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County crime rate up slightly in 2011
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July 10, 2012 |
According to the Idaho State Police 2011 Crime
Report, there were 298 total criminal offenses
last year in Boundary County, up eight offenses
from the year before but considerably lower than
2009, when 338 offenses were tallied.
There were also more arrests in the county last
year compared to the year before, with 342
arrests in 2011 compared 339; both years being
the lowest in the last five years.
The Boundary County Sheriffs Office handled 193
offenses in 2011, the same as in 2010. Of those,
76 offenses, or 39.4 percent, were cleared. The
sheriffs office made 151 arrests in 2011,
compared to 138 in 2010, an increase of 9.4
percent. In the past five years, 2009 had the
highest number of offenses with 207.
In major crimes, theft and burglary led the way,
both among the hardest type cases to clear. Last
year, there were 47 burglaries, with four
cleared, and 42 larcenies, with six cleared.
There was one murder committed in Boundary
County in 2011, that of Anna Old, 43, whose body
was found November 4 in the Naples home she
shared with John Funkhauser, 63, who reported
the crime and will soon stand trial for her
death, to which he confessed.
There were eight aggravated assaults with seven
cleared, five motor vehicle thefts, none
cleared, 34 simple assaults with 27 cleared and
one count of intimidation, not yet cleared.
There were 22 cases of vandalism, three cleared,
19 drug cases, 17 cleared, and five cases
involving drug equipment, all cleared. One count
of fraud, still waiting to be cleared, one
possession of stolen property, which has been
cleared and two weapons violations, both
cleared.
In sex-related crimes, there were five cases of
forced fondling, three of which are cleared.
Of all the cases cleared, 43 were adults, eight
were juveniles.
In "Group B" arrests, there were 25 DUIs made by
the sheriff's office in 2011, five liquor law
arrests, one arrest for a non-violent family
offense, and eight for trespassing.
The City of Bonners Ferry Police Department saw
an increase in total offenses in 2011 compared
to the tear before, with 105 last year compared
to 97 in 2010. Last year saw the fewest city
arrests in five years, with 191 in 2011 and 201
in 2010. The most arrests came in 2007, when 294
were made.
Most of the major crimes committed in the city
last year were for drugs and narcotics, with 31
cases, all of which were cleared. There were 25
offenses involving drug equipment, again all
cleared. Of 105 major crimes in the city, 86 or
81.9 percent, were cleared.
Of the cases still pending resolution, it's
crimes involving theft that account for most; of
18 counts of larceny, six have been cleared,
with five motor vehicle thefts, only one has
been cleared.
There were two cases each of burglary and
aggravated assault, all cleared, two counts of
forgery, both cleared, and five cases of
vandalism, two cleared. There was one case of
embezzlement, cleared, and two weapon law
violations, both cleared.
There was one case of statutory rape in the city
of Bonners Ferry in 2011, which was cleared.
In "Group B" arrests in the city, DUI led the
way with 42. There was one case of disorderly
conduct, four of public drunkenness, one
non-violent family offenses, eight liquor law
violations and one case of trespassing. |
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