Idaho man arrested in Spokane Valley on sex crimes charges

Associated Press

A 37-year-old Athol man was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Greater Idaho Fugitive Task Force on Friday and charged with multiple sex crimes against minors.

The Coeur d’Alene Press reported Kenneth Bernard Kimberly III was arrested at the Clock Tower Village Apartments in Spokane Valley on two outstanding felony warrants issued by the state of Idaho, the U.S. Marshals Service reported.

In August 2019, the Bonner County District Court in Sandpoint issued a warrant for Kimberly stemming from the charges of lewd and lascivious acts with a minor under the age of 16.

In June, Kootenai County District Court in Coeur d’Alene issued a warrant for Kimberly on the charge of lewd conduct with a minor with a deadly weapon.

Kimberly was in his late 20s at the time of the alleged sex crimes against minors ranging between 6 and 11 years old, the U.S. Marshals Service reported.

Kimberly allegedly fled from Athol to Washington and assumed an alias, the Marshals Service reported.

He allegedly lived with his girlfriend, Arin Johnson, 40, who was charged with rendering criminal assistance in the second degree.

It wasn’t immediately known if Kimberly had a lawyer.

The Greater Idaho Fugitive Task Force in Coeur d’Alene is comprised of deputy U.S. marshals and investigators from the Coeur d’Alene Police Department, Post Falls Police Department, Idaho State Police and Kootenai County Prosecutor’s Office.