Updated: 11:47 AM MST March 4, 2021
MERIDIAN, Idaho The Meridian Police Department is warning people about a phone scam that is taking place in the Treasure Valley.
Several residents have received calls from an unknown phone number claiming to be with the Warrant and Citation Division with the Meridian Police Department and wanting to speak with caller about a legal matter. The caller uses real names of officers and tells them they must pay unpaid fines or face arrest.
The phone number is not a legitimate one, but some caller IDs show that it is coming from the Meridian Police Department. The caller leaves a very official sounding voicemail telling citizens it s an urgent matter and they need to call back to a specific phone number that is not from the department.
Feb. 11 A former Boise Police officer was arrested Wednesday night after being charged with multiple counts of rape. Scott Wayne McMikle, 58, was booked into the Ada County Jail at about 11 p.m. Wednesday on several counts of felony rape, a charge that carries a potential prison sentence in Idaho of up to life. According to Haley Williams, a spokesperson for the Boise Police Department, .
Updated: 8:50 PM MST January 26, 2021
MERIDIAN, Idaho Nearly one week after Meridian Mayor Robert Simison made his recommendation for the city s next police chief, Tracy Basterrechea was officially appointed to fill the position.
The city council voted unanimously to confirm Basterrechea. He was sworn in immediately following the Meridian City Council meeting on Tuesday and will serve as Meridian s fifteenth Chief of Police.
“My vote to confirm Chief Basterrechea was one of the easiest in my tenure as a City Council member,” said Meridian City Council President Treg Bernt. “Everyone residing in Meridian is impacted by the public safety efforts of our law enforcement officers. Tracy has been a huge part of leading those efforts and will build upon the great relationship established between Meridian Police Department and the community.”