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Category: District 1 – Northern Idaho

  • March 21, 2013 - Ralph Powell Named Colonel and Director of the Idaho State Police

    (BOISE) – Governor C.L. “Butch” Otter appointed Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Powell director of the Idaho State Police today, elevating him to the rank of colonel to succeed Jerry Russell in command of the ISP. Powell, a 30-year ISP veteran, has been acting Idaho State Police director since Colonel Russell retired in January. He had been […]

  • March 15, 2013 - Drug Arrest 115 N Front St Troy,ID

    IDAHO STATE POLICE NEWS RELEASE – generated by our News Release ListServer DO NOT REPLY ————————————————————————— Idaho State Police Regional Communication Center – North 615 W Wilbur Ave Suite A Coeur d'Alene, Idaho 83815 Please direct questions to the appropriate District Offices District 1 (208) 209-8620 Fax (208) 209- 8618 District 2 (208) 799-5150 CASE […]

  • March 8, 2013 - Property Damage Crash US95 MP 314

    IDAHO STATE POLICE NEWS RELEASE – generated by our News Release ListServer DO NOT REPLY ————————————————————————— Idaho State Police Regional Communication Center – North 615 W Wilbur Ave Suite A Coeur d'Alene, Idaho 83815 Please direct questions to the appropriate District Offices District 1 (208) 209-8620 Fax (208) 209- 8618 District 2 (208) 799-5150 CASE […]

  • March 8, 2013 - IDAHO STATE POLICE WELCOMES K9 “BINGO” TO ITS RANKS

    The Idaho State Police recently added “Bingo”, a Labrador and Golden Retriever mix, who is almost two years old to its District 4 office headquartered in Jerome.  Bingo has joined Trooper. Steve Otto on the road as a drug detection dog as part of ISP’s drug interdiction team.  Bingo is the only K9 member of […]

  • March 7, 2013 - ITD partners with ISP and local law enforcement to stop impaired driving March 10th ? 18th

    Using federal grant funds, the Idaho Transportation Department is partnering with the Idaho State Police and many local agencies in the Magic and Wood River Valley to make state highways safer by funding education campaigns and high-visibility impaired driving enforcement patrols from March 10th – 18th. "The effort is part of Idaho's Toward Zero Deaths' […]

  • March 7, 2013 - Rupert Man Sentenced to 48 Months in Prison for Distributing Meth in the Magic Valley

    POCATELLO – Eulalio Loya, 56, of Rupert, Idaho, was sentenced yesterday in United States District Court to 48 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of actual methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered Loya to serve three years of […]

  • March 6, 2013 - Injury Crash US95@304

    IDAHO STATE POLICE NEWS RELEASE – generated by our News Release ListServer DO NOT REPLY ————————————————————————— Idaho State Police Regional Communication Center – North 615 W Wilbur Ave Suite A Coeur d'Alene, Idaho 83815 Please direct questions to the appropriate District Offices District 1 (208) 209-8620 Fax (208) 209- 8618 District 2 (208) 799-5150 CASE […]

  • March 5, 2013 - IDAHO STATE POLICE ADVANCED TRAINING CLASS GRADUATION

    The Idaho State Police is proud to announce that it will commission fifteen new Troopers during a ceremony in the State Capitol Rotunda in Boise on Friday, March 8, 2013 at 11:00 a.m.  The ceremony will include an address by Governor C.L. “Butch” Otter, the posting of the colors by the Idaho State Police Honor […]

  • March 5, 2013 - Sandpoint Man Sentenced for Illegally Possessing Firearm

    COEUR D’ALENE – Joshua Christopher Gervasi, 19, of Sandpoint, Idaho, was sentenced today to 36 months in prison for unlawfully possessing a firearm, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Gervasi to serve three years of supervised release following his prison term. Gervasi pleaded guilty to the charge […]