In brief: CdA adviser gets 30 months for fraud

A Coeur d’Alene investment adviser was sentenced Tuesday to 30 months in prison for wire fraud.

JoAnn Jackson, 63, was also ordered to serve three years of supervised release, pay $811,084 in restitution and perform 200 hours of community service, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson said.

Jackson, a licensed stock broker, admitted to misappropriating a client’s investment funds to obtain the benefit of the money. She pleaded guilty Nov. 20.

Police find woman with knife in back

Police believe a recent stabbing in downtown Spokane was a random attack.

The victim reported she was stabbed late on Jan. 25 in the 400 block of West Sprague. When officers arrived, they found a blade sticking out of her back, said police spokeswoman Monique Cotton.

The woman told officers the stabbing likely occurred while she was walking on Second Avenue between Post Street and Wall Street.

The victim was taken to a hospital for treatment but is no longer hospitalized, Cotton said.

The suspect was wearing a dark hoodie at the time. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call Crime Check at (509) 456-2233.

Two admit stealing from tribal market

Two Worley, Idaho, women pleaded guilty Tuesday to stealing more than $22,000 in cash and checks from the Benewah Market, a Coeur d’Alene tribal organization.

Camille Ellen Desautel, 45, and Twilla Marie St. Pierre, 37, admitted that they and a third defendant entered the closed market and stole about $22,650 on Aug. 21, 2014, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson said.

The charge of theft from a tribal organization is punishable by up to five years in prison, a maximum fine of $250,000 and up to three years of supervised release.

Desautel and St. Pierre were indicted by a federal grand jury in Coeur d’Alene on Oct. 21. They are scheduled to be sentenced April 28.

Co-defendant Adam Lee SiJohn pleaded guilty Dec. 10 and will be sentenced March 3.