Man faces charge after luring report

A 35-year-old Coeur d’Alene man is charged with second-degree kidnapping for allegedly trying to lure a 16-year-old boy into his vehicle.

Michael A. McDonald was arrested after the boy’s father reported his son was riding his bike when a man tried to get him into a car near Highway 95 and Ramsey Road in Hayden. The teen told his father he watched McDonald first approach two other juveniles.

McDonald then drove up beside him and asked, “Do ya want to get in my car with me,” according to a Kootenai County Sheriff’s report. The teen said he rushed home after programming the car’s license plate number into his cell phone.

Sheriff’s deputies matched the license plate to a car owned by McDonald, who was on probation for unspecified felony convictions. When a deputy responded to McDonald’s house, he appeared to be intoxicated, according to the report.

He was arrested for violating terms of his probation by consuming alcohol and on a charge of second-degree kidnapping. McDonald remains at the Kootenai County Jail, where he is being held without bail.

Athol

Loan application lie ends in prison term

A 53-year-old Athol man who lied on a loan application has been sentenced to two years in federal prison.

Charles Drake Cazier and his wife, 33-year-old Carmen Lee Wright, applied for a loan in 1999 through Mountain West Bank to purchase property in Spirit Lake, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

Wright applied for a $92,150 loan and overstated her income, according to court records. Cazier helped her falsify W-2s, tax returns and pay stubs from the Spirit Lake Greenhouse to submit with the application.

The couple withdrew the loan application after the bank grew suspicious, according to court records.

Charges were filed against Cazier and Wright following an FBI investigation.

Wright was sentenced earlier this month to three years of supervised release and 50 hours of community service, along with restitution.

U.S. District Judge Edward Lodge sentenced Cazier to two years in prison and to pay $8,539 in fines and restitution.

Cazier will be supervised for five years following his release from prison.

North idaho

Open burning ban imposed in state

Stagnant air in North Idaho has prompted the state to ban all open burning until further notice.

The mandatory ban on open burning, issued Monday by the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality, applies to Kootenai, Bonner, Boundary, Shoshone and Benewah counties.

The DEQ also issued an air quality advisory Monday, saying the air is unhealthy for children, the elderly, those with existing health conditions and people who work, exercise or spend a lot of time outdoors.

Everyone should limit outdoor exertion, the agency said.

The problem is due to “poor atmospheric ventilation conditions” throughout the region, the DEQ said. The poor conditions were expected to continue today.

Rathdrum

Man dies when pickup hits trailer

A 43-year-old man died Sunday evening when his small Toyota pickup truck slammed into a flatbed trailer legally parked on Nagel Street in Rathdrum.

Rathdrum Police Chief Kevin Fuhr said Lonnie Walker of Rathdrum sustained head and chest injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.The accident occurred about 9 p.m. on Nagel Sreet where it intersects Cassia Street.

Fuhr said it’s likely the driver, who was not wearing a seat belt, was eating food and got distracted.

Kootenai county

Traffic patrol heavy on Halloween

Don’t expect tricks or treats from law enforcement officers in Kootenai County on Halloween.

Coeur d’Alene Police, Idaho State Police and the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Department will hand out tickets Wednesday during an emphasis patrol stretching from the Spokane River Bridge to Lacey Avenue on state Highway 95.

Coeur d’Alene Police Officer Tim Vulles said there will be “zero tolerance” for drivers following too closely, failing to use signals, making unsafe lane changes, speeding or violating other traffic laws.

BOISE

Feedlot fined over wastewater

A family-owned feedlot headed by a prominent Idaho cattleman has agreed to pay a $40,000 penalty and change how it deals with wastewater to settle Clean Water Act violations.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the settlement Monday with Bruneau Cattle Co., whose president, Eric Davis, is a former president of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and the Idaho Cattle Association.

The feedlot, with more than 4,000 head of cattle, had no containment system and no permits to discharge pollutants.

The EPA has been investigating the waste discharges at the Bruneau facility since 1996, when an inspection showed evidence that wastewater from the feedlot’s pens had been discharged into the South Side Canal “numerous times” in the previous five years.

The canal runs into C.J. Strike Reservoir on the Snake River a quarter mile west of the popular Cottonwood Campground.

From staff reports