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Honduran national sentence to prison for 2022 Christmas Day shooting in Caldwell

Feb 16, 2024

February 16, 2024 — Bryan Taylor, Canyon County Prosecutor, announced that Eduin Hernandez-Ramirez, age 24, of Honduras, was sentenced on February 15, 2024, by the Honorable Brent L. Whiting on a felony Aggravated Battery charge related to a Christmas Day shooting...

Nampa man sentenced to prison for aggravated battery for intentionally crashing his car in an attempted suicide

Jan 24, 2024

January 24, 2024 — Bryan Taylor, Canyon County Prosecutor, announced today that Charles Mooney, age 74, of Nampa, Idaho was sentenced by the Honorable Thomas W. Whitney for intentionally crashing his car in an attempted suicide. Judge Whitney sentenced Mooney to one...

PA’s Office seeking public’s assistance in helping locate five registered sex offenders who failed to complete their annual registration

Nov 1, 2023

Investigators with the Canyon County Prosecuting Attorney's Office are seeking the public's assistance in locating five registered sex offenders who failed to complete their annual registration. Anyone with information on their whereabouts is asked to please call...

Caldwell man sentenced to prison for Aggravated Battery and Use of a Deadly Weapon in Commission of a Felony

Oct 10, 2023

October 10, 2023 — Bryan Taylor, Canyon County Prosecutor, announced today that Isaiah E. Magdaleno, age 23, of Caldwell, was sentenced by the Honorable Randall S. Grove on two counts of felony Aggravated Battery and one count of Use of a Deadly Weapon in Commission...

Caldwell man sentenced to prison on numerous counts of sexual and physical abuse of a child

Aug 15, 2023

August 15, 2023 — Bryan Taylor, Canyon County Prosecutor, announced today that Yovany Garcia-Lopez, age 39, of Caldwell, was sentenced by the Honorable Randall S. Grove on two felony counts of Lewd Conduct with a Minor, one felony count of Sexual Abuse of a Minor, and...

Caldwell man sentenced to prison for Lewd Conduct with a Minor Under Sixteen

Aug 1, 2023

August 1, 2023 — Bryan Taylor, Canyon County Prosecutor, announced that Leobardo Lopez Magana, age 50, of Caldwell, was sentenced yesterday by the Honorable Gene A. Petty for the felony Crime of Lewd Conduct with a Minor Under Sixteen. Judge Petty sentenced Magana to...

Nampa man sentenced to prison for road rage shooting incident & unlawful possession of a firearm

Jul 25, 2023

Bryan Taylor, Canyon County Prosecutor, announced today that Rolando Castillo, age 42, of Nampa, was sentenced by the Honorable Randall S. Grove for shooting an individual as part of a road rage incident in July 2022. Judge Grove sentenced Castillo to five (5) years...

Caldwell woman and Nampa woman sentenced to prison for gang-motivated attack

Jul 7, 2023

Bryan Taylor, Canyon County Prosecutor, announced that Mya D. Martinez, age 19, of Caldwell, and Viviana E. Hernandez, age 20, of Nampa, were sentenced on July 6, 2023, for their roles in a gang-motivated attack that occurred in Caldwell in August 2022. Martinez was...

Erasmo Diaz sentenced to 30 years in prison for domestic violence homicide that occurred in 2015

Jul 7, 2023

July 6, 2023 — Bryan Taylor, Canyon County Prosecutor, announced today that Erasmo Alcala Diaz, age 59, of Mexico, was sentenced by the Honorable Matthew J. Roker for the felony crime of 2nd Degree Murder. Diaz pled guilty to the charge back in January of this year....

Caldwell woman sentenced to prison for 2nd degree murder

Jun 9, 2023

June 8, 2023 – Bryan Taylor, Canyon County Prosecutor, announced today that Esmeralda Ahumada, age 35, of Caldwell, was sentenced by the Honorable Thomas W. Whitney for the felony crime of 2nd Degree Murder. Ahumada pled guilty pursuant to a plea agreement in February...