Kootenai County Sheriff Warns Public of Recent Telephone Scam

Kootenai County, Idaho:  The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office has been informed of recent scam calls within the community. Multiple victims have reported being called from a phone number matching the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office. The callers ...

Kootenai County Sheriff Warns Public of Recent Telephone Scam

Kootenai County, Idaho:  The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office has been informed of recent scam calls within the community. Multiple victims have reported being called from a phone number matching the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office. The callers ...

Deputy Needs Assistance

A 35 year old Kootenai County Deputy Sheriff has recently suffered a stroke and needs assistance. Deputy Yvonne Cress and her husband welcomed the birth of their child 2 months ago. Deputy Yvonne Cress, a U.S. Navy Veteran, has been with the Sheriff&r...

Inmate Attempts to Escape Kootenai County Jail

Kootenai County, ID:  On Sunday, April 3^rd, 2022, at approximately 1:52 AM, inmate Jesse Spitzer made an attempt to escape from the Kootenai County Jail. 

Spitzer was in a one person cell when he was able to defeat his locked cell door. S...

Suspicious Person Contact Results in Seizure of Handgun, Cash and Methamphetamine

Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho – In the late hours of Sunday, March 19, 2023, a Kootenai County Sheriff’s Deputy observed a suspicious person in a vehicle near the area of Highway 95 and Appleway Avenue in Coeur d’ Alene, Id...

Is Idaho Inching Towards California, Oregon and Washington?

Idaho Senate Bill S1081, if passed, will provide a special “Restricted Driver’s License” that a United States Citizen could not have received, but people here illegally could.  

Sheriff Robert B. Norris stated that mu...

High Risk Traffic Stop Results in Arrest and Shooting

Kootenai County, Idaho - On the afternoon of Friday, February 24, 2023 the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO) Special Investigations Unit (SIU) assisted by the Coeur d’Alene Police Department’s Community Action Team (CAT...

Underfunding County Sheriffs is Playing into the Liberal Playbook to Defund Law Enforcement

An open letter to the Governor, Lt. Governor, members of the Idaho House and Senate: Stop weakening Idaho Sheriffs and Sheriff Operations in Idaho.

While the state of Idaho sits on hundreds of millions of surplus dollars, county sheriffs across this state ...

SWAT Team Apprehends Wanted Suspect Barricaded with Firearm, Drugs and Warrants

Hayden, Idaho- On February 1, 2023 at approximately 10:55 AM, Kootenai County Sheriff’s Special Investigations Unit located Sara E. Beebe, a 41 year old female from Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho. Beebe had active warrants for possession of met...

Suspect Fires Several Rounds into Neighboring Apartments in Hayden

Hayden, Idaho:  On January 2 at approximately 2:32 PM the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office responded to the Mathews Apartments in Hayden for a weapons offense. An apartment resident called 911 and stated that Josh Cottrell, a 40 year ol...

Kootenai County Sheriff Warns Public of Recent Telephone Scam

Kootenai County, Idaho:  The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office has been informed of recent scam calls within the community. Multiple victims have reported being called from a phone number matching the Kootenai County Sheriff’s ...

Stabbing South Cedar St in Post Falls

Post Falls Idaho-  On October 23^rd, 2022 shortly after 11 P.M. Post Falls Emergency Communications Center received a 911 call from a person in the 100 block of South Cedar in Post Falls.  The caller stated a person had broken into their ...

Starting November 4 CdA Driver’s License Office to be Closed Friday's Through January 27

Kootenai County, Idaho:  The Driver’s License Office in Coeur d’Alene will be closing on Fridays starting on November 4^th, 2022 through January 27^th, 2023.  Additionally during this time, the availability of walk-in s...

Male Dies in Hayden Residential Fire

Hayden, Idaho:  On September 24^th, 2022 at approximately 10:14 pm, Central Dispatch received a report of a residential structure fire, located in the 2100 block of W. James Crowe Dr. in the City of Hayden, ID.

Kootenai County Sheriff Depu...

SWAT Arrests Suspect for Aggravated Assault and Kidnapping

Hayden, Idaho:  On August 10th, 2022 at approximately 4:24 pm, the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a domestic violence incident inside a residence in the 8900 block of Neufeld Rd, in the City of Hayden, Idaho. ...

Deputy Needs Assistance

A 35 year old Kootenai County Deputy Sheriff has recently suffered a stroke and needs assistance. Deputy Yvonne Cress and her husband welcomed the birth of their child 2 months ago. Deputy Yvonne Cress, a U.S. Navy Veteran, has been with the Sheriff&r...

Kootenai County Coroner Releases the Identity of the 14 Year Old Drowning Victim

The Kootenai County Coroner has released the identity of the 14 year old drowning victim that happened on July 16^th on the Spokane River at Corbin Park.  The victim has been identified as Jack Henry, a 14 year old from Spokane Washington.&nbs...

Drowning on the Spokane River at Corbin Park

The following information is preliminary and subject to change as the incident is currently under investigation.  Events in this press release may change as the investigation progresses. 

Near Post Falls, Idaho: On July 16^th, 202...

Kootenai County Detectives Trying to Identify Deceased Male

Rathdrum, Idaho:   In April of 2022, the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office responded to the wooded area of Hwy 53 and Greensferry Road near the Paintball Field for an unattended death.  The Kootenai County Sheriff&r...

Inmate Attempts to Escape Kootenai County Jail

Kootenai County, ID:  On Sunday, April 3^rd, 2022, at approximately 1:52 AM, inmate Jesse Spitzer made an attempt to escape from the Kootenai County Jail. 

Spitzer was in a one person cell when he was able to defeat his locked cell door. S...

Kootenai County Deputies Investigate a Murder/Suicide

Kootenai County, Idaho:  On March 20^th 2022 at around 10:00 pm Kootenai County Deputies received a call of a welfare check.  It was initially reported that family members were not able to contact their parents and requested a ch...