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Local Updates from ABC News Radio for Boise.

Friday
May182012

Three Arrested in Caldwell Shooting 

(CALDWELL, Idaho) -- Three people were arrested Thursday night after police responded to a shooting in Caldwell, ABC News Boise affiliate KIVI-TV reports.

The shooting reportedly took place about 10:30 p.m. at a business on S. Montana. A 22-year-old man was hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries after being shot by occupants in a white passenger car.

The vehicle was found at a nearby apartment complex where Andres G. Rodriguez, 30, Lisa E. Gutierrez, 19, and Cesar O. Rojas, 21, all of Caldwell were arrested and taking to Canyon County Jail.

The shooting remains under investigation.

Copyright 2012 ABC News Radio

Friday
May182012

Jerome Man Wins $100,000 in Scratch Game 

(BOISE, Idaho) -- A Jerome man who won $100,000 in a scratch game says he can "really retire" now, ABC affiliate KIVI reports.

Kenneth Baker, of Jerome, claimed the top prize in the Idaho Lottery Scratch Game Break the Bank. He bought the winning ticket at the Stinker Store at 700 W. Main St. in Jerome. Baker, who has resided in Jerome since 1999, had been working for a local dairy, but retired earlier this yaer.

"I bought the ticket at the Stinker store on the west end of town, scratched it, and couldn’t believe it," he described. "I had the store check it and they told me I'd have to go to Boise because they couldn't pay it!

Baker has no plans to return to work.

Copyright 2012 ABC News Radio

Friday
May182012

Garden City Man Arrested for Child Porn

(BOISE, Idaho) -- Garden City resident Jeremy McCullough, 24, was arrested by authorities on Thursday and charged with nine counts of possession of sexually exploitive material.

The arrest comes as part of an investigation by the Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children, which reportedly tracked sexually exploitive materials being downloaded from the internet to a home on the 400 block of East 43rd Street in Garden City.

Police then searched the residence and allegedly found multiple illegal images on computers there.

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Thursday
May172012

Boise Area Income Lower Than National Average

(BOISE, Idaho) -- Income among Boise-area residents is more than 10 percent below the national average, according to a recently released report from the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The report found that the average Boise City area worker earned $19.37 an hour in May 2011—about 11 percent below the national average of $21.74 an hour.

Other statistics released in the report found that legal occupations in the area were the highest paid at $39.83 an hour. Management occupations came in second at $38.01 an hour.

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Thursday
May172012

Cops: Drunk Man Arrested After Destructive Rampage

(BOISE, Idaho) -- A drunk man was arrested on Wednesday night for causing damage to property in the area of Ustick and Christine in Boise, police said.

According to a police report, officers were called to the area around 10 p.m. on reports that a man who appeared to be very intoxicated had caused damage to private property, including allegedly throwing a plastic electrical case at a passing car, breaking the window of a parked vehicle and attempting to break the window of a business.

William Schott Jr., 34, of Boise was arrested and charged with malicious damage to property and public intoxication.

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