Detective Lon Anderson is certified to search and retrieve computer data in the criminal investigation of child pornography, drug transactions, e-mail threats or extortion, or any crime in which a computer is involved. With today's technology, computers are becoming more commonplace in a police investigation. During 1998, this unit investigated 1,689 cases and made 276 arrests. Property Crime detectives are assigned to geographic areas to better serve patrol and the community they serve. Detective Pat Schneider is assigned to north, Detective Todd Dehlin is assigned to central, Detective Shellie Strolberg is assigned to south, and Detective Mike Taddicken is assigned to eastern parts of the county.
Geographic assignments enhance communication between detectives, patrol, and the public.
The homicide at the Idaho State Correctional Institute. Michael Jauhola was convicted in the beating death of a fellow inmate, with a baseball bat while in the recreation yard. Ronald Ames, a registered sex offender, was charged with sexually molesting another child and knowingly transferring the HIV virus. Ames was later convicted. In separate investigations, Loyld Oliver and Dennis Yates were charged and convicted for child pornography via the Internet.