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Local crime rate remains steady |
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July 5, 2017 |
According to statistics compiled by the Idaho
State Police, the total number of crimes
committed in Boundary County was the second
lowest in the past five years, with 147 as
compared to 142 in 2014, and the City of Bonners
Ferry 2016 crimes committed fell in the middle
range, with 153 crimes reported in 2016, down
from 198 reported in 2014 but up from 133
reported in 2012.
Neither Bonners Ferry nor Boundary County had a
murder or manslaughter in the year just past,
but two rapes were reported in the county in
2016, without an arrest, and one was reported in
the city, with an adult arrested.
In the county, there were four aggravated
assaults reported, all cleared, 31 burglaries
with just one cleared, and 39 larcenies, with
four of those cases cleared. In the city, there
were six aggravated assaults reported in 2016,
all of them cleared, but drug offenses led the
list of crimes reported, with 39 drug offenses
reported, all of them cleared, and 40
paraphernalia offenses, also cleared.
The city saw 15 burglaries, two cleared, and 27
larcenies, 19 cleared; the county saw four drug
offenses and three paraphernalia offenses, all
of them cleared. Simple assault was oft reported
by both the sheriff and police, with 27 in the
county, 22 cases cleared with 17 arrests, one
arrest a juvenile, and 13 reported in the city,
also all cleared with 12 arrests, two of those
arrested being juveniles.
Other "Group A" crimes in the county included
six vehicle thefts, none cleared, one cleared
arson, four cases of intimidation, all cleared,
two cases of forgery, neither cleared, 18 cases
of vandalism, six cleared, two cases of
embezzlement and three of fraud, all still open,
and one case of statutory rape, closed with an
adult arrested.
Other Group A crimes reported in the city
included one motor vehicle theft, which was
cleared, one case of fraud, still open, one
pornography case, which has been cleared, and
three cases of fondling, two of them cleared
with one adult arrested.
In "Group B" crimes, the county saw five adults
arrested for DUI, one for trespass and three for
other offenses. In the city, 34 adults were
arrested for DUI, and 41 adults and one juvenile
for all other offenses. |
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