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TACOMA – Officials say a 64-year-old ivory dealer from Brinnon was sentenced to six months in federal prison for trafficking narwhal tusks, sperm whale teeth and walrus tusks after helping the Department of Justice prosecute a Canadian smuggler.

The Peninsula Daily News reported Friday that David Boone, who operates Boone Trading Co., was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to half a year in prison, one year of supervised release and a $25,000 fine.

Court records say Boone was charged in 2013 with smuggling and violating the Lacey Act and that he immediately pleaded guilty and began working with authorities.

Boone told the newspaper Thursday that he pleaded guilty because he was guilty, and that he cooperated because he felt bad about what he did.

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PORTLAND – An unlicensed live-in caretaker facing murder and arson charges in the death of an elderly Beaverton woman who was set on fire while lying in her bed has died.

Washington County jail staff confirmed Friday that 64-year-old Celia Schwab died Sept. 12 at the Oregon State Hospital in Salem.

The Oregonian/OregonLive reported jail officials, county prosecutor and Schwab’s attorney all said they didn’t know how Schwab died.

Schwab and neighbor Maria Meisner were arrested in December in the attack on 74-year-old Kathryn Breen.

Breen died of second- and third-degree burns the next month. Schwab lived with Breen. Schwab was also accused of assault and criminal mistreatment.

Schwab was ordered to the state hospital in May after a judge determined that Schwab couldn’t assist in her own defense.

Meisner has pleaded not guilty to similar charges in the Breen case.

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POCATELLO, Idaho – Police in eastern Idaho say a man accidentally shot himself in the leg while parked in a truck on a busy street.

Police in Pocatello told the Idaho State Journal that the man was disassembling a .45-caliber pistol on Friday morning when it fired.

Police say another man in the vehicle called 911 and emergency responders transported the injured man by ambulance to Portneuf Medical Center.

Police say the man suffered a serious gunshot wound to his leg but is expected to survive.

His name hasn’t been released.

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