Briefs March 31, 2010
Police identify Spokane River body
The Kootenai County Sheriff's Department has identified a body found in the Spokane River near the state line on Saturday.
The deceased has been identified as Christopher Michael Schelling, 31, Spokane. Schelling was positively identified through the unique tattoos on his body. Schelling had been reported as a missing person in Spokane County. He was reportedly last seen on Dec. 3.
Initial results from Tuesday's autopsy do not indicate a cause of death. However, results show that there is no obvious trauma to Schelling's body.
An investigation continues.
Anyone with information about Schelling is asked to contact Detective Jerry Northrup at 446-1300.
Task Force seeks apprehension of Hill
The North Idaho Violent Crimes Task Force is seeking information leading to the apprehension of Adam Sabastian Hill.
Hill, 38, is being sought based on multiple Kootenai County warrants charging him with drug possession, eluding police and assault. This is a $60,000 U.S. extradition warrant.
Hill is a white male, 5 feet, 6 inches tall, 175 pounds with hazel eyes and brown hair. He was last known to be living in the Coeur d'Alene area.
Anyone with information regarding Hill or other fugitives being sought for violent crimes should call the NIVCTF at (208) 665-1471. The identity of callers will remain confidential and reward money is available.
Wallace woman dies in car crash
PRICHARD - A Wallace woman died in a car crash Monday night.
According to the Idaho State Police, Stephanie A. Gibbons, 63, was westbound in a 2001 Subaru stationwagon on Prichard Creek Road "when for an unknown reason" the car left the right shoulder at milepost 5.7, collided with the ditch and overturned shortly before 10 p.m.
Gibbons was not wearing her seat belt, police said.
"Alcohol does not seem to be a factor," the release said.
An investigation continues.
No inspections scheduled April 6
Kootenai County Building and Planning Department building inspectors and plans examiners will be in required code training on Tuesday, April 6, so there will not be any inspections or plan reviews scheduled for that day.
The training is necessary in order for staff to prepare for the adoption of the 2009 International Building Code, according to a press release.
There will be a permit technician on duty to take applications and issue permits.
Rock Island public hearing postponed
COEUR d'ALENE - Kootenai County residents will have to wait to attend a public hearing on a major subdivision proposed south of Coeur d'Alene.
This Thursday's examiner hearing on Rock Island, a 101-residential lot development on 82.7 acres proposed west of Hull Loop, has been postponed.
A new date has yet to be set.
The applicant, CAV OK LLC of Coeur d'Alene, requested more time to dig test holes and negotiate a road development agreement with Worley Highway District.
The hearing had already been postponed for those reasons from the Jan. 7 date.
Nearly 400 Kootenai County and Spokane residents have submitted comments to the county Planning and Zoning Department about the Rock Island subdivision, with opinions split between support and opposition.
Two arrested on drug charges
RATHDRUM - Two Rathdrum residents were arrested on drug charges Friday after a search warrant was served at an apartment on Highway 53.
James C. Borg, 24, was booked into the Kootenai County jail for possession of marijuana with intent to deliver, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. He has been booked in the jail nine other times, including for probation violation, petty theft and burglary.
Borg was being held on Tuesday on a $25,000 bond.
Shaelenn M. Davis, 27, was booked for possession of drug paraphernalia but has since been released.
Rathdrum police officers had received information that the two were allegedly selling marijuana. During the search of the apartment, officers found several baggies of marijuana, smoking devices, packaging materials and evidence that the occupants were selling marijuana.
Idaho snowmobiler dies in avalanche
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) - The West Central Montana Avalanche Center says a 29-year-old snowmobiler from St. Maries, was highmarking when he triggered the avalanche that killed him.
The family identified the victim as Timothy J. "TJ" Grieser.
The avalanche happened Saturday near Missoula Lake in the Lolo National Forest on the Montana-Idaho border about 10 miles of Superior.
Officials with the avalanche center say Grieser was highmarking a steep chute and was making the last run of the day when the slab released. He was caught and carried an estimated 800 feet and ended up buried under 4 feet of snow.
His partners witnessed the avalanche, quickly located him with transceivers and dug him up. Grieser died of his injuries shortly after he was dug up.