Teton Valley Sheriff Blotter 2026 Week 41

Teton Valley sheriff blotter, the week of October 4–10. Three hundred seventy-one calls came in to the Teton County Sheriff's Office.

Six frauds were reported in three days, one of them costing a new intern $7,400 in gift cards. A pickleball court going up in Tetonia drew two complaints.

By the numbers

• Total calls: 371
• Traffic stops: 84
• Security checks: 44
• Permitted burns: 38
• Road trouble: 24 (seven reckless drivers, seven hazards, six drunk-driver tips, four traffic complaints)
• Ambulance: 20 (12 ambulance, four transfers, three to EIRMC, one to Madison)
• Animal calls: 18 (10 wildlife, three cow, two bites, two uncategorized, one dog)
• Suspicious activity: 16 (14 activity, one person, one vehicle)
• Public assists: 13
• Property crime: 10 (six fraud, two damaged-property, one theft, one vandalism)
• Disorder: 6 (three noise complaints, two domestic disturbances, one trespass)
• MVA: 6 (three injury, two non-injury, one hit-and-run)
• Fire/Rescue: 5 (three fire calls, one all-call, one fire investigation)
• Ordinance complaints: 4 (three county, one city)
• DUI: 3
• Violence: 2 (one assault, one battery)
• Warrant arrests: 2
• Drug possession: 1
• Welfare: 1 (one child-abuse report)
• Other: 74

Selected entries from the Teton Valley sheriff blotter follow.

16:32 A salesman offered new asphalt work for $15,000 to a Florida resident visiting parents in Victor. In Florida, it's a frequent scam. No money changed hands.

20:06 A deputy in Tetonia watched a vehicle go by at 45 in a 35 zone near Main Street. A skunk ran out in front of it, and the driver slowed to avoid the animal. Once the vehicle had passed, the deputy pulled it over for speeding and smelled alcohol. Asked whether he'd had anything to drink, the driver said no. Then he said he'd had a single beer earlier that night. Field sobriety testing followed, and the deputy asked for a breath sample. While they waited, the deputy asked again. One beer, the driver said, then dinner, then one beer. Breath readings were .085 and .082, against a legal limit of .08. The driver, a 44-year-old Felt man, was arrested for DUI, booked and released.

12:57 Someone in Tetonia filed a written complaint that someone's outdoor lighting, with exposed, unshielded bulbs, violated county code. A deputy stopped by to look at the lights. They did not appear to be in violation.

21:32 A driver in Tetonia could not stop in time when an elk jumped in front of the vehicle. The deputy found the front end crumpled, the windshield smashed in and the passenger airbag deployed. The elk was dead on the side of the road.

09:53 A new intern at a local company came into the sheriff's office in Driggs to report a fraud. An email in the intern's spam folder, appearing to come from work, had asked for a phone number. Then came a text from the supposed boss, with an errand: go buy gift cards for employees who were doing well. The intern spent $7,400 at local businesses, sent all the gift-card codes and was asked to borrow money to buy more. Out of money, the intern stopped responding.

10:31 A delivery driver in Driggs asked for ID on a package that required it. The recipient pushed the driver, and the driver left the package behind. Two people from the delivery company called about the incident, the second wanting someone to retrieve the package. No charges were filed. The company was advised to set up a civil standby, with a deputy present, if it needed to go back for the package.

13:09 At a business in Victor, someone hopped the curb at the drive-through the night before and damaged a pole holding a sign. Camera footage is available. A suspect has been identified, and the case is under investigation.

04:03 Four or five men in Driggs had been playing loud music for 20 to 30 minutes when the noise was reported. A deputy was sent to shut down the party, and the music was turned off. Seventy-two minutes later, the deputy spotted a vehicle from the noise call. During that call, its owner had appeared intoxicated, standing next to several open containers. The deputy pulled the vehicle over and asked the driver where he was going. He still appeared intoxicated. He said he'd had three or four beers between the noise complaint and the stop. Field sobriety testing did not go particularly well. Breath readings were .141 and .142. The driver, a 30-year-old Driggs man, was arrested, cited for first-offense DUI and allowed to post bond.

12:29 A Driggs landowner learned that someone was trying to fraudulently sell their land, and a report was made with the FBI. Contact was made with the suspect by email. No fraudulent transaction took place.

12:36 A staff member at a local school in Driggs saw a student sideswipe a vehicle. A deputy went with a teacher to speak with students. The driver was cited for driving without a Class D license, an infraction, and for leaving the scene of an accident, a misdemeanor.

14:47 A Felt homeowner who'd had a septic tank pumped reported a scam. They had been quoted $300, but the cost was $600. They called the company, and the manager hung up. The company advertises on Facebook, the homeowner said, and they wanted it documented.

18:57 A third party reported a crash in Driggs. Both drivers had gotten out and were walking around. One vehicle was towed, and one person was taken to Teton Valley Health Care. A driver was cited for inattentive driving.

14:09 A Tetonia resident reported that a property owner was building a pickleball court, which they believed was illegal under county code. The complaint was referred to the prosecutor's office. The next morning, a second complaint came in about the same court. The section of the county's land development code cited in the complaint allows a use the code doesn't list, so long as it is the kind of thing customarily found with a home. A backyard court is. The prosecutor confirmed there was no violation.

07:59 A person in Victor reported being followed, shoved to the ground and attacked. The suspect left on foot. The victim asked for medical help and gave a description, though the accounts of which way the suspect went were mixed. No report was taken.

15:37 A Twin Falls credit union told a person in Victor to take a credit request made in Twin Falls to the sheriff. The inquiry had come in online, and everything was canceled before any credit report was run.

17:08 Children in Driggs were caught on video trying to break lawn furniture. One lawn chair was kicked and broken. Then the children came back and tried to steal some chairs. Deputies were unable to locate them.

14:45 A deputy sent to a two-vehicle crash in Victor found both vehicles with heavy front-end damage, airbags deployed, and medics treating one of the drivers. The other driver, uninjured, had been heading north when the oncoming vehicle began turning into a property, and honked on seeing its driver looking down. The two collided. The turning driver said they had been looking at an iPad for work, heard the horn and could not stop. That driver was cited for operating a vehicle while using a mobile device.

12:02 School officials in Driggs searched a student suspected of having drugs and found a THC vape pen in the student's sock. A juvenile petition was filed, and the student and a parent were told how the process works.

16:37 Someone in Driggs thought they had spotted the vehicle that struck the light pole in front of Barrels & Bins the week before. A deputy reviewed the photo. It was not a match.

22:07 A Victor resident reported a wire fraud. The victim has the wiring instructions, and the scammer has $92,000.

A child-abuse report taken this week is under investigation. The abuse is alleged to have happened in Teton County. The family has since moved to another county, and that county's sheriff's office was notified. Anyone who suspects a child is being abused can call Idaho's child-abuse reporting line at 855-552-KIDS (5437). If a child is in immediate danger, call 911.

14:49 A Driggs resident reported that someone in Idaho Falls had their passport and documents and was refusing to return them.

21:24 A deputy in Victor responded to a vehicle and trailer stopped on a frontage road. A search followed, and one person was taken into custody. Breath readings were .100 and .105. The driver, a 42-year-old man from Bozeman, Montana, was taken to the sheriff's office and cited for first-offense DUI, an open container, and resisting and obstructing. He later bonded out. The call had come in as a motorist assist.

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