Man missing since Friday

Spokane police appealed Wednesday for information about a man who had been missing since Friday.

Relatives of 45-year-old Bud Robert Johnson told officers it wasn’t like Johnson to leave without telling anyone. Johnson is white, 5-foot-4, weighs 140 pounds, and has blond hair and brown eyes. Anyone with information about Johnson is asked to call (509) 242-TIPS.

Pocatello, Idaho

Police say escapee tore hole in cell wall

A man who escaped from the Shoshone-Bannock tribal jail at Fort Hall is being pursued by U.S. marshals, Idaho State Police and tribal law officers.

Matthew James “Dopey” Wright, 31, apparently crawled through a hole he tore in his cell wall Tuesday, police said.

Wright, recently released from a federal prison, was arrested by Fort Hall police for violating his probation. Authorities say Wright is considered armed and dangerous.

Wright is described as a 5-foot-10, 192-pound tribal member with brown eyes. His shaved head is covered with tattoos, as are his legs and arms. He drags his left foot when he walks.

Girl reports rape in north Spokane

A 16-year-old girl told police she was raped about 2 a.m. Wednesday while walking home from a friend’s house in north Spokane.

Unable to locate the attacker, officers appealed for help from anyone with information about the attack at the northwest corner of Monroe and Shannon. Cpl. Tom Lee said the girl told officers a man in his 40s or 50s pulled her behind a building to sexually assault her.

The attacker was described as white, bald with blue eyes and a red beard, between 5-foot-7 and 5-foot-8 and weighing 140 to 150 pounds.

He was wearing a green baseball cap and a green windbreaker.

Anyone with information is asked to call (509) 242-TIPS.