In brief: Missing elderly man last seen on April 2
Coeur d’Alene Tribal Police are asking the public’s help in finding an elderly man who has been missing since early this month.
Noel Edward Campbell, 80, was last seen at the Gateway Café in Plummer around April 2 and was reported missing April 16. Police said there has been no activity on his debit card in that time.
Campbell is Native American with brown eyes and gray hair. He is 5-foot-10 and weighs 200 pounds. He is diabetic and partially blind. He has missed doctors’ appointments, and it’s not known if he has medications with him.
His car, a green 2014 Subaru Forrester with handicapped license plate DX 321, also is missing.
Anyone with information about Campbell’s whereabouts is asked to call the tribal police at (208) 686-2050.
Man arrested, faces assault charge
A man was arrested early Tuesday after reportedly spitting on and hitting a convenience store employee before attempting to assault him with a ball-peen hammer.
Darrick R. Moore, 25, was ordered held on $5,000 bond Tuesday and is facing a charge of second-degree assault with a deadly weapon.
Moore entered the Zip Trip at 2103 W. Northwest Boulevard around 3 a.m. Tuesday. The employee told police that Moore was swearing, being “disorderly” and asking customers for money, according to court documents. When the employee asked Moore to leave he allegedly flicked a lit cigarette at the employee, spit on him, pushed him and then hit him in the face. The lit cigarette hit the employee in the face and the blow knocked his glasses off his face, according to court documents.
The employee told police that Moore tried to hit him with a ball-peen hammer as he called 911. Moore was located nearby with the hammer still in his possession. He told police that he only hit the employee after the employee shoved him, according to court documents.
The incident was recorded on video surveillance.
‘Idaho Gives’ raises funds for nonprofits
Nonprofits across Idaho are gearing up for the third annual “Idaho Gives” day on May 7, a 24-hour, statewide, online fundraising push that last year raised more than $780,000 from more than 7,500 donors.
The event, coordinated by the Idaho Nonprofit Center, benefits hundreds of charities, including some in Washington. You can see the full lineup at idahononprofits.org. Those that benefit include the Appaloosa Museum & Heritage Center, the Wassmuth Center for Human Rights, Catholic Charities of Idaho, Children’s Village, the Idaho Diaper Bank and the Panhandle Animal Shelter.
Prizes are offered for the various nonprofits throughout the day, depending on the pace of the fundraising, and donors may direct their donations to their causes of choice.
Corps to discuss dam operations
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will discuss operations at Albeni Falls Dam during an April 30 meeting in Priest River.
Topics covered include the dam’s spring and summer operations and effects on Lake Pend Oreille’s levels. A Bonneville Power Administration representative will discuss winter power generation.
The meeting runs from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Priest River Event Center, 5399 U.S. Highway 2.
Man gets 90 years for girl’s death
EVERETT – A Snohomish County Superior Court judge Tuesday gave a nearly 91-year prison sentence to a man who went on a shooting spree in Lake Stevens and Marysville and fatally shot a 15-year-old girl as she walked down the street with her friends.
Judge Thomas Wynne said the death of Molly Conley had a devastating impact on her family, friends and the community.
Prosecutors say Erick Walker, of Marysville, went on a three-hour shooting spree, indiscriminately firing from his car and hitting homes.
Molly was a freshman at Seattle’s Bishop Blanchet High School when she was fatally shot while celebrating her birthday June 1, 2013.
She was the granddaughter of Spokane businessman John Conley Sr., who founded the White Elephant store.
Donor pays mortgage of landslide victim
SEATTLE – An anonymous donor has paid off the $360,000 mortgage of a man who lost his house and his wife in a devastating landslide north of Seattle last year.
The Seattle Times reported the donor acted after seeing a news account about Tim Ward, whose wife, Brandy, was one of 43 people killed in the slide near Oso on March 22, 2014.
Ward has been living in Arlington with his dog, Blue, who lost a leg after being trapped in the slide for three days.