May 2008 Archives
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2:18 AM Thu, May 29, 2008
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Amber Alert: 6-year-old boy missing from Nampa

An Amber Alert has been issued for a 6-year-old Nampa boy.
Antonio Gomez was last seen wearing a dark blue, short-sleeved, Spiderman t-shirt and light blue jeans.
Antonio is about 4'3" and weights approximately 60 pounds.
At about 2 a.m. Thursday, police responded to the 800 block of South Chicago in Nampa, and a search of the area turned up nothing.
Police say they are looking for Jose Gomez, who is the child's father, and a person of interest.
Jose Gomez is 32-years-old, about 5'5", and weights around 160 pounds.
He has brown hair, brown eyes and a small mustache.
Gomez drives a 2007 Lincoln Navigator with Idaho plates and was last seen at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
If you have any information on the whereabouts of Antonio Gomez, or Jose Gomez, you are urged to call Nampa City Police at 208-465-2257.
Keep checking KTVB.com for updates.
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4:22 AM Tue, May 27, 2008
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Injury accident on I-84
Two people were transported by air ambulance overnight after the vehicle they were riding in rolled on I-84 near Mountain Home.
The one-vehicle accident happened just before 1 a.m. this morning at mile marker 95.
Gustavo Rosales, 19, of Ogden, Utah and an infant were both taken to St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center by air ambulance.
Angela Sherwood, 21, Tassia Scott, 20, and two infants, Chloe Scott and Brooklyn Bustos, were all taken my ground ambulance to the Elmore Medical Center.
Christian Sherwood, 18, was driving the minivan when the vehicle drifted to the right shoulder.
Sherwood overcorrected, drove the van through the median and then it rolled several times.
Sherwood was not transported anywhere following the accident.
A total of seven people were in the vehicle.
The eastbound lane of traffic on I-84 was blocked for about an hour.
That lane has since been reopened and the crash site has been cleared.
All of the occupants were wearing seatbelts, and all of the children were properly restrained in their child safety seats.
Officials say alcohol is not believed to be a factor in the accident, but the crash is still under investigation.
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4:59 AM Wed, May 21, 2008
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Meridian Fire
A fire broke out in Meridian just after 11:30pm.
It happened at Fiber Composites LLC on Franklin Road and burned for three hours.
Ada County Dispatch says it is a lumber factory and the fire started by combustion and dust from the wood.
Dispatch also says everyone evacuated the building when the fire started.
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4:52 AM Wed, May 21, 2008
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Armed Robbery in Nampa
Police are looking for the man they say robbed a Domino's Pizza.
It happened around 2:00am on 12th avenue in Nampa.
Police say a man displayed a handgun and left with an undisclosed amount of cash.
Police are looking for a white man between 5 foot 10 and 6 foot tall.
He weighs around 200 pounds and was wearing a dark colored hooded sweatshirt with a yellow plaid sweatshirt over the top.
Anyone with more information is asked to call police.
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3:45 AM Wed, May 14, 2008
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Shed fire in Parma
A shed is damaged after a fire broke out early this morning.
It happened just before 4:00am on the 26000 block of Pioneer Lane in Parma.
Canyon County dispatch says the shed suffered some damaged, and that no one was hurt in the fire.
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5:31 AM Wed, May 07, 2008
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FOUND: Children missing from Garden City
The two sisters reported missing from Garden City have been found and are safe.
They were found at the Veteran's Memorial Park.
Newschannel Seven will bring you more details as they become available to us.
Shylynn and Amaris Allen were last seen at the 4500 block of Iota in Garden City around 5 p.m. yesterday.
The sisters were reported missing at about 10:40 last night.
Police said they told their older sister and brother they were going for a walk, but never came home.
Shylynn is 14-years old, and her sister, Amaris, is 8-years old.
Police did an area search of the Greenbelt last night, and resumed their search this morning.
Keep checking KTVB.com for more updates.
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8:05 AM Mon, May 05, 2008
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Delays east bound on I-84 between Broadway and Orchard
Idaho State Police, as well as Boise Police Department and emergency crews are on scene of a one-car rollover crash eastbound I84 between Vista and Broadway. Both eastbound lanes are blocked with emergency crews and one lane of traffic is moving through the area on the shoulder.
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10:16 AM Sat, May 03, 2008
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Three people dead in McCall plane crash
Three people are dead as a result of a two-plane collision that happened at the McCall airport yesterday evening.
Emergency personnel were dispatched to a collision between two Cessna, single engine aircraft.
When emergency crews arrived, both aircraft were fully engulfed in flames.
The pilot of one aircraft, Bill Keating, 52, of McCall and two of his grandchildren were found dead at the scene of the crash.
The two children who died on the scene were his grandchildren, both boys, ages one and six.
The pilot of the other aircraft, Justin Mooney, 30, or Post Falls, ID and occupant Mark Fuller, 27, or Hayden, ID were seen walking away from the crash scene carrying a child.
The child carried away from the scene is also a grandchild of Bill Keating, the deceased pilot, and was rescued by the occupants in the other aircraft.
The two-year-old boy is in critical condition at the Salt Lake City Burn Center.
He has third degree burns from his waste down.
The boys' father and aunt are on their way to Salt Lake City now.
Mooney and Fuller have been taken to McCall Memorial Hospital.
The McCall airport is closed while the cause of the accident is under investigation.
The two boys killed in the crash, and the boy now at Salt Lake City Burn Center are all from Caldwell.
Their grandfather, Keating, had picked them up in the plane around 6 p.m. yesterday to take them to McCall for a visit.
The accident happened upon arrival at the McCall airport.
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6:24 AM Sat, May 03, 2008
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Woman reported missing while camping in Boise County
Officials in Garden Valley are searching for a woman who went missing overnight while camping in the mountains.
Boise County dispatch tell us the 23-year old female was camping near the South Fork of the Payette River by the Alder Creek Bridge off of Highway 17, which is also near the Garden Valley airstrip.
Dispatch tells us she had been drinking, went to the bathroom, and never returned to her campsite.
A friend reported the woman missing just before 3 a.m. Saturday.
A Boise County Sheriff's deputy, the fire department, and an ambulance have been in the area searching for her since she was reported missing.
Dispatch tells us the area she had been camping at, is in a valley in the mountains, near the Payette River.
We are working to find out more information.
Keep checking KTVB.com for updates.
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7:08 AM Fri, May 02, 2008
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Nampa teen arrested for arson
A 17-year old female has been arrested in connection with a fire that damaged a Nampa home last night.
Just after 7 p.m. last night, the Nampa Fire Department and Nampa Police Department responded to a residential fire on the 4400 block of Airport Road.
Investigators were able to determine that the fire was intentionally set.
After interviewing witnesses, and examining the evidence, investigators determined that the fire was set by a 17-year old girl that was in the area visiting.
The suspect has since been released to the custody of her parents and charges are pending.
Newschannel seven spoke with the homeowners this morning.
They tell us their younger daughter lost her prom dress in the fire.
Her prom is tomorrow.
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2:06 AM Thu, May 01, 2008
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Fire crews respond to smoke in a restaurant
Smoke at a downtown restaurant brought crews rushing to the scene.
It happened around 2:00am at a McDonalds on the 2500 block of W. Fairview Ave in Boise.
6 engines and two ladder trucks responded to the call.
Dispatch says a machine in the building caused the smoke.