Briefs: CdA man sentenced in child porn case
A Coeur d’Alene man who had amassed a large collection of child pornography was sentenced Tuesday to 75 months in federal prison.
Keith David Killingsworth, 38, also will spend 15 years on parole after his release and will be subject to monitoring of his computer and online use.
U.S. District Judge Stanley Bastian, visiting from the Eastern District of Washington, also ordered Killingsworth to pay $1,500 in restitution to one of the victims depicted in the images he possessed.
A North Idaho investigator with the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force detected child porn files being made available for download from Killingsworth’s computer in 2013. They included videos of adult men having sex with young girls.
Law enforcement agents seized the computer and found over 2,000 photos and 67 videos of children engaged in sexually explicit conduct, according to court records. They included victims from seven states and seven foreign countries, investigators found.
Killingsworth, who was convicted of a similar crime in Texas, pleaded guilty to possession of sexually explicit images of minors.
Killingsworth apologized to the court and his family and friends. He said he recognizes he has an addiction and is committed to getting treatment for it.
Post Falls man admits murder for hire plot
A Post Falls man pleaded guilty Tuesday to using interstate facilities in the commission of murder for hire, and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
Darin Kyle Taylor, 55, entered the pleas in two related cases in U.S. District Court in Coeur d’Alene. Taylor was indicted Aug. 18 for the federal drug charge. On Dec. 4, he waived his right to be indicted by a grand jury and agreed to be charged with murder for hire in federal court.
The Idaho State Police worked with a confidential informant to buy meth from Taylor at his Post Falls residence in June, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Idaho said in a news release. On July 1, ISP detectives served a search warrant there and seized meth, cocaine, heroin, marijuana, cash and firearms.
On Aug. 19, the day after Taylor was indicted on drug charges, he met with a confidential informant working with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and solicited the informant to murder another person, promising to pay cash, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson said. Taylor was arrested on the federal drug charge shortly after his conversation and has been in federal custody since.
The murder for hire charge is punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000. The drug charge is punishable by five to 40 years in prison and a maximum fine of $5 million. Sentencing is set for March 1, 2016.
Police identify man killed in Browne’s Addition
The man shot and killed in a Browne’s Addition parking lot Sunday night was Joshua K. Andermann, the Spokane County medical examiner’s office said Tuesday.
Dwayne K. Roth told police he shot Andermann, 20, in self-defense after Andermann entered his son’s apartment at 2008 W. Sunset Blvd. He told police Andermann was brandishing a stun gun and fake pistol.
Police investigated the shooting Sunday night but made no arrests. Major crimes detectives are still sorting through evidence, police spokeswoman Teresa Fuller said Monday.
Alaska man gets 4 years for Idaho credit union robbery
An Alaska man who robbed a credit union in North Idaho in July was sentenced Tuesday to four years in prison followed by three years of probation.
Karl Erik Erickson, 33, of Palmer, Alaska, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Coeur d’Alene.
Erickson pleaded guilty to the robbery on Sept. 15. He admitted he went to Horizon Credit Union in Ponderay, Idaho, told the teller it was a robbery, demanded money and took $3,410 before fleeing.
Erickson was arrested three days later. He had one prior robbery conviction.
NIC president plans to retire
North Idaho College President Joe Dunlap plans to retire at the end of the academic year to spend more time with his family, the community college in Coeur d’Alene said Tuesday.
The former president of Spokane Community College in Spokane, Dunlap has served as president of NIC since July 1, 2012. He replaced Priscilla Bell after she retired.
“I’ve loved working here at NIC and being a part of an incredible team that is highly engaged with our students, staff, faculty and communities,” he said in a statement released Tuesday morning.
Ken Howard, chairman of the NIC Board of Trustees, said in a news release, “At a time when colleges through the region and country are in a survival mindset, Joe has led an aggressive vision to move NIC into a position that will serve our students and community for decades to come.”
Dunlap has overseen the establishment of 17 new technical education programs at NIC. Also, three building projects are underway, including the 110,000-square-foot Career and Technical Education Facility in Rathdrum that will open next August. Construction of a student wellness and recreation center is set to begin next summer, and in 2017 the college will join with Lewis-Clark State College and the University of Idaho to build a joint student services, classroom and office building.
The board soon will start searching for NIC’s 10th president.