Former ISP Trooper Admits Guilt

A former Idaho state trooper pleaded guilty today to charges including petty theft and malicious injury to property in exchange for other criminal charges against him being dropped. Daniel Charles Howard, who resigned from the Idaho State Police on Nov. 14 after 19 years on the job, could receive up to five years in prison when sentenced in the next two months. His attorney, Chris Bugbee, said he will request probation for Howard instead of jail time. Howard, 48, appeared this morning in Kootenai County District Court wearing a pin-striped suit and an American flag pin on his tie. He admitted guilt to a charge of using a fictitious name in a Bonner County title application for a Harley-Davidson motorcycle/ Scott Maben , SR. More here.