The U.S. District Court sentenced an Orofino woman yesterday for conspiracy to distribute meth.

51-year-old Robin L. Spender will spend 24 months in prison and three years of supervised release following her term because of the drug trafficking offense.

Spender pled guilty to the charge earlier this year and during court testimony, Spender admitted she used her home as a stash house for trafficking.

She was indicted by a federal grand jury in January along with three of her co-defendants.

Judge Lodge noted her lack of previous criminal history and her post-arrest rehabilitation work. Spencer will also have to perform 150 hours of community service.

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An explosion destroyed a Lewiston mailbox Monday evening. Deputies with Nez Perce County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to the call around 5:20 p.m. and confirmed an explosive device was used between 24th and 28th along east Powers Ave.

Little details are known at this time regarding the incident, but the Sheriff’s Office explained in a news release they discovered information leading them to some juvenile suspects. It's not known if the explosive device was targeted or placed randomly.

A search warrant was obtained for a Lewiston Orchards home where deputies found a homemade explosive device as well as manufacturing materials. The discovery prompted a response from the Spokane County bomb squad to render the device safe.

Nobody was injured during the initial explosion. 

The Whitman County Prosecutor’s Office has declined to press charges against a 41-year-old Clarkston man who allegedly attacked the driver and medic of a Clarkston ambulance in June.

On June 17, Jason Hundrup was being transported to Eastern State Hospital and bit the driver following a struggle north of Colfax along Highway 195. Hundrup allegedly bit the ambulance driver’s hand, broke his glasses and scratched his face.

He escaped the ambulance and was later found by law enforcement, hiding under a bridge.

Hundrup was booked into Whitman County Jail for 3rd Degree Assault and two counts of Malicious Mischief.

The charges were put on hold by Whitman County Sheriff’s Office on June 19 while Hundrup sought treatment at Eastern State Hospital for his mental condition. He stayed there for about two weeks before being released.