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Yahoo
29-05-2025
- General
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Busy street linking Garden City and Boise reopens after road rage shooting
This is a breaking news story. Check back to for updates. To sign up for breaking news alerts, click here. A busy Garden City roadway has reopened following a police investigation into a road rage incident near the Expo Idaho grounds. The victim told police that he was driving an SUV north on North Glenwood Street when someone on a racing motorcycle displayed a handgun, according to a Garden City Police Department news release. Law enforcement said the motorcyclist drove dangerously between traffic to pull alongside the SUV near the Riverside Drive intersection. The SUV driver then bumped the suspect by opening his vehicle door, 'causing him to travel slightly forward and fall over,' police said. The suspect then got up and fired his gun three times, hitting the SUV's windshield, according to police. Officers with the Garden City and Boise police departments responded to the scene at about noon. They located one of the people involved at a nearby business and another near Glenwood and Riverside. 'This senseless incident could have ended with an innocent person being shot,' Garden City Police Chief Cory Stambaugh said in a statement. 'As the valley has grown, traffic congestion has increased. Please be patient in your travels, and if you feel you are the victim of a road rage incident, call the police.' The police department also noted that the suspect had split lanes, an illegal maneuver in Idaho that involves a motorcycle driving along traffic lines between vehicle lanes. Glenwood is a busy street for its stretch between Chinden Boulevard in Garden City and State Street in Boise, and has two lanes of travel in each direction, with a turn lane in the center. Law enforcement booked the suspect into the Ada County Courthouse on suspicion of felony aggravated assault. He'll face arraignment at 1:30 p.m. Thursday. Police temporarily asked drivers to avoid the area as they investigated, and at one point Glenwood was down to one lane going both north and south. The Boise Police Department confirmed to the Idaho Statesman that the road was fully reopen by 2:30 p.m.
Yahoo
27-05-2025
- Yahoo
Man accused of kicking and biting officers, grabbing K9 during Garden City arrest
An Idaho man was arrested on suspicion of several felonies Monday after law enforcement said he battered four officers and a canine with the Garden City Police Department. Around 10 a.m., someone flagged down a Garden City officer near the intersection of North Horseshoe Bend Road and Lakeland Drive, reporting that a 49-year-old man was actively violating a protection order at a nearby home, according to a news release from police. Officers went to the residence and observed the man behind outbuildings on the property, according to the release. He fled from officers into a wooded area. Garden City police Chief Cory Stambaugh told the Idaho Statesman in an email that the man was prohibited from being at the house where he'd lived years ago. Stambaugh added that the police department has had many encounters with the man over the last few weeks, including several for trespassing. Because of the man's extensive criminal history and the police department's prior contacts with the man, a K9 was used to locate him, police said. While police attempted to arrest him, the man allegedly grabbed the canine's snout in an attempt to restrict the dog's airway, kicked three officers, and bit another, according to the release. The man was ultimately arrested and given medical care at the scene and later at a local hospital for minor injuries before being booked into the Ada County Jail. The officer who was bitten was also treated at a hospital for minor injuries. He was released earlier Monday. The man was arrested on suspicion of five felonies: first-degree stalking and four counts of battery on law enforcement. The man is also facing three misdemeanors for harassment of a police canine, resisting arrest and violating a domestic violence protection order. He'll have his initial hearing at the Ada County Courthouse at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. Stambaugh said the man has a long history of violence toward law enforcement and the public. 'This is another example of the dangers your officers face each day,' Stambaugh wrote in the release. 'I doubt our officer went to work today thinking he would be bitten by another human being.'
