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DAIRY SPYING-LAWSUIT
Idaho dairy org asks to join in farm video lawsuit
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho Dairymen's Association is asking a federal judge to intervene in a lawsuit challenging a new law that makes it illegal to secretly film animal abuse at agricultural facilities.
The industry group filed a motion to become a defendant in the lawsuit late last week.
A coalition of animal activists, civil rights groups and media organizations sued the state last month, asking U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill to strike down what they call an "ag gag" law. The coalition contends that the law curtails freedom of speech and makes gathering proof of animal abuse a crime with a harsher punishment than the penalty for animal cruelty itself.
Proponents of the law say it prevents animal rights groups from unfairly targeting agricultural businesses.
BICYCLIST HIT
Girl on bike injured in collision with car
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A 13-year-old girl has been hospitalized with serious injuries after being struck by a car while riding a bicycle in Boise.
Police say the girl was hit about 6:30 p.m. Sunday near the intersection of Ustick Road and North Jullion Street.
Police say the girl was traveling south across Ustick Road with two other children in a crosswalk that has a signal.
The girl wasn't wearing a helmet. The extent of her injuries hasn't been released.
Authorities say the female driver of the car has been questioned and is cooperating with police.
CAR HITS HORSE-FATAL
No charges planned in fatal car-horse collision
(Information in the following story is from: Idaho Statesman, http://www.idahostatesman.com)
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Ada County authorities in southwest Idaho say no charges will be filed against the property owners where a horse was kept or the owner of a horse that escaped and caused a fatal crash.
Ada County Deputy Prosecutor Roger Bourne tells the Idaho Statesman in a story on Monday that prosecutors decided against citing Jeff Spencer and his wife, Jane Spencer, or horse owner Patrick Casey Robertson.
Bourne says the infraction carries no significant penalty and prosecutors opted to let a civil case take its course.
It's unclear if the family of 43-year-old Alma Sanchez of Emmett plans to file a civil suit.
Sanchez died March 3 when the vehicle she was driving struck the horse on Idaho Highway 16 northwest of Boise at about 5 a.m.
BARREL IN INTERSTATE
Motorist hits barrel on southeast Idaho interstate
INKOM, Idaho (AP) — Idaho State Police are investigating after a motorist on Interstate 15 struck a barrel in the road near Inkom in southeast Idaho.
Police the driver wasn't injured in the collision that occurred about 5:45 a.m. Monday.
Police say the barrel contained Clean Strip Form Release that's used to make sure material such as concrete doesn't stick to form liners.
The Idaho Transportation Department was called to clean up the spilled material that went over two lanes. The roadway wasn't closed.
Police say the barrel likely fell off a vehicle sometime during the night, and they're trying to find that vehicle.
ATV FATALS
E. Idaho man, boy die in separate ATV crashes
POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — A Blackfoot man and an Idaho Falls boy have died in separate ATV crashes in eastern Idaho.
The Bingham County Sheriff's Office says 33-year-old David Neff died about 6 p.m. Saturday when the four-wheeler he was driving went off the road and rolled.
Authorities say that at about 6:15 p.m. Sunday, 5-year-old Landon Simpson was a passenger on a four-wheeler that went off the road and rolled.
Simpson was airlifted to the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.
OREGON BANK ROBBERY
Police ID Ontario bank robbery suspect
ONTARIO, Ore. (AP) — Oregon authorities say they have a name and sketchy background information about a man who fatally shot himself after a bank robbery, and they're appealing for help to find his relatives.
Oregon State Police said Monday the man was 71-year-old as Joseph Thomas Johnston, reported living most recently in a Mohave Valley, Ariz., mobile home park.
The police said he drove to the Pacific Northwest in March to see a friend named "Paul" who was reported ill.
Police said Johnston shot himself after he was pulled over by an officer investigating a robbery April 10 at Bank of the West in Ontario, Ore.
Johnston is described as diabetic and having unspecified ties in several states: Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California, Montana, Idaho, Nevada, Arizona, Texas, Louisiana, Ohio, Maryland, and Florida.
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