Boise, ID - Serial Armed Robber Pleads Guilty to Six Robberies

Camron D. Brown, 21, of Mountain Home, Idaho, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to six counts of interference with commerce by robbery (Hobbs Act) and one count of brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. A Boise federal grand jury indicted Brown on May 9, 2017.
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Investigative journalism has long been a fixture in the American press, particularly with regard to food safety.1 In the early 1900s, Upton Sinclair highlighted conditions in the meat-packing industry in The Jungle, a novel based on his time working incognito in a packing plant.2 This case also originates in the agricultural sector�a secretly-filmed expos� of the operation of an Idaho dairy fa... More...    $0 (01-09-2018 - ID)

Kerry Allen Howell appeals from his judgment of conviction for burglary, entered upon his conditional guilty plea. Specifically, Howell argues that the district court erred in denying his motion to suppress because he was illegally seized. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm. At 7:00 a.m., two officers were dispatched to a residential cul-de-sac to investigate an anonymous report of two ... More...    $0 (09-16-2015 - ID)

On November 14, 2002, the grand jury sitting in Ada County indicted Abdullah on one count of murder in the first degree, a felony, Idaho Code sections 18-4001 to -4003; one count of arson in the first degree, a felony, Idaho Code section 18-802; three counts of attempted murder in the first degree, a felony, Idaho Code sections 18-4001 and 18-306; and one count of injury to a child, a felony, Idah... More...    $0 (08-12-2015 - ID)

COEUR D'ALENE, ID - Brian James Lindsey, 25, of Spokane Valley, Washington, pleaded guilty on July 20, 2015, to 13 counts of interference with commerce by robbery, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Lindsey was indicted by federal grand juries in four states between January and April of 2015.

According to the plea agreement, Lindsey admitted that in October of 2014, he began a robbe... More...    $0 (07-20-2015 - ID)

COEUR D'ALENE, ID - Paul Lee Oatman, 33 of Kamiah, Idaho, was sentenced to 36 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release for assault resulting in serious bodily injury, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Oatman to pay $25,719 in restitution and serve 100 hours of community service. He was found guilty by a jury on June 26... More...    $0 (09-15-2014 - ID)

This is an appeal out of Ada County by Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center from a jury verdict awarding damages totaling $52,084,513 against it for breach of contract and tortious conduct regarding MRI Associates, LLP, and its two limited partnerships that owned and operated magnetic resonance imaging scanners. The respondents also cross-appealed the $4.6 million judgment obtained by Saint Alp... More...    $0 (08-04-2014 - ID)

This is a permissive appeal out of Ada County from an order denying the appellants’ motions for summary judgment. The central issue is whether an attorney who, as counsel for a corporation, issues an opinion letter stating that a stock redemption agreement does not violate the law can be held liable to the shareholder whose stock was redeemed if the opinion was incorrect and the redemption agree... More...    $0 (08-27-2014 - ID)

The dominant owners of an easement appeal from an adverse grant of summary judgment dismissing all of their claims, which were premised on the servient owner’s construction of a permanent sign within the easement. The sign effectively reduced the width of the easement from twenty-five feet to nineteen feet at one point along its length. On appeal, the dominant owners argue that the district cour... More...    $0 (02-07-2014 - ID)

This appeal arises from a Nez Perce County district court’s finding that Bret and Eddieka Christensen’s building constituted a private nuisance to John and Julie McVicars. In 2006, the Christensens began construction of a fabric building adjacent to the property line shared with the McVicarses. After its completion, the McVicarses filed a nuisance action alleging that increased noise, traffic,... More...    $0 (02-10-2014 - ID)

This case arose after New Sweden Irrigation District ("New Sweden") mowed the canal
banks on Bradley Morgan's property. Morgan claimed New Sweden negligently damaged his
property. New Sweden counterclaimed for a declaratory judgment as to its easement's existence
and scope, and then moved for summary judgment. The Bonneville County district court granted
partial summa"ry judgment, ... More...    $0 (03-13-2014 - ID)

This case comes to the Court as a certified question from the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho, the Honorable Edward J. Lodge, U.S. District Judge, presiding. Karen White and her development company, Elkhorn, LLC, seek to recover $166,496 paid to Valley County for “capital investments for roads in the vicinity of [their] White Cloud development.â€� Pursuant to I.A.R. 12.3(c), this C... More...    $0 (03-18-2014 - ID)

This appeal arises from a Petition for Access to Public Records filed by Jamee Wade seeking the disclosure of investigatory records in the possession of the Canyon County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office (CCPA). The district court ordered CCPA to produce the records pursuant to the request, but limited disclosure to Wade and his counsel. CCPA timely appealed. We vacate the judgment of the district ... More...    $0 (03-18-2014 - ID)

This is an appeal out of Ada County by Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center from a jury verdict awarding damages totaling $52,084,513 against it for breach of contract and tortious conduct regarding MRI Associates, LLP, and its two limited partnerships that owned and operated magnetic resonance imaging scanners. The respondents also cross-appealed the $4.6 million judgment obtained by Saint Alp... More...    $0 (06-17-2014 - ID)

Coeur d'Alene, ID - Paul Lee Oatman, 33 of Kamiah, Idaho, was convicted yesterday by a federal jury in Coeur d'Alene for assault resulting in serious bodily injury, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced.

During the four day trial, the jury heard evidence that on July 13, 2013, the defendant assaulted a Kamiah Marshal and fractured his jaw in two places. The marshal was attempting to arre... More...    $0 (06-27-2014 - ID)

Jose Guadalupe Perez-Jungo appeals from his judgment of conviction for possession of a controlled substance. Specifically, he alleges that the district court erred in denying his motion to suppress based on the extension of the duration of an investigative detention. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

I.

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The following facts were adduced through tes... More...    $0 (05-20-2014 - ID)

The dominant owners of an easement appeal from an adverse grant of summary judgment dismissing all of their claims, which were premised on the servient owner’s construction of a permanent sign within the easement. The sign effectively reduced the width of the easement from twenty-five feet to nineteen feet at one point along its length. On appeal, the dominant owners argue that the district cour... More...    $0 (02-07-2014 - ID)

This appeal arises from a Nez Perce County district court’s finding that Bret and Eddieka Christensen’s building constituted a private nuisance to John and Julie McVicars. In 2006, the Christensens began construction of a fabric building adjacent to the property line shared with the McVicarses. After its completion, the McVicarses filed a nuisance action alleging that increased noise, traffic,... More...    $0 (12-27-2013 - ID)

This appeal arises out of a divorce and custody dispute between Christopher Hopper and Suzanne Swinnerton. In 2005, Christopher filed suit on his own behalf, as well as that of his son and parents, against his wife, Suzanne, her parents, her Montana attorney, and other individuals, alleging a variety of claims sounding in tort. The district court dismissed all claims on summary judgment. Christoph... More...    $0 (11-26-2013 - ID)

Plaintiff, Wade Frogley (“Frogley�), appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Meridian Joint School District No. 2 (“Meridian School District�), Aaron Maybon, and Linda Clark (collectively “Respondents�) on Frogley’s complaint of retaliation in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and the Idaho Human Rights Act.

Frogley also appeals the d... More...    $0 (11-27-2013 - ID)

Appellant Altrua HealthShare appeals the district court’s decision affirming the Idaho Department of Insurance’s (Department) determination that Altrua transacted insurance without a certificate of authority in violation of I.C. § 41-305. Altrua argues that both the Department and the Ada County district court erred in finding that Altrua was an insurer because Altrua never assumed the risk o... More...    $0 (02-25-2013 - ID)

Appellants Lamon “Montâ€� and Lori Gentillon as well as Wes and Connie Gentillon (the Partnership) appeal from the district court’s order granting title to all but .34 acres of a disputed parcel of land and a 30-foot easement in favor of Craig and Janice Peterson (the Petersons) in an action to quiet title to certain portions of riparian and agricultural land in Bingham County, Idaho. In 1998,... More...    $0 (02-26-2013 - ID)

Appellant, Habib Sadid, a former tenured professor of civil engineering at Idaho State University, appeals the Industrial Commission’s Order reversing the Department of Labor Appeals Examiner’s grant of unemployment benefits to Sadid after Sadid was terminated by Idaho State University.

II. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Professor Habib Sadid was a tenured professor of civil e... More...    $0 (01-24-2013 - ID)

This appeal involves a dispute over whether Capstar Radio Operating Company, (“Capstarâ€�), holds an easement over the property of Douglas and Brenda Lawrence. Capstar filed a Motion for Summary Judgment, alleging in the alternative, that an easement existed based on the theory of either an easement by implication, an easement by necessity, or a prescriptive easement. The district court filed it... More...    $0 (05-29-2012 - ID)

This is an appeal challenging the district court’s ruling that appellants were not the sole prevailing parties in this litigation. We affirm the judgment of the district court.

I.

Factual Background

Robert and Margaret Harvey (Defendants) own 220 acres of farmland on an elevated bluff that is near a section of an irrigation canal owned by the Lower Payette Ditch Company (Pla... More...    $0 (01-05-2012 - ID)

This case stems from Dr. John F. Noak’s dismissal as the medical director for Prison Health Services, Inc. (PHS), which provided medical services for the Idaho Department of Correction (IDOC) under a contract. Noak appeals from the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of IDOC and Richard D. Haas, an IDOC employee, on claims of breach of an implied covenant of good faith, intenti... More...    $0 (01-06-2012 - id)

This is T.J.T., Inc.’s second appeal from a summary judgment in favor of Ulysses Mori, in which the district court found that the non-competition agreement Mori allegedly breached was unenforceable under California law. Because we find that the district court erred in failing to consider whether and to what extent the agreement could be “blue penciledâ€� to make it enforceable, we vacate the s... More...    $0 (11-30-2011 - ID)

This case arises from challenges by property owners to assessments levied by the City of Moscow ("the City") pursuant to I.C. §§ 50-1701 through 50-1770. In June, 1980, the City formed Local Improvement District No. 94 to pay approximately one-half of the $1,600,000 cost of a downtown revitalization project, the other one-half being supplied by federal matching funds. The project consisted of co... More...    $0 (05-29-1986 - ID)

In 1972 defendant respondent Arrington Construction Company and the City of Idaho Falls entered into a contract for the renovation of a five and one-half block portion of the downtown Idaho Falls business area in accordance with Project No. 4B-42, of Local Improvement District (LID) No. 42. The work to be done included the removal and replacement of all streets and sidewalks; the location, removal... More...    $0 (10-04-1978 - ID)

This case involves a custody dispute between Charles V. Hernandez, the biological father of two minor children, and Janice Ausburn, the children’s maternal grandmother. The magistrate court granted shared physical custody to Charles and Janice. Charles appealed to the district court, which affirmed. We affirm the district court.

I.

BACKGROUND

Charles V. Hernandez and Kerri A... More...    $0 (11-02-2011 - ID)

This is an appeal from a summary judgment holding that the defendants violated restrictive covenants in a commercial development. Because the district court misapplied the applicable law, we vacate the judgment.

I.

Factual Background

Jacklin Land Company (Jacklin) owned real property near Interstate 90 in Post Falls that it developed into a commercial, professional, and indust... More...    $0 (06-29-2011 - ID)

Randy Hoffer challenges the district court’s dismissal of three of his five tort claims against the City of Boise (the City). The district court dismissed Hoffer’s claims of tortious interference with contract and defamation against the City because it held as a matter of law that under the Idaho Tort Claims Act (ITCA) and this Court’s holding in Sprague v. City of Burley, 109 Idaho 656, 710... More...    $0 (07-11-2011 - ID)

At issue in this case is the interpretation of I.C. § 5-246, which provides for obtaining prescriptive overflow easements. Appellant Twin Lakes Canal Company (Twin Lakes) owns and operates Twin Lakes Reservoir. Respondents Warren Choules and Sessilee J. Choules, Trustee of the Choules Family Trust, (the Choules) own property subject to a prescriptive overflow easement obtained by Twin Lakes under... More...    $0 (05-27-2011 - ID)

This case arises out of the purchase by Appellant Wesco Autobody Supply, Inc. (Wesco) of three auto body supply stores from Paint & Equipment Supply, Inc. (P&E) on August 1, 2005. The stores were located in Idaho Falls, Pocatello, and Twin Falls, Idaho (Idaho Stores). Respondents Holly Ernest (Ernest) and Tom Davis (Davis) were owners of Automotive Paint Warehouse (APW), a wholesale supplier to th... More...    $0 (11-24-2010 - ID)

On August 2, 1995, one of the Respondents, Bart McKnight, on behalf of Scotty‟s Duro-Built Generator, Inc., entered into a Property Owner Street Vacation Agreement (Vacation Agreement) with Appellant, Goodman Oil Company, and two other parties. In the Vacation Agreement, the parties consented to the vacation of a portion of First Avenue South by the City of Nampa, Idaho. The Vacation Agreement a... More...    $0 (02-03-2010 - ID)

This is an appeal from a judgment against a general partner for wrongful dissociation, breach of a noncompete clause, breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing, intentional interference with prospective contractual relations or business expectations, breach of fiduciary duties, and civil conspiracy. We vacate the judgment and remand this case for further proceedings.

I. BACKGROU... More...    $0 (10-21-2009 - ID)

This action involves a dispute over the parties‟ respective rights upon termination of a joint venture. Appellants Jan Vreeken (Vreeken); Gergbroeders Meijer Belegging, B.V., a Netherlands corporation (Gergbroeders); Lockwood Engineering, B.V., a Netherlands corporation (Lockwood); and Third-Party Appellants Lockwood Packaging Corporation (LP) and Lockwood Packaging Corporation Idaho (LPI) file ... More...    $0 (10-21-2009 - ID)

This is an appeal from a grant of partial summary judgment in favor of Jerry and JoCarol Losee declaring a promissory note and deed of trust null and void. We vacate and remand.

I.

In September 2003, Jerry and JoCarol Losee entered into an Operating Agreement and Membership Interest Purchase Agreement with the Idaho Company to create Sky Enterprises, LLC. The purpose of Sky Enter... More...    $0 (10-20-2009 - ID)

This case involves an Idaho county's attempt to recover damages under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act ("RICO"), 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961-1968, for additional monies it claims to have expended on public health care and law enforcement services for undocumented immigrants. Plaintiff-appellant Canyon County commenced this action against four companies and one individual under RI... More...    $0 (03-21-2008 - ID)