Garden City bomb squad situation

A routine traffic stop last night turned into a bomb squad situation in Garden City.
Officers say around 10:30 police pulled over a pickup on 30th and Fairview Ave. During a check of the vehicle police found a what they called was a "military ordnance."

Officers quickly called in the Boise Bomb Disposal Unit and personnel from Mountain Home Air Force Base to determine what it was. The item turned out to be a military tank round without the shell casing. It was painted to look like a live round. It was inert.

The driver, 37 year old Jason Mehalos was arrested and taken into custody on two outstanding warrants. Police say he did not have any license plates on his truck.

Crash at Front and 13th - Update

Updated 11:05 p.m. -- No one was injured in a two-car crash at 13th and Front streets in downtown Boise. Three lanes of Front Street were closed while police and tow trucks responded.

Man dies in overnight shooting

A tragic end to a Christmas get together near Nampa.
One man was shot to death.
Another faces a murder charge.

It happened around 10:45 on South Happy Valley Road near Lewis Lane.
Canyon County Deputies responded to a report of a domestic disturbance.

They arrested 48-year-old James Robert Malec.
Deputies booked him on a charge of second degree murder.

Medical personnel were unable to save the shooting victim.
A lieutenant with the Canyon County Sheriff's Office says several adults and children were in this house for a Christmas dinner.

"We had multiple people that were at the house that we talked to this evening and all indications is right now is that it was a disturbance that escalated to an unfortunate end." said Lt. Marv Dashiell with Canyon County Sheriff's Office

Investigators have not yet released the victim's name.

"Deep Throat dead at 95"

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The once mysterious news source known only as "Deep Throat" has died.
W. Mark Felt was 95.
A friend says Felt died in Santa Rosa, Calif., after suffering congestive heart failure for several months.
As the FBI's second-in-command at the time of Watergate, Felt leaked damaging information about President Richard Nixon and his aides to Washington Post reporter Bob Woodwawrd. "Deep Throat" was memorably portrayed by Hal Holbrook in the 1976 movie "All the President's Men" as a shadowy, testy chain-smoker.
Felt insisted his alter ego be kept secret. He finally came forward in May 2005.
In a memoir published in 2006, Felt said he saw himself as
"Lone Ranger" who could help derail a White House cover-up.
Critics called Felt a traitor for betraying the commander in chief. Supporters hailed him as a hero for blowing the whistle on a corrupt administration.

School closings

Canyonside Christian School in Jerome
Filer School District in Twin Falls

False report of burglary

Police say a false report led them on a massive search for a burglar in a Meridian neighborhood. Just before 4 am, police got a call that a burglar broke into a home, was confronted by the owner and then tried to shoot his way out. They say the homeowner later admitted to accidentally firing the gun and making up the story about the burglar. He could face charges.

Nampa gas leak

Police have re-opened roads after a gas leak in Nampa. The leak occured outside The Sugar Beat factory early this morning. An employee at the plant bumped a gas meter on the eastside of the building which triggered the meter to bypass as part of a safety measure. As part of the safety measure, it then began to leak small amounts of gas.

Intermountain Gas responded within an hour of the accident and the factory was able to continue running. Bryon Defenbach, a spokesman for Intermountain Gas Company says he expects the crews to be finished with repairs in the next half hour.

There are no injuries and no homes or buildings have lost service.

Shots fired into Caldwell hair salon

Caldwell police are trying to figure why a man shot up a business in Caldwell.
It happened just before 11 o'clock last night and police say the man shot out a number of windows. It happened on 700 block of Arthur Street at a local beauty salon. Police say luckily everyone was gone when the shooting happened.

Caldwell police say they had a number of calls of shots fired in the area.
Police received information from witnesses saying they saw a tall man with black hooded sweatshirt and gun shoot out the windows.
Police say the motivation behind the shooting is unknown.
Police don't think shooter took anything from the store.
One man working in the area heard the shots and thought it was coming from a nearby dumpster.

"We've been doing a toy drive out here for toys for tots-- paperwork later this evening -someone heard a bang a couple bangs and ran outside to see what's going on and we saw a couple police out here," said Esteban Ramierez.

Owners of the beauty salon are out of town but they have been notified about the incident. Employees have boarded up the windows.
Police are just glad no one was in the business during the shooting.

Two sent to hospital after car crashed into wall

A car with two people inside crashed into a wall after an officer attempted a traffic stop.

The accident happened around 3:30 this morning on Overland and Federal Way.
The people in the car have been taken to the hospital.

The crash is cleared up now.
Boise police officers say they were simply attempting a traffic stop when the female driver hit the gas. Inside the car was also male passenger.

Police say the vehicle was driving eastbound on overland when he attempted to stop their car.
The driver then accelerated and slammed into the wall.

Police say the suffered some injuries and were transported to St. Alphonsus hospital.
Officers are still no clear if alcohol was involved and police have not made an arrest right now.

Police have also not released the identities of the two but do say they're in their late teens early 20's.

Stay with KTVB.COM with more on this breaking story.

Woman missing in Canyon County

The Canyon County Sheriff's Office is reporting the family have located 20-year-old Cambree Johnson.
Johnson went missing around 5:45pm Monday night and deputies sent out a news release around 12am letting us know Johnson has been found.
The Sheriff's Office thanks all those who have helped in the search.

Overnight fire damages Boise home

Investigators are now trying to figure out what caused a fire that badly damaged a Boise home this morning.

The fire broke out around 2:30am on Farmhouse Place near Surprise Way in Boise.

No one was home when the fire started.
Neighbors told firefighters the family is out of town.

Boise Fire Chief Dennis Doan tells us it appears a firefighter broke some ribs while trying to get into the house.
He was transported to st. Alphonsus.

Fire crews say it appears the fire started on the second floor where there is significant damage.

Stay with KTVB.COM with updates on this story.

Armed Robbery

A man with a gun robbed a Boise convenience store this morning.

The robbery happened at the Maverick convenience store on Victory and Cole around 4am.

Police say the man pointed a 9mm handgun at the people inside, took some cash and took off.

He's still on the loose.

He's a white man around 5'10'' with a thin build and a mustache.
He was wearing a dark hoodie, eye glasses, ski mask and a blue bandana.

Armed Robbery

Right now police are on the scene of an armed robbery at a Maverick convenience store in Ada County.It happened just right around 4 am this morning on Victory and Cole.
This happened a little less than an hour ago so the scene is still fresh.

Police are looking for a white man with a mustache and a thin build. The suspect is thought to be 5'10" wearing eye glasses, a blue bandana and ski mask.

Nampa burglary

Police are searching for the man who robbed a Nampa Stinker Station.

Officers say the robber entered the station on Holly Street around 7pm last night.

They say he showed a handgun, took an undisclosed amount of money and left.
No one was hurt.

Police say the suspect is a hispanic man in his mid-20's.
He's about 5'7" with a light skin tone and a goatee.

He was wearing a blue hooded sweatshirt, baggy pants and white tennis shoes.

Anyone with information should call Nampa police at 465-2257.

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