-threatening stab wound to his chest.

A Boise man died Wednesday morning when his car went off of Idaho 55 and into the Payette River. The crash happened just after 10:30 a.m. about three miles south of Banks

Boise Police say four people from out of town are in the Ada County Jail after attempting to buy cell phones and other electronic devices with fake credit cards. Around 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, officers received a tip from local businesses that a group of people were making purchases with counterfeit credit cards at two stores on the 8100 block of West Overland Road.

A Coeur d’Alene Police officer was shot in the line of duty and underwent surgery late Tuesday night. Coeur d’Alene Police Chief Lee White said Coeur d'Alene Police stopped an individual near the intersection of Government Way and Hattie Avenue around 7:00 p.m. At some point during the stop, the officers learned the suspect had a felony warrant for his arrest. When officers approached the suspect, White said the suspect engaged the officers with gunfire.

Coeur d'Alene Police say an officer was shot after approaching a suspect at around 7 p.m. Tuesday in Coeur d'Alene. Police say the suspect engaged in gunfire and both the suspect and an officer were struck in the area of Hattie Ave. and Government Way.

Eastern Idaho officials have identified a North Dakota man killed in a snowmobile crash. The Fremont County sheriff's office in a news release Monday says 32-year-old Wayne Halverson of Wishek died Saturday in Island Park when he went off a trail and ran into a tree.

A Boise man is in custody after police say he pulled a handgun on another person during a fight Saturday morning. The incident happened just after midnight at a business in the 600 block of Vista Avenue.

Police officers have found the three siblings who were reported as missing and endangered Friday night. The Boise Police Department says in a news release that the children were located at midnight, and are safe. The department did not say where they were found.

Prosecutors have charged an eastern Idaho man with two counts of involuntary manslaughter in the wake of a boating accident last year that left two Utah residents dead. The Post Register newspaper reports 63-year-old Michael Kingston of Idaho Falls is scheduled for a preliminary hearing on March 7. Prosecutors say he negligently operated a boat on Ririe Reservoir on Aug. 21, 2017. An attorney for Kingston could not be immediately reached.

Boise Police officers were justified when they wounded a Meridian man during a parking lot confrontation last fall, a prosecutor ruled. Twin Falls County Prosecutor Grant Loebs announced the decision Thursday, five months after 22-year-old Dakota Morris was shot.

Authorities say an unidentified snowmobiler died after being trapped in an avalanche in eastern Idaho. The Post Register reports the Bonneville County Sheriff's Office and Bonneville County Search and Rescue received a report of a man buried in an avalanche in Sheep Creek Tuesday afternoon.

A Garden City police officer escaped serious injuries on Monday after authorities said he was hit by a suspect who was found passed out - along with his passenger - in a running vehicle. Police said they were called at around 4:25 p.m. to a report of a suspicious vehicle in the parking lot of a business, which was open, in the 8100 Block of Chinden Boulevard. The person who called in the report told dispatchers that the two people in the vehicle appeared to be passed out.

A motorcycle rider was taken to the hospital after police say another driver ran a red light and crashed into him. The collision happened at about at the intersection of Rose Hill and Roosevelt streets on the Boise Bench

Boundary County Sheriff reports that Alisa Hannaman has been found, but officers are still searching for Kaia Kramer

A pair of teenagers who police say wielded knives and a baseball bat during two robberies Monday have been arrested on felony charges. Caleb Ellis, 18, faces two counts of robbery and a juvenile probation violation. The second suspect, a 17-year-old boy whose name has not been released, is facing two counts of robbery and a misdemeanor possession of marijuana.

Meridian Police say they arrested a Mountain View High School teacher today after they gathered evidence of a sexual relationship between a teacher and a student. Police say 26-year-old Rebecca E. Mason-Cales of Boise was arrested for sexual battery of a minor.

A car chase in Nampa turned deadly overnight when a woman fell from the fleeing vehicle. The incident happened just after midnight Tuesday morning. According to Nampa Police, officers pulled over 46-year-old Joe A. Nevarez in the 1600 block of 2nd Street South.

Kootenai County Sheriff report one person is dead after a vehicle pursuit with a deputy in Post Falls early Sunday morning. According to the release, a deputy observed a vehicle traveling recklessly and at high speed. The deputy began to pursue the vehicle near W Prairie Avenue and N. Huetter Road.

Seven people were taken to the hospital following a crash Thursday evening near Payette. Idaho State Police says the driver of a Nissan was heading west and attempting to make a left turn into a rest area along Highway 52 when it hit an eastbound Ford Ranger truck. The Ford went onto the right shoulder, over corrected, and went into the westbound lanes and hit a third vehicle.

A Boise family is getting help with a place to stay overnight after a house fire in West Boise. A father and two kids were home at the time when a neighbor noticed fire in the back of the house on Fair Meadow Drive.

One man was killed overnight when his SUV smashed into a pole on the offramp to Eagle Road. According to Meridian Police, the wreck happened at about 1:40 a.m. Wednesday on the westbound offramp from Interstate 84.

A Boise parolee is facing another felony charge after police say he attacked his father Friday in a fight over home renovations. Jeremy Robert Everhart, 32, faces a felony charge of aggravated battery.

Jerome County Sheriff's Office investigates homicide. The Jerome County Sheriff's Office was dispatched to the area of 200 East and 400 North in Jerome at 4:45 a.m. on Monday morning for the report of a body lying in the middle of the road

Police said Monday that six suspects in a string of vandalism cases in which golf balls were used to damage property have been identified and have confessed to the crimes. Police said the investigation into dozens of incidents in North and Southeast Boise is complete. There have been more than 30 reports of vandalism - with damage totaling more than $15,000 - since January 13.

Authorities in eastern Idaho have taken a man into custody after a body was found in a house fire on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation