UPDATE: Subject has been caught

   At 3:53 p.m. Deputy Jerame Lee spotted a subject, later identified as Michael Dean Henderson, a prisoner who had escaped from ICI-O Friday morning between 6 and 8 a.m.

   Deputy Lee saw Henderson on Highway 12, directly across from Mountain Motor Sports. He was able to detain Henderson at 4:01 p.m. and bring him into custody at the Clearwater County Sheriff’s Office, where he was positively identified as the man who escaped.

   Henderson will be returned to the Idaho Department of Corrections later Friday evening.

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Michael Dean Henderson

Inmate escapes prison in Orofino

   The Idaho Department of Correction is searching for an inmate who escaped from the Idaho Correctional Institution-Orofino Friday morning, Feb. 3.

   Michael Dean Henderson, IDOC #80192, escaped sometime between 6 and 8 a.m. PST. Investigators are trying to determine how he got out of the facility. 

   Henderson is 47 years old (DOB: 3/18/1964), 6’ 00”, 165 pounds with brown eyes and brown hair. He was convicted of possession of a controlled substance, trafficking by attempting to manufacture and grand theft by possession in Kootenai and Bonner counties.  He was scheduled to be released in 2024 but already was eligible to be considered for parole.

   The Clearwater County Sheriff’s Office is leading the search for Henderson. Anyone with information about his whereabouts can call the sheriff’s office at (208) 476-4521 or ICIO at (208) 476-3655.

Four indicted for meth distribution

   Four Orofino residents were indicted Jan. 18 by a federal grand jury on charges related to distribution of methamphetamine in Clearwater County.

   John Gilbert Rincon, Robin L. Spencer, April Lynn Lauby, and Jacob John Custodio were charged with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and distribution of methamphetamine, according to the Clearwater County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO).

   The indictments came as a result of an investigation conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FB), with assistance from the Idaho State Police (ISP) and CCSO. The investigation ran from July through December, 2011.

   Trial is set for Tuesday, March 27 before Judge Edward Lodge in U.S. District Court.

   An indictment is a means of charging someone with a crime. It is not a conviction.