In brief: Man gets prison term in beating

A man was sentenced Thursday to state prison for beating and threatening to kill a man, the Kootenai County prosecuting attorney’s office announced Friday.

After a day of heavy drinking at a home near Spirit Lake in July 2009, Daniel Gean Wilson, 34, of Spokane, and Keegan Vantuyl beat a man for answering questions about the white supremacist movement wrong, according to the prosecutor’s office. The beating escalated after they accused the victim of being a drug user.

Wilson then urinated on him, held an 8-inch knife to his throat and threatened to kill him if he told police.

Wilson has “an extensive criminal record” in several states and has previous convictions for numerous property and violent crimes, according to the prosecutor’s office.

The first four years of Wilson’s 12-year sentence will be fixed; the remaining eight years are indeterminate, with credit for time served.

Vantuyl was sentenced last year by U.S. District Judge Lonny Suko to two years incarceration.

Man in gang-related killing back in jail

A convicted killer is back in jail after allegedly beating his girlfriend early Friday.

Titus Thomas Davis, 34, is in Spokane County Jail on charges of second-degree assault, unlawful imprisonment and malicious mischief.

Police responded to the 400 block of West Houston at 4:24 a.m. Friday and heard screaming inside the apartment. Officers heard the victim attempting to escape but they ultimately had to kick the door in.

The victim told police Davis awoke her and ordered her to take care of the baby before hitting her several times, throwing her on the ground then rubbing a dirty diaper in her face, according to court documents. He then strangled the victim, who “thought she was going to die,” she told police.

In 2009, Davis was convicted of first-degree manslaughter in the 2007 gang-related shooting death of Adama Walton, but he served just 11 months after taking a plea deal in a case authorities said was fraught with uncooperative witnesses. Walton was shot while driving on North Perry Street.

Driver charged in head-on crash; 3 hurt

Three women were hospitalized after a head-on collision Friday in Boundary County.

Police said Logan B. Moore, 20, of Thompson Falls, Mont., was driving under the influence when he hit a Honda Accord driven by Jayme Hahn, 20, of Osburn, Idaho. Moore was in a GMC pickup speeding southbound on Eileen Road when he lost control of the truck, crossed the centerline and struck the Accord head-on, according to the Idaho State Police.

Moore and his passenger, 17, left the scene of the crash.

Hahn was taken to Boundary Community Hospital along with her passengers, Kershanda L. Nicholson, 20, and Kaitlyn M. Fausett, 20, both of Wallace. They were treated and released.

Moore was charged with felony driving under the influence, felony leaving the scene of a crash and possession of marijuana and paraphernalia. His passenger, also of Thompson Falls, was charged with being a minor in possession of alcohol and leaving the scene of a crash. Neither Moore nor the boy was injured.

Idaho tax revenue surpasses forecasts

BOISE – The state collected $377 million in tax revenue in April, topping the month’s forecast by $14 million and adding to optimism among leaders that Idaho’s economy is recovering from the deepest recession since the Great Depression.

April is the most important month for tax collections – it’s when income taxes are due – so robust receipts mean the state is on track to top forecasts for the 2011 fiscal year that ends June 30. Idaho has collected $2.06 billion so far, or about $74.2 million more in general fund revenue than forecasts from just a few months ago.