In brief: Teen awaits sentence in gun incident
A Coeur d’Alene student charged with bringing stolen firearms to Lake City High School in January will be admitted to a mental health treatment facility while he awaits sentencing.
Through a plea deal reached Thursday, 18-year-old Brian E. Gilmore pleaded guilty to reduced charges.
First District Judge Fred Gibler approved an agreement between Gilmore’s attorney and Chief Deputy Prosecutor Marty Raap that would allow Gilmore to receive treatment before sentencing for two felonies and a misdemeanor.
“He might as well be in a hospital where he’s getting his issues taken care of,” Raap said.
The Coeur d’Alene High School senior was arrested Jan. 23 in the Lake City High parking lot after his mother called police to report concerns about her son “doing a Columbine.”
Gilmore’s attorney, Clark Peterson, said the student was not planning to hurt anyone other than himself.
Gilmore pleaded guilty to charges of burglary and grand theft and the misdemeanor offense of possessing firearms on school property.
A felony charge of burglary was dismissed as part of the plea agreement.
Gilmore could receive up to 14 years in prison. His sentencing is set for May 21.
– Taryn Hecker
Inland Northwest
Soggy weather expected on Easter
Saturday may be the better day for stalking the elusive Easter egg.
It will be partly cloudy or partly sunny, depending on your outlook. But as opposed to Sunday, it should at least be dry, according to the National Weather Service.
The Sunday forecast is for 80 percent chance of precipitation in Spokane, 90 percent in Coeur d’Alene.
And the Easter bunny just might leave tracks in fresh snow in parts of the Inland Northwest.
Winter is having a hard time saying goodbye to the Idaho Panhandle.
The Weather Service said snow showers are likely this morning, with an accumulation of less than an inch possible today.
Spring-like weather isn’t expected anytime soon.
– From staff reports
Spokane Valley
Deadline extended for corridor input
Spokane Valley planning commissioners have extended the deadline for written comments on a major plan to revitalize the city’s Sprague-Appleway corridor.
Public testimony was closed Thursday night after two more hours in a hearing that was continued from March 13, and the cutoff for written comments was to have been today.
However, commissioners extended the deadline until 5 p.m. April 4.
Comments can be e-mailed to dgriffith@spokanevalley.org or mailed to the Spokane Valley Planning Commission at 11707 E. Sprague Ave., Suite 106, Spokane Valley, WA 99206.
More information is available at www.spragueappleway.com or by calling senior planner Scott Kuhta at (509) 688-0049.
– John Craig