In brief: Hitching Post, CdA nearing resolution
Lawyers for Hitching Post Weddings LLC and the city of Coeur d’Alene may be close to settling the wedding chapel’s civil rights lawsuit.
On Tuesday, attorneys for the city and for business owners Donald and Everlynn Knapp asked a federal judge for an additional 21 days before the case moves forward.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Ronald E. Bush previously granted a 60-day stay of the Knapps’ suit, which concerns same-sex marriage in Idaho and the city’s ordinance prohibiting businesses from discriminating based on sexual orientation. The couple sued Oct. 17, claiming the city is forcing them to violate their religious beliefs by performing same-sex marriages at the Hitching Post.
Suspect in robbery accused of others
A man accused of robbing a Walgreens in Coeur d’Alene on Sunday is suspected of robbing pharmacies in four states, Coeur d’Alene police said in a news release.
Brian James Lindsey, 26, of Spokane, was under investigation before his arrest following Sunday’s robbery, police said.
On Sunday night, a man jumped the pharmacy counter at Walgreens, 335 W. Appleway Ave., and handed an employee a note demanding medications and warning he had a gun, police said. Officers arrested Lindsey that night at an apartment in the 600 block of Wilbur Avenue.
Police said Lindsey is suspected of robbing stores in Washington, Idaho, Montana and North Dakota.
In a jailhouse interview with KXLY, Lindsey said he is addicted to pain pills and admitted to Sunday’s Walgreens robbery, but he denied robbing other pharmacies.
2011 murder will be subject of TV show
The murder and robbery of a 62-year-old Northport, Washington, woman in 2011 will be the subject of a TV program.
Narleen Campton was found beaten, strangled and stabbed in her home by detectives after several relatives’ phone calls went unanswered. Officials found prescription painkillers missing and linked the slaying to several suspects. DNA evidence tied Jeremy Bryant to the crime scene, and he later pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. Bryant is serving a nearly 20-year sentence. The TV program, titled “Who Killed Thanksgiving?” is part of Discovery ID’s “Murder Comes to Town” series. It airs at 10 p.m. Monday on Comcast channel 271, DirecTV channel 285and Dish Network channel 192.