Briefs

| April 9, 2015 9:00 PM

• Labrador to host town hall today

Idaho Rep. Raul Labrador, R-Idaho, will field questions from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today at North Idaho College.

The event will be in the second-floor meeting room of the Student Union Building, 1000 W. Garden Ave., in Coeur d'Alene.

Labrador is serving his third term in the House and is a member of the Natural Resources and Judiciary committees.

• Sagle hitchhiker robbed at gunpoint

SANDPOINT - One man died and another was arrested after allegedly robbing a Sagle man at gunpoint on Saturday night in Okanogan County, Wash., according to a published news report.

Spokane television station KHQ reported on Monday that the unidentified Sagle man, 47, was hitchhiking on Highway 20 when he was picked up in a van containing two men and a woman.

The hitchhiker told investigators that the men started doing drugs and acting erratically. One of the men pulled out a .22-caliber pistol and pointed it at the hitchhiker, KHQ reported.

The hitchhiker was relieved of $150 cash and a fly-fishing rod, the news report said.

The hitchhiker flagged down a U.S. Forest Service law enforcement officer to report the robbery. Okanogan County sheriff's deputies and a Washington State Patrol trooper also participated in the investigation.

The Forest Service officer found the van at a campground at Lyman Lake and a WSP trooper attempted to stop it. The van fled, but crashed into a tree after a brief pursuit.

The two men fled on foot into the forest, while the woman stayed in the van. The Forest Service officer caught William Dick, 28, and ordered him to stop or a Taser would be used to subdue him.

Dick refused to comply and was jolted into submission. After being taken into custody, Dick stopped breathing and died despite officers' attempts to revive him using cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

The other suspect, Kyle Cate, 23, of Okanogan County, eventually turned himself in and was charged with first-degree armed robbery, felony eluding and driving with a suspended license.

An autopsy of Dick is set for today, according to KHQ.