Hammer Attack Suspect Pleads Guilty

A Bayview man who attacked four members of a family with a hammer in December has pleaded guilty to murder, attempted murder and aggravated battery. Larry Cragun, 32, killed Patricia Heath in the attack and severely wounded her mother-in-law, Lorraine Wallis. Wallis’s son, Michael Heath, and grandson Jedidiah Heath, suffered more minor injuries. Kootenai County 1st District Judge Benjamin Simpson took Cragun’s guilty pleas Thursday and set sentencing for May 14 at 9 a.m., Kootenai County Prosecutor Barry McHugh said in a news release. Cragun remains in jail pending sentencing/ SR . More here.