Fugitive gets two more months

A federal judge on Monday revoked the supervised release of a fugitive who allegedly assaulted Spokane County Jail corrections officers last week after being arrested in Coeur d’Alene.

Jarrod J. Yockey must serve an additional two months in jail, the remaining balance on a two-year term of supervised release he received when he was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm. He previously served 22 months in prison for prior revocations associated with violating conditions of his release from jail.

“You’ve not been amenable to supervision,” Senior U.S. District Court Judge Frem Nielsen said in revoking Yockey’s release and sending him back to jail.

He also faces possible state charges associated with a fight on Jan. 25 with two jailers. The fight occurred after Yockey allegedly threatened to kill corrections officers, then refused to hang up the telephone.

During the course of the jail fight, one officer was punched in the mouth and head before Yockey was subdued with a Taser, sheriff’s officials said.

Yockey was taken to the jail after being arrested by members of the Eastern Washington Fugitive Task Force, who tracked the 33-year-old fugitive to the Coeur d’Alene home of a female friend.

A warrant for his arrest was issued after he failed to notify federal probation officers of his address and failed to take urinalysis tests in late December. When he finally took a test, it showed he had been using methamphetamine, the court was told.