DRIGGS — The felony rape case against Tetonia resident Ryan Berry has been dismissed by the Teton County prosecutor. The case is the longest-standing sexual assault case in the county’s history with charges first filed in 2018. On March 15, after weathering a global pandemic, two mistrials, and a series of legal maneuvers that kept […]
The Teton Board of County Commissioners will consider a resolution on May 19 to issue registered warrants in order to pay $2,699,363.26 to Burns Concrete for damages, attorney s fees, and interest, after over a decade of lawsuits and three trips to the Idaho Supreme Court.Â
The legal battles revolved around land use decisions made in the late 2000s.Â
In 2007 Burns Holdings LLC received a zone change that included a development agreement to build a concrete batch plant on the 6.5-acre property owned by the Idaho Falls corporation Burns Concrete. Teton County denied the companyâs application for a conditional use permit to erect a building taller than code allowed. Burns appealed the denial to the Idaho Supreme Court and lost, then applied for a variance to build the 75-foot-tall facility. The county denied the variance.
Teton County rape case gets new charge, heads to trial
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Ryan Richard Berry
DRIGGS A rape case that has been working through the Teton County courts for more than three years now has earned a new felony charge as recently elected Teton County Prosecutor Bailey Smith prepares to take the case to a jury trial in May.
Tetonia resident Ryan Richard Berry, 41, was arrested and charged with felony rape in February 2018 along with a handful of other charges including false imprisonment, battery and providing alcohol to a minor.
He pled not guilty to the charges and posted a $50,000 bond in 2018. Berry waived his right to a speedy trial and filed a motion to disqualify former District Court Judge Gregory Moeller in 2018. The case has slowly worked its way through the legal system with former Teton County prosecuting attorney Billie Siddoway trying unsuccessfully to come to several different plea agreements with the defendant.
Defendant gets additional felony charge after mistrial in Teton County
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Laurance Harris
DRIGGS Last week, Teton County hosted its first in-person jury trial after more than a year of navigating the pandemic and closed courtrooms. It resulted in District Court Judge Steven Boyce declaring a mistrial and effectively dismissing the jury halfway through the two-day event.
It was also the first trial for newly elected Teton County Prosecutor Bailey Smith. But despite the seemingly disappointing setback of having to retry a felony assault case, Smith did manage to get a new charge filed based on information revealed during the proceedings. On Tuesday, she filed a felony aggravated battery charge on top of the original felony aggravated assault.