Teton Valley Sheriff Blotter 2026 Week 34

Teton Valley sheriff blotter, the week of August 16–22. Two hundred fifty-nine calls came in to the Teton County Sheriff's Office.

No theft, vandalism or burglary was reported all week, and no assault, battery or welfare check reached the log. The week's one property crime cost a woman in Driggs $10,000 in gift cards.

By the numbers

• Total calls: 259
• Traffic stops: 57
• Road trouble: 25 (ten reckless drivers, six traffic complaints, five hazards, four drunk-driver tips)
• Animal calls: 23 (six cow, six dog, five wildlife, two horse, one bite, one neglect, one dog at large, one uncategorized)
• Security checks: 18
• 911 unfounded: 16
• Public assists: 12
• Alarms: 12 (five residence, four fire, one business, one carbon monoxide, one medical)
• Ambulance: 12 (four ambulance, four transfers to EIRMC, two to Targhee, two to IFCH)
• Suspicious: 9 (six activity, three person)
• Disorder: 8 (two trespass, two domestic disturbance, two noise complaints, one harassment, one open container)
• Agency assists: 8
• Transports: 8 (six transport, two to court)
• Paper service: 7
• MVA: 6 (four injury, two non-injury)
• Fire/Rescue: 4 (three fire calls, one fire investigation)
• DUI: 2
• Property crime: 1 (a single fraud report)
• Controlled substance: 1
• Miscellaneous: 30 (five walk-in reports, three motorist assists, three abandoned vehicles, three parking complaints, three VIN inspections, two traffic-light calls, two dispatch tests, two arrests logged without an offense, and assorted smaller call types)

Selected entries from the Teton Valley sheriff blotter follow.

20:12 A deputy stopped a driver near Tetonia. The breath test came back 0.0. The driver was cited for an open container.

11:40 A trailer came loose in Driggs and hit a county vehicle. The driver was cited for placing dangerous materials on the roadway.

12:39 A woman in Driggs noticed a $600 withdrawal from her account and contacted what she took to be a fraud department. The fraud department was the fraud. She was told she had filled out the paperwork incorrectly and was now liable for $6,000. She charged $4,000 in Target gift cards to one credit card and $6,000 in gift cards to another, and was told that would resolve it. She was out $10,000.

19:15 Someone in Victor was bitten by a dog.

10:07 Two vehicles collided on Highway 33 in Driggs, one of them over the white line. The airbags deployed, and something that looked like antifreeze ran out from under one of the cars. An ambulance was declined, both vehicles were towed, and no citations were issued.

16:20 A caller building a house near Tetonia reported that the site had become a weekend party spot, and that they came back on Mondays to find beer cans and trash on the ground. They asked for a special patrol.

22:28 A deputy stopped a vehicle in Driggs. Field sobriety testing followed, and the driver grew hesitant to follow instructions and was detained for further testing. A 32-year-old Driggs man was arrested and taken to the Madison County jail. The vehicle was towed.

12:37 A man in Victor reported that a dog had mauled one of his cats to death. He did not know who owned the dog, and a deputy planned to ask neighbors for video. The call went into the log as an animal call of no particular kind.

05:07 A driver on a Driggs road slowed before dawn for wildlife. An oncoming car tried to stop and struck them head-on. The airbags deployed, and the two vehicles blocked the road. Medical attention was refused, and both cars drove away under their own power. The oncoming car was a rental, and its driver, accustomed to driving in the United Kingdom, had become confused about which side of the road to be on.

Two domestic-disturbance reports were taken this week, one in Victor and one in Tetonia. Anyone experiencing domestic violence can reach the Family Safety Network's 24-hour crisis line at (208) 354-7233 for confidential support.

19:35 A deputy stopped a vehicle in Victor and, with consent, searched it. Methamphetamine paraphernalia turned up. A 33-year-old woman from Shelly was arrested on paraphernalia and habitual-offender charges and taken to the Madison County jail. Her father was called to come get the vehicle.

10:48 A caller reported a large amount of smoke coming from a yard in Driggs. A deputy made contact with the homeowner, told her a burn ban was in effect, and asked her to tone the fire in her back yard down.

13:46 Three vehicles collided near Tetonia. No airbags deployed, and a windshield was broken. Medical attention was refused, the vehicles were cleared off the road, and no citations were issued.

11:59 A caller reported a possible drunk driver headed toward Driggs. A 46-year-old Victor man was booked on an excessive first-offense DUI and an open container and taken to the Madison County jail. The call came in as a REDDI, dispatch shorthand for a public drunk-driver tip, and closed as a DUI.

23:14 A vehicle rolled at Hatch's Corner near Tetonia late at night. The occupants were out of it, and it had come to rest upright with all of its axles snapped. A driver was taken to the hospital for a blood draw on suspicion of DUI.

17:43 A caller in Driggs reported dogs that had been barking in a parked vehicle for an hour with the window up. A deputy found someone sitting in the vehicle with the dogs, the engine running, and no barking.

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