Crime rate drops in Boundary County
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July 9, 2011 |
The Idaho State Police recently released its
2010 Crime Report, which shows a significant
drop in crime in Boundary County last year from
the year before, particularly within the City of
Bonners Ferry, and the lowest crime rate for
both offenses and arrests for the past five
years.
Overall, the total number of criminal offenses
in Boundary County dropped 14.2 percent in 2010
compared to the year before, with a total of 290
offenses reported. Of those, 173, or
59.7-percent were cleared. Arrests county wide
were also down, with 339 made in 2010, a
10.3-percent drop over 2009.
In Bonners Ferry, there were a total of 97
listed offenses, a 26-percent drop from the year
before, and 201 arrests, down 5.6-percent from
2009. 193 listed offenses were reported in the
county last year, down 6.8-percent from 2009,
with 138 arrests, down 16.4-percent from 2009.
In 2010, larceny was the highest reported crime
in Boundary County, with 66 thefts reported. Of
those, only eight were cleared. There were 53
simple assaults, 49 cleared, 45 reports of drugs
or narcotics, all cleared, and 28 reports of
drug equipment and paraphernalia, also with a
100-percent clearance rate. There were 27
reports of vandalism, six of them cleared, and
35 burglaries, seven cleared.
There was one reported case of forcible rape,
which was cleared with no arrest, eight
aggravated assaults, with seven cleared and five
arrests, one of them a juvenile, seven reports
of vehicle theft, with two cases cleared and one
juvenile arrested, seven reports of
intimidation, all cleared with five arrests, two
cases of counterfeiting/forgery, both cleared
with two arrests, four cases of fraud, all
cleared with two arrests, two cases of forcible
fondling, both cleared with no arrests, and one
report each of statutory rape, stolen property
and weapons violations, all cleared with two
arrests.
Last year, there were 89 adults and one juvenile
arrested in Boundary County for DUI, six adults
for disorderly conduct, three adults for passing
bad checks, five adults and one juvenile for
liquor law violations, 10 juveniles runaways,
one adult for public drunkeness and one adult
for non-violent family offenses.
Over a five year period, 2006 had the highest
level of reported offenses, with 385, as well as
the highest number of arrests, 503, compared to
339 for 2010. |
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