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Category: District 6 – Eastern Idaho

  • April 8, 2013 - Leader of Southwest Idaho Meth Trafficking Conspiracy Sentenced to Over 33 Years in Federal Prison

    BOISE – Jesus Guadalupe Sanchez, a/k/a Jose Salazar, 32, a Mexican national, the leader and organizer of a major Southwest Idaho drug trafficking conspiracy, was sentenced today to 400 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Following his release […]

  • April 5, 2013 - Juvenile Detention Officers Graduate from POST Academy Friday

    Meridian – Idaho Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) is proud to announce that Juvenile Detention Academy Class #28 graduated during a ceremony this morning at the POST Academy in Meridian. The ceremony for began at 11:00 a.m. The 16 graduates of the three-week academy represent 7 out of the 12 county juvenile detention centers […]

  • April 5, 2013 - PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCHERS GRADUATE FROM ACADEMY FRIDAY

    MERIDIAN – Idaho Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) is proud to announce that Basic Dispatch Academy Class #58 graduated during a ceremony this morning at the POST Academy in Meridian. The ceremony for the Basic Dispatch Academy Class #58 began at 9:00 a.m. The 25 graduates of the two-week academy represent law enforcement agencies from throughout […]

  • April 4, 2013 - Law Enforcement Watching for Aggressive Drivers April 5-14

    BOISE – They’re out there and you’ve seen them – bold, pushy or selfish drivers putting you and others at risk. That’s why the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) and Idaho law enforcement agencies are combining forces to stop aggressive driving April 5-14. “Nearly half of all drivers will admit to aggressive driving in the past […]

  • April 2, 2013 - Two Mexican Nationals Sentenced in Meth Trafficking Case – Four Co-defendants Await Sentencing

    POCATELLO – Two co-defendants in Eastern Idaho were sentenced in United States District Court yesterday for drug trafficking and related charges, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced today. The defendants appeared before Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill at the federal courthouse in Pocatello. Juan Aguilar, 60, a Mexian national, formerly residing in San […]

  • March 27, 2013 - Colonel Ralph Powell Confirmed by Idaho Senate as Director of the Idaho State Police

    Colonel Ralph W. Powell The Idaho Senate confirmed Governor C.L. “Butch” Otter’s appointment of Colonel Ralph W. Powell as Director of the Idaho State Police (ISP) this morning.  Powell is a thirty year veteran of ISP and has been acting as interim director since January.  Powell will receive his rank insignia of Colonel during a pinning […]

  • March 25, 2013 - Washington Man Sentenced in Idaho Sex Trafficking Case

    BOISE – Dyrell Robert Swinson, 20, of Tacoma, Washington, was sentenced this morning in United States District Court to 57 months in federal prison for his role in a child sex trafficking case, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Swinson to be supervised by a probation officer […]

  • 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 […]