Teton Valley Sheriff Blotter 2026 Week 16

Two hundred and eighty-one calls came in to the Teton Valley sheriff blotter this week. A white horse spent part of Tuesday evening weaving through Highway 33 traffic north of Victor while the sheriff's office worked its way through five possible owners, none of whom owned the horse. The animal left the highway on its own; its fate is unknown.

Deputies made three DUI arrests, one of them an 82-year-old Driggs man with prior charges. They cited a hit-and-run suspect who turned out to still be at the scene, watched a civilian pull a Las Vegas visitor out of a Highway 33 ditch after he couldn't figure out how to engage his rental's 4-wheel drive, and took possession of an iPhone at a Tetonia intersection that had called 911 on itself.

Elsewhere: 89 traffic stops, 33 after-hours security checks, 38 permitted burns, a marijuana arrest, a warning about a text-message scam the sheriff's office would like to remind readers it does not send, four loose cows (one a repeat offender), and a reported rabid skunk.

Selected entries from the Teton Valley sheriff blotter follow.

10:36 A parent filed a report on their child's stolen scooter. The scooter was later found, apparently having been where scooters sometimes are.

05:46 A driver stopped on Highway 33 near Tetonia was cited for expired registration and speeding, and offered a voucher: complete an online traffic-safety course, and the speeding citation and fine is removed from the driving record.

18:24 A citizen reported cows out on Leigh Meadows Lane, east of Tetonia. By the time deputies arrived, the cows had returned home on their own.

14:25 A driver stopped at a Victor traffic light watched an approaching vehicle grow large in the rearview mirror for long enough to register what was coming, and then felt the impact. The front end of the trailing car crumpled, and the airbags deployed. The driver of the trailing car was cited for following too closely. No injuries were reported.

09:14 A caller reported a rock the size of a basketball in the road on Highway 33 at W 4000 S, north of Victor. Deputies responded but were unable to locate the rock.

13:52 Two vehicles collided south of the traffic light in Driggs. No injuries were reported. A driver was cited for failure to merge.

06:58 A Tetonia resident called the sheriff's office to report a skunk in the yard behaving erratically and showing no fear of humans, signs consistent with rabies. The caller kept their distance. The call was transferred to Idaho Fish and Game.

01:19 A 911 caller reported a vehicle passing, swerving, and driving at excessive speed on Highway 33 near mile marker 147, between Victor and Driggs. Deputies located the vehicle and issued a verbal warning for speed.

17:59 Dispatch received a call, as it were, to come and see: a white horse headed southbound on Highway 33 weaving through traffic near W 5000 S, north of Victor. What followed was an extended effort to locate an owner, with voices calling and voicemails crying across Drictor. Dispatch called a possible owner and left a voicemail; the return call clarified it was not their horse. A second possible owner, reached directly, confirmed it was not his either. A third said she would check with ranch hands and call back, and called back: not hers. Dispatch called a fourth possible owner and reached a voicemail. A fifth said the horse was not theirs. A representative of HAPI Trails confirmed they had no horse matching the description. Multitudes were searching, but by the time the deputy came around for a second pass, the horse was no longer on the highway. Whether it had returned home, or whether its still-unidentified owner had retrieved it, the sheriff's office could not say.

19:22 A vehicle slid off Highway 33 at W 6600 S, north of Victor. The driver, visiting from Las Vegas, was unaware how to engage the rental vehicle's 4-wheel drive. A local pulled the vehicle back onto the road before deputies arrived.

19:57 A concerned citizen on Highway 31 west of Victor called in about a mother cow that did not look well. The cow was unrelated to the Leigh Meadows escapees from earlier in the evening.

09:59 A driver stopped for speeding outside Driggs was arrested for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.

11:31 A domestic-violence report was taken at a Driggs residence. Anyone experiencing domestic violence can reach the Family Safety Network's 24-hour crisis line at (208) 354-7233 for confidential support.

15:14 A driver backed into a parked vehicle on W Little Avenue in Driggs. Both cars were drivable. The drivers exchanged information. No report was taken.

21:18 A 25-year-old Driggs man was arrested for DUI on Highway 33 near W 6000 S, north of Victor, after deputies observed reckless driving. Field sobriety testing followed, and deputies located open containers in the vehicle. The driver declined a breathalyzer; blood was drawn at the hospital. Results are pending. The vehicle was towed.

03:26 A deputy stopped a vehicle for passing a school bus with its stop arm extended on Highway 33, south of Driggs. The deputy said the stop had happened at three in the afternoon, not three in the morning, and that dispatch had logged the time wrong. The log still reads 03:26.

19:51 A business owner in Tetonia reported that a driver had backed into a post in the parking lot. The driver left information with an employee and left the scene before deputies arrived. Deputies later contacted the driver and took a statement. The driver had misjudged the spacing and was not cited.

17:49 Cows were reported out on 500 W near Tetonia, as cows at that address occasionally are. The owner was contacted. According to the sheriff's office, it's their M.O.O.

11:09 A noise complaint was called in from a Felt residence regarding an ongoing dispute between neighbors.

11:41 A 43-year-old Tetonia man was arrested for DUI and open container on Highway 33 in Driggs after a traffic stop. Breathalyzer readings were .115 and .114. He was bonded and released.

17:27 A resident came into the sheriff's office in Driggs asking for the badge number of a deputy who had texted them about a warrant for missed jury duty. No such deputy exists. The Teton County Sheriff's Office does not send text messages about warrants, missed jury duty, or outstanding fines. If you receive one, it is a scam.

20:28 A caller reported a possible drunk driver leaving the Stinker station in Victor, headed east toward Jackson. A deputy responded but could not intercept the vehicle before it crossed into Wyoming.

12:15 A hit-and-run was reported on Highway 33 in Driggs. The suspect was at the scene when deputies arrived and admitted causing the damage. The driver was cited for leaving the scene of an accident.

16:59 A caller reported a vehicle swerving across lanes, crossing the centerline, and driving through the borrow pit on Highway 33. Deputies located and stopped the vehicle at Depot Street in Driggs and arrested the driver, an 82-year-old Driggs man with prior DUI charges. Breathalyzer readings were .129 and .137. He was bonded and released.

15:47 An iPhone was turned in at a Tetonia intersection. Earlier in the day, the phone had experienced trauma and dialed 911 on its own. Dispatch answered to silence. The call was logged as unfounded. The phone was later reunited with its owner.

23:06 A caller in Alta reported two large explosions to the north. Idaho State Police confirmed they had observed fireworks in the area.

The Teton Valley sheriff blotter is compiled from Teton County Sheriff's Office dispatch logs.