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Category: District 5 – Southeastern Idaho

  • May 1, 2024 - Idaho State Police Champions Motorcycle Safety Throughout Motorcycle Awareness Month

    MERIDIAN, Idaho – May marks Motorcycle Awareness Month when the Idaho State Police (ISP) intensifies its efforts to promote heightened safety on our roadways. This month is pivotal in our ongoing goal of reducing motorcycle accidents and fatalities across Idaho through education and enforcement. Colonel Kedrick Wills, Director of the Idaho State Police, underlined, “A […]

  • April 21, 2024 - Vehicle vs. Train in Downey

    Idaho State Police is investigating a vehicle collision that occurred on April 20, 2024, at approximately 9:13 P.M., on SH40 at US91, in Bannock County. A 54-year-old male from Downey, was driving a 2006 Chevy Silverado eastbound on SH40 when the vehicle failed to yield at a stop sign and struck a parked train. The […]

  • April 14, 2024 - Idaho State Police Honors Unsung Heroes During National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week

    MERIDIAN, Idaho – Idaho State Police (ISP) is proud to recognize the second week of April as National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, paying tribute to the invaluable contributions of our Regional Communications Officers (RCOs) stationed across the state. Observed from April 14th to 20th, National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week serves as a poignant reminder of […]

  • April 13, 2024 - Fatal Crash North of Preston

    Idaho State Police is investigating a two-vehicle fatality crash that occurred on Saturday April 13, 2024, at 2:29 pm on US91 at approximately mile marker 13, in Franklin County. A 64-year-old female with a 66-year-old male passenger, both from Fruit Heights, Utah were traveling northbound on US91 in a 2011 BMW X3. A 2009 Yamaha […]

  • April 3, 2024 - Single vehicle crash WB US30 @ 359.5 near McCammon

    Idaho State Police is investigating a single vehicle crash that occurred on Wednesday April 3, 2024, at 7:16 am on US30 at mile marker 359.5, in Bannock County. The driver of a Freightliner semi-truck, a 25-year-old male from Brooklyn, New York, drove off the road and impacted the garage portion of a house. He was […]

  • April 1, 2024 - Idaho State Police Increase Efforts to Combat Distracted Driving in April

    BOISE, Idaho – In observance of Distracted Driving Awareness Month, the Idaho State Police (ISP), in collaboration with the Idaho Office of Highway Safety (OHS) and the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD), is intensifying its efforts to combat distracted driving across the state. The initiative, focusing on education and enforcement, aims to remind drivers that Idaho […]

  • April 1, 2024 - Idaho State Police Increase Efforts to Combat Distracted Driving in April

    BOISE, Idaho – In observance of Distracted Driving Awareness Month, the Idaho State Police (ISP), in collaboration with the Idaho Office of Highway Safety (OHS) and the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD), is intensifying its efforts to combat distracted driving across the state. The initiative, focusing on education and enforcement, aims to remind drivers that Idaho […]

  • March 26, 2024 - Single vehicle injury crash wb I86 at milepost 61, near Chubbuck

    The Idaho State Police are investigating a single vehicle injury crash that occurred Tuesday, March 26,2024, at 11:25 a.m., westbound I86 at milepost 61, near Chubbuck. A 18-year-old female, from Chubbuck, was driving eastbound on I86 in a 2015 Jeep Patriot. She failed to maintain lanes and went into the median and rolled. The vehicle […]

  • March 22, 2024 - Idaho State Police Investigate Homicides Related to Escaped Inmate Capture

    Idaho State Police (ISP) detectives, in collaboration with multiple city, county, and federal agencies, continue to actively investigate two homicides believed to be related to the escape of Skylar Meade from Idaho Department of Corrections custody, with assistance from Nicholas Umphenour, shortly after 2 a.m. on March 20, 2024, in Boise, Idaho. After fleeing Boise […]

  • March 21, 2024 - Law Enforcement Arrest Two After Inmate Escape

    MERIDIAN, Idaho – Since 2:00 a.m. yesterday, March 20, 2024, law enforcement agencies across Idaho have investigated and searched for escaped inmate Skylar Meade and shooting suspect Nicholas Umphenour. Just after 2:00 p.m. today, March 21, 2024, law enforcement located and arrested both males in Twin Falls, Idaho after a vehicle pursuit involving multiple law […]