Sex offender gets 40 years
A sex offender captured after being featured on “America’s Most Wanted” last year will spend at least 20 years in prison.
Donald L. Fritzsche, 34, pleaded guilty to one count of lewd conduct with a minor younger than 16 in a plea agreement that dismissed two additional counts. He was sentenced Monday in Shoshone County District Court to 40 years in prison with eligibility for parole after 20.
Fritzsche fled Shoshone County after being accused. He was arrested last summer at his uncle’s house in Bonners Ferry based on a tip to the show.
An elementary school teacher told police in 2007 about a 10-year-old girl she suspected had been abused by Fritzsche, according to the show.
Driver in fatal crash released
A man who killed a 10-year-old boy in a drunken driving crash in Coeur d’Alene in May 2008 was released from a correctional facility this month.
Ryan A. Jabaay, 33, will be on probation for five years after serving six months at Cottonwood Corrections Facility, where he underwent treatment for alcoholism.
Jabaay was sentenced in January to 12 years in prison with eligibility for parole after two years for a Memorial Day 2008 crash that killed Sawyer Frisbie, who was visiting from Dallesport, Wash., with his family.
But Judge Charles Hosack retained jurisdiction over the case for six months, and Jabaay was released after a July 9 hearing. He’d been in custody since May 26, 2008.
Bison gores man at Yellowstone
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. – A bull bison at Yellowstone National Park gored a 55-year-old tourist after the man got within 10 feet of the animal in a campground.
A news release from the park says the Norco, Calif., man was taking pictures of the bison when it charged him Wednesday morning.
The bison gored the man in his upper left thigh and punctured his leg. He was taken to a park clinic and then a hospital. The injury is not life-threatening, according to the park.
The park requires visitors to stay at least 25 yards from bison. The animals can weigh up to 1 ton and run 30 miles per hour.