Veteran ISP trooper charged with theft, fraud; stockpiled stolen service ammunition in his barn
A 19-year veteran of the Idaho State Police has been suspended without pay after investigators allege he stockpiled more than 15,000 rounds of stolen service ammunition in a pole barn near his Athol home, amid other charges. Daniel Howard, 48, has been on leave from the ISP since December, when Kootenai County investigators told the ISP they were building a case of theft, fraud and forgery; Howard has been charged in both Kootenai and Bonner counties. You can read the full story here from S-R reporter Kip Hill.