Idaho Briefs
• Worley man pleads guilty to assault
COEUR d'ALENE - Andrew Hunter Peone, 25, of Worley, pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court to assault with a dangerous weapon, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced.
Peone was indicted on Jan. 22.
According to the plea agreement, Peone admitted that on Aug. 22, 2013, he assaulted a man with a knife. Peone cut the man several times, resulting in lacerations to the victim's arm and hands.
Sentencing is set is set for July 21 before U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge at the federal courthouse in Coeur d'Alene.
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Coeur d'Alene Tribal Police.
The case was prosecuted as part of Idaho's Project Safe Neighborhoods Program, which seeks to reduce violence in Idaho.
• Plummer man gets aggravated assault sentence
COEUR d'ALENE - Joseph L. James, 30, of Plummer, was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court to two and a half years in prison, followed by three years supervised release for assault resulting in serious bodily injury, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced.
James was also ordered to pay $6,577.49 in restitution to the victim.
James appeared before U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge at the federal courthouse in Coeur d'Alene. According to the plea agreement, James admitted that on Aug. 12, 2013, he assaulted a woman by grabbing her by the hair, shoving her to the ground and breaking her nose.
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Coeur d'Alene Tribal Police.
• Idaho school bus driver charged in fatal crash
MERIDIAN (AP) - A southwest Idaho school bus driver has been charged with misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter following a crash that killed an 11-year-old boy in December.
The Canyon County Prosecutor's Office filed the charges Tuesday against 56-year-old Debra Boatwright of Nampa.
Idaho State Police say Boatwright was at fault for a Dec. 5 collision with a dump truck that killed sixth-grader Daniel Cook and injured four other children.
Investigators concluded that Boatwright failed to yield the right of way when she pulled away from a stop sign west of Kuna.
Boatwright was transporting 12 students to Crimson Point Elementary in Kuna when the crash happened.
Canyon County prosecutors say Boatwright will have to appear in court before June 5.
• Judge wants Google to name fake email sender
TWIN FALLS (AP) - A south-central Idaho judge has ordered Google to identify a person who sent an email while posing as a former College of Southern Idaho president.
The Times-News reports that 5th District Court Judge Richard Bevan issued the order Friday to find out who pretended to be Jerry Beck.
The email sent Jan. 9 from a Gmail account previously used by Beck was sent to a vice president at the college who has filed documents indicating her intention to bring a discrimination lawsuit against the school.
Edit Szanto has been put on paid leave until her contract expires.
Szanto, vice president of student services/planning and grant development, contends that CSI President Jeff Fox and others targeted her with discrimination, retaliation and unequal pay because of her gender and national origin.
Szanto and her family left Romania as political refugees and came to the United States in 1990.
• Ada County replacing broken road reflectors
BOISE (AP) - Officials in Ada County say it will cost about $60,000 to replace highway reflectors damaged by snowplows.
Ada County Highway District spokeswoman Nicole Pineda tells KBOI-TV that about 1,200 reflectors need to be replaced each year.
Pineda says old blades on snowplows do the most damage and also cause paint on the road to fade.
She says newer blades can skip over reflectors but it's not a perfect system.
She says the agency is looking at getting reflectors that are more resistant to snowplow blades.