Prosecutor’s Blog
Crime Victims’ Rights Week Highlight: Victim-Witness Coordinators
If you are a crime victim, you are suddenly faced with navigating an unfamiliar criminal justice system because of circumstances outside your control. But you will not be navigating this system alone.
Legal Assistants: The Unsung Heroes of the Prosecutor’s Office
Attorneys spend hours preparing arguments for each of the criminal cases they handle, but you may not have known that behind each prosecutor is a legal assistant gathering the information a prosecutor needs to meet the burden of proof in each case. In our office, we have 46 legal assistants who help our prosecutors prepare
Ada County Prosecutor’s On-Call Team works around the clock to keep residents safe
For years though, the Ada County Prosecutor’s Office has had a team on-call during the nights and weekends, working with law enforcement, to make sure the community remains safe.
Summer Internships: ‘The chance to do the work of a real attorney’
“We are appearing in court and working on cases that matter and affect real world situations.
Press Releases
Boise man sentenced to prison for transferring body fluids containing HIV virus, sexual battery with minor, child enticement
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: May 6, 2024 Contact: Emily Lowe Public Information Officer 208-287-7700 BOISE – Alexander Louie, 34, was sentenced to prison for a felony charge of transferring body fluids containing the HIV virus, among other felony charges. The Honorable Ada County District Judge Derrick O’Neill sentenced Mr. Louie Friday to a 30-year
Meridian man sentenced for vehicular manslaughter that killed pedestrian
Kellen Tutt, 41, will serve up to nine years in prison for driving impaired, hitting and killing 79-year-old Henry Reents.
Washington man to serve up to life in prison for lewd conduct, sexual abuse of child
Michael Ralstin, 36, was sentenced to serve up to life imprisonment for sexually abusing a minor multiple times.
Star man sentenced to decades in prison for domestic violence, rape, more felonies
Matthew Blazek, 47, will serve up to 45 years in prison for the brutal attack and rape of a former partner.
In the News
The Five Worst Prosecutors in America
From the City Journal, an article about prosecutors’ ranking nationwide based on criteria such as “public safety, fidelity to the rule of law, personal integrity, leadership, responsible innovations, community relations, office morale, and teamwork with other players in the criminal-justice system”: “The Five Worst Prosecutors in America.”
Special Crimes Unit Chief Jean Fisher retires after nearly 33 years of service
Following nearly 33 years of service at the Ada County Prosecutor’s Office, our Special Crimes Unit Chief Jean Fisher is retiring. Jean spent her entire career at the Ada County Prosecutor’s Office. She was known, however, before she even started her career as a prosecutor. Jean’s sister worked at the office, and Jean was the
Victim Witness Administrator Susan Ledford retires after 26 years of dedicated service
“It’s been the best career I could’ve ever in my wildest dreams hoped for,” Susan said.
Shelly Parker, Victim Witness Administrator, retires after 30 years of dedicated service
It was during a Women’s and Children’s Alliance volunteer training for rape crisis responders in 1988, that Shelly Parker knew she wanted to be a victim witness coordinator. As she listened to an Ada County Prosecutor’s victim witness coordinator speak about how they help vulnerable victims navigate the criminal justice system, “I just knew that