Tag: Meridian
Boniface Binene, Fentanyl Trafficking, Idaho 2024
⏱ 2 min read Boniface Binene, a 25-year-old citizen of the Republic of Congo, sold a tenth of a gram of fentanyl to 31-year-old Andrew Doyle in Meridian, Idaho, on May 3, 2024, resulting in Doyle’s overdose death. Binene, who pleaded guilty to the offense on November 19, 2025, was sentenced to 14 years in…
Ryan Basnaw, CDL Bribery Attempt, Idaho 2025
⏱ 2 min read Ryan Basnaw, a 29-year-old from Meridian, Idaho, attempted to bribe his way to a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) by offering a CDL skills tester $500 cash in exchange for a passing score without taking the test. The incident occurred on July 2, 2025, and was a blatant attempt to circumvent the…
Joshua Mark Davis, Threatening to Damage and Destroy a Building, Mississippi 2022
⏱ 3 min read Joshua Mark Davis, 37, of Meridian, is staring down a decade in federal prison after admitting he called in a bomb threat to the Silver Star Hotel & Casino on the Choctaw Indian Reservation back in May 2022. The threat triggered a response from Choctaw Police, who quickly traced the call…
