On October 31, 2025, the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigation Unit, with assistance from the Coeur d’Alene Police Department, executed a search warrant at a residence on West Crenshaw Street in Rathdrum, Idaho. Detectives found evidence of crack cocaine production, as well as powder cocaine, methamphetamine, hydrocodone, more than two pounds of psilocybin mushrooms, firearms, and cash. James M. Pond, 61, was arrested and booked into jail without bail on multiple drug charges.
During the search, authorities found a family with three children living in a shed behind the main house. The Rathdrum Police Department began a separate child abuse investigation, cited the parents, and placed the children in the care of the Idaho Department of Health and…..