For Immediate Release
November 11, 2025
Media Contact: Damon Sidur
BOISE, ID – Attorney General Raúl Labrador announced today that Garrett Ray Vanni, 38, was sentenced to up to 15 years in prison following his arrest in a joint undercover operation targeting individuals who use the internet to entice children. Vanni pled guilty to one count of enticing a child through use of the internet or other communication device, a felony. He was sentenced November 5, 2025, by Canyon County District Judge Davis F. VanderVelde.
“These undercover operations protect Idaho families by stopping predators before they can harm a single child,” said Attorney General Labrador. “Our statewide law enforcement partnerships make Idaho families safer every day. When agencies work together, we remove these threats and send a clear message that if you target children in Idaho, you will be caught and prosecuted.”
Vanni was arrested on February 27, 2025, as part of a coordinated two-night undercover operation led by the Attorney General’s ICAC Unit and Canyon County Sheriff’s Office. The operation targeted offenders communicating with children via text, social media, and other chat platforms to meet for sexual activity. During the operation, officers worked undercover to expose adults seeking to sexually abuse children and share child sexual abuse material.
Vanni engaged in sexually explicit conversations with someone he believed was a 15-year-old girl, but who was actually an undercover law enforcement officer. On February 27, 2025, Vanni arrived at a Nampa hotel intending to have sex with the purported minor only to find law enforcement waiting for him. He was arrested by members of the Attorney General’s ICAC Task Force and pled guilty before trial.
Judge VanderVelde sentenced Vanni to a total unified sentence of fifteen years in prison with three and a half years fixed and eleven and a half years indeterminate. Vanni will be required to register as a sex offender pursuant to Idaho law.
The operation was a cooperative effort that included officers, attorneys, and support personnel from across Idaho. Agencies included the Idaho Office of the Attorney General, Canyon County Sheriff’s Office, Idaho State Police, Canyon County Prosecutor’s Office, United States Attorney’s Office, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), United States Air Force Office of Special Investigations (OSI), and the Idaho ICAC Unit including affiliate investigators from the Boise Police Department, Pocatello Police Department, Idaho Falls Police Department, Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office, Rupert Police Department, Moscow Police Department, Coeur d’Alene Police Department, and Nampa Police Department.
The investigation was led by Bonneville County Detective Korey Payne, who serves as an affiliate with the Attorney General’s ICAC Unit, and Canyon County Detective Bailey Wilson. The case was prosecuted by Deputy Attorney General James Haws.
Anyone with information regarding the exploitation of children is encouraged to contact local police, the Attorney General’s ICAC Unit at 208-947-8700, or the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at 1-800-843-5678.
The Attorney General’s ICAC Unit leads the Idaho ICAC Task Force, a coalition of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies, to investigate and prosecute individuals who use the internet to criminally exploit children.
Parents, educators, and law enforcement officials can find more information and helpful resources at the ICAC website, ICACIdaho.org.
About Raúl Labrador
Raúl Labrador is the 33rd Attorney General of Idaho. The Office of the Attorney General provides legal representation for the State of Idaho. This representation is furnished to state agencies, offices and boards in the furtherance of the state's legal interests. The office is part of state government’s executive branch and its duties are laid out in the Idaho Constitution.
