Idaho Briefs December 12, 2012
Woman charged with abandoning infant son
BOISE - A 29-year-old Boise woman is charged with leaving her infant son at the home of an acquaintance and refusing to return to pick him up.
Sara D. Ball is jailed on a felony charge of desertion of nonsupport of a child.
Police were called on Dec. 2 by someone who reported that Ball and her son had planned to stay the night at their residence, but when the person woke up, the boy was alone in the room and Ball was gone.
Police say the resident contacted Ball several times, but she refused to pick up the baby or provide any support. Police declared the baby to be in imminent danger and the child was placed in state custody.
Ball turned herself in to her parole officer on Monday.
District Court judge pleads guilty to DUI
BOISE - A District Court judge in southwestern Idaho has pleaded guilty to driving under the influence.
The Idaho Press-Tribune reports retiring 3rd District Judge Renae Hoff entered her plea Tuesday. She was arrested on Aug. 25 after an officer spotted her vehicle weaving on the road in Meridian.
Court records say Hoff's blood-alcohol level was 0.116, over the legal limit of 0.08.
Hoff has announced she will retire as judge on Jan. 4.
County official pleads guilty to sex charge
LEWISTON - A Nez Perce County commissioner charged with sexually assaulting an acquaintance has pleaded guilty to three misdemeanor charges.
The Lewiston Tribune reports Michael A. Grow pleaded guilty Monday to unlawful entry, second-degree stalking and battery. He was fined $3,000 and sentenced to 365 days in jail. The fine was suspended as was nearly all of the jail time.
Grow had been scheduled to go to trial Monday on a felony charge of forcible penetration with a foreign object for an alleged assault on a woman at a private residence at Tamarack Resort in April 2011.
Grow is finishing his first term as a county commissioner. He was defeated in his bid for a second term in the May primary and will leave office early next month.
Idaho man caught in Nebraska marijuana case
LINCOLN, Neb. - A 68-year-old Idaho man has been arrested in Nebraska, accused of hauling more than 124 pounds of marijuana.
The Nebraska State Patrol says John Henman, of Boise was arrested after a traffic stop Monday.
The patrol says a trooper was given permission to search the pickup. The patrol says 63 packages of pot were found in a compartment under an external fuel tank in the pickup bed.
A Lancaster County jailer said Henman remained in custody on Tuesday. Online court records don't list the name of his attorney.
- Associated Press