Ada County prosecutors on Monday secured a “significant bond” in the case of a man believed to be responsible for hit-and-run crashes Saturday night on Main Street in downtown Boise because of the “egregious facts of this case.”
Ashley Wardle, a legal intern for the Ada County Prosecutor’s Office, said in court that 46-year-old Jacob Miller ran a red light at up to 80 mph at the intersection of Main and 11th streets, striking two female pedestrians in a crosswalk and hospitalizing them with life-threatening injuries. She said Miller continued to drive downtown, hitting curbs and other vehicles, and narrowly avoiding a bicyclist.
He crashed into another vehicle over 3 miles away and was apprehended, Wardle told the court…