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Idaho entered into an agreement with the Justice Department for a joint effort to try to break a growing problem of gang-related crimes.
Idaho Gov. Jim Risch and U.S. Attorney Tom Moss were the leading signatories along with representatives of the Treasure Valley Partnership that covers the most populous geographic area in the state.
"This cooperative agreement sends a clear signal that gang-related crime will not be tolerated and will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law," said the governor. "Those individuals convicted will be sent to prison out of state, breaking the ties to their local gangs."
The emergence of gang problems in the largely rural state...