UI senior found shot dead

A 21-year-old University of Idaho senior was found shot to death early Saturday in his Moscow apartment.

David Robert Boss, a history major and Boise native, was found dead by a roommate about 2 a.m., Moscow police officials said.

Boss’ roommate apparently arrived at the apartment at 1218 S. Main St. about 2 a.m. and found the victim on the kitchen floor, according to a press release. The roommate called police.

The death is being investigated as suspicious, said Moscow Police Department Assistant Chief David Duke.

The apparent cause of death is a single gunshot wound to the head. No gun was found in the apartment, Duke said.

An autopsy is scheduled for today.

Latah County

Man arrested after traffic stop

The Latah County Sheriff’s Office reported that Timothy Carl Mantz, 51, was arrested without incident around 11 p.m. Friday when he was stopped for a traffic violation on Highway 6 at Flannigan Creek Road, west of Potlatch, Idaho.

Mantz, of Harvard, Idaho, was booked into the Latah County jail for one count of aggravated assault and one felony count of possession of a controlled substance: methamphetamine.

On Feb. 16, the Sheriff’s Office began investigating Mantz for allegedly threatening Karl Hoidal, 18, of Potlatch, by firing a handgun near Hoidal’s head, a sheriff’s official said in a press release.

Ammunition, 35 firearms, approximately 12 grams of marijuana and other drug paraphernalia were seized by sheriff’s detectives Friday when they searched Mantz’s residence, 1011 Vale Road, in Harvard, according to the sheriff’s report.