In brief: Voyeurism charges added against man
Video voyeurism charges were filed Friday against a former Post Falls man who already faces two charges of lewd conduct with minors.
Post Falls police were investigating allegations against 36-year-old Vincent P. Aschinger last fall when he allegedly fled to Oregon, where he was arrested on a warrant from Latah County.
This week Aschinger was brought to Kootenai County to face lewd conduct charges for allegedly abusing two pre-teen girls in Post Falls in 2006.
Post Falls Police Det. Dave Beck said a third girl was the alleged victim in a video voyeurism case filed against Aschinger on Friday. Beck said Aschinger allegedly set up a camera in his home and enticed the girl to come inside and change her clothes while he taped her.
– Taryn Brodwater
Coeur d’Alene
Kroc center fund surpasses goal
A $50,000 pledge from Global Credit Union put the Coeur d’Alene Kroc Community Center well over its fundraising goal.
The donation Friday brings The Salvation Army’s fundraising tally to about $6.36 million. The goal was $6 million to begin construction this summer.
Donors gave nearly $2 million over the past six weeks, including a $1 million donation from the J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Foundation
The locally raised money is in addition to a $64 million donation from the Kroc Foundation – $32 million for construction costs and $32 million for an endowment to fund about 40 percent of the center’s operating expenses.
The center will be built on the corner of Ramsey and Golf Course roads in Coeur d’Alene. A groundbreaking ceremony is scheduled for June 27 at 4 p.m., and the center is expected to open in December 2008.
– Meghann M. Cuniff
Cafferty promoted to vacant legal post
Kootenai County attorney John Cafferty is being promoted to managing attorney for the Department of Administrative Services, assuming a position that is open after the recent resignation of chief legal counsel Erika Grubbs.
Cafferty and staff attorneys Pat Braden and Darrin Murphey will share responsibilities formerly handled by Grubbs as director of the department. The county also will hire a fourth staff attorney.
Cafferty has been a senior staff attorney in the department for more than five years. He also worked as a private attorney and as a deputy public defender for the county. He graduated from the University of Idaho Law School in 1997.
The changes will take effect June 11.
Department of Administrative Services includes legal services, risk management and human resources.
– Scott Maben