Posted on: October 3, 2023
On 9/27/23 at approximately 0745 hours, deputies with the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office responded to the intersection of W. Lancaster Road and N. Vernon J. Baker Blvd for an injury crash. It was reported a vehicle struck a bicyclist in the ro...
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Posted on: October 3, 2023
On 10/1/2023 at approximately 1500 hours, the Post Falls Police Department requested the assistance of a Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office K9 to assist with the capture of a fugitive, Cory Moore. Moore had an active felony warrant out of Spokane,...
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Media Releases
Posted on: October 3, 2023
On 10/2/2023 at approximately 1315 hours, the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office located Robert J. Clemens, a 41 year-old male of Hayden. Clemens was on Felony Probation for stalking, after being found guilty of the crime in 2021. Recently, he beg...
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Media Releases
Posted on: September 20, 2023
Harrison, Idaho: Sheriff Robert B. Norris welcomes members of the Harrison community to attend KCSO’s “Coffee with the Sheriff” event October 19, 2023 at 10:00am located at the Harrison Community Ambulance Center. Th...
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Media Releases
Posted on: September 18, 2023
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.
Kootenai County, Idaho – On September 16th, 2023, ...
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Media Releases
Posted on: August 31, 2023
Between March and August of 2023, the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office Traffic Unit has investigated nine fatal collisions. Between 2019 and 2022, the KCSO Traffic unit investigated eight fatal collisions. This equates to a 450% increase over th...
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Media Releases
Posted on: August 9, 2023
Starting on August 18th, 2023, the Driver’s License Office located in Coeur d’Alene will be closed on Friday of each week for the near future. The closure is due to current staffing shortages at that location. The P...
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Media Releases
Posted on: July 26, 2023
On 7/26/23 at approximately 0730 hours, the Kootenai County Central Dispatch Center received a call of a vehicle collision between a semi-truck and small passenger car at the intersection of W. Hayden Avenue and N. Meyer Road. KCSO Deputies along with mem...
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Media Releases
Posted on: June 22, 2023
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.
Post Falls, Idaho- In the early morning hours of 06...
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Media Releases
Posted on: June 21, 2023
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.
On 06/20/2023 at approximately 1840 hours, multiple Kootenai...
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Media Releases
Posted on: May 23, 2023
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.
Post Falls, Idaho – In the early morning hours of Tuesday, M...
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Media Releases
Posted on: May 22, 2023
Please see the corrected press release regarding the fatal collision on Fernan Lake Road. The victim’s name was misspelled in the original release. The following information is preliminary and subject to change as the incident is curren...
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Media Releases
Posted on: May 4, 2023
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.
Hayden, Idaho – In the early morning hours of Thursday, May ...
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Media Releases
Posted on: April 25, 2023
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.
Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho – In the late hours of Monda...
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Media Releases
Posted on: April 25, 2023
Kootenai County, Idaho –The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office and Non-Profit Keeping K-9s in Kevlar hope to fund bullet resistant vests for K9 Luuki. Coeur d'Alene, ID: Bullet-resistant vests for K-9s are not in the b...
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Media Releases
Posted on: April 12, 2023
Post Falls, Idaho – In the late hours of Tuesday, April 11, 2023, a Kootenai County Sheriff’s Deputy observed a suspicious vehicle in the parking lot of the Stateline Walmart. The deputy observed two males exit the vehicle and enter th...
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Media Releases
Posted on: April 3, 2023
Post Falls, Idaho- In the late afternoon hours of April 1, 2023, Kootenai County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the area of Interstate 90 (I90) and Greensferry Road for a reported major injury traffic collision.
The Idaho State Police ...
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Media Releases
Posted on: March 20, 2023
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...
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Media Releases
Posted on: March 2, 2023
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...
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Media Releases
Posted on: February 28, 2023
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...
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Media Releases
Posted on: February 9, 2023
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 ...
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Media Releases
Posted on: February 2, 2023
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...
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Media Releases
Posted on: January 3, 2023
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...
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Media Releases
Posted on: December 28, 2022
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 ...
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