Ohioan arrested in Idaho for investigation of desertion(50 m. to Canada)

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Ohio man arrested in Idaho for investigation of desertion

http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/news/16131365.htm

SANDPOINT, Idaho - An Ohio man was arrested for investigation of desertion charges after a routine traffic stop about 50 miles from the Canadian border.

Christopher Sanders, 36, was turned over to U.S. Army custody Monday afternoon.

Sandpoint police pulled him over for rolling through a stop sign about 7:30 a.m. Friday, Chief Mark Lockwood said.

Sanders spent the weekend in jail, held without bond...


Ohio man arrested for desertion

http://www.bonnercountydailybee.com/articles/2006/11/28/news/news03.txt

Posted: Tuesday, Nov 28, 2006 - 09:38:20 am PST

SANDPOINT -- ...

Sandpoint Police Chief Mark Lockwood said Sanders was pulled over at 7:27 a.m. Friday after he rolled through a stop sign at Fourth and Oak during a routine traffic patrol. When the officers ran his Ohio license and plate, they "came back a little hot," Lockwood said.

The federal warrant, which originated out of Ohio, ordered Sanders held without bond until he could be picked up by the military, regardless of where in the world he was found, Lockwood said. However, that is not uncommon in regards to a desertion order, he added...

In his 28 years in law enforcement, Lockwood said he's only picked up a couple of soldiers on desertion warrants and did not know if it is becoming more prevalent because the military is more active or if it falls within the norm.

"It's only a small percentage of those serving," he added.




Arrestee accused of Army desertion

http://www.spokesmanreview.com/idaho/story.asp?ID=161564

A 36-year-old Sandpoint man was arrested early Friday morning after being accused of deserting the U.S. military. Christopher P. Sanders is now being held in the Bonner County Jail without bail, according to a deputy at the jail who did not give her name.

The dispatch report did not give details on the arrest of Sanders, which took place at about 7:30 a.m. near the intersection of 4th Street and Oak in Sandpoint. One of the arresting officers, B. Koch, refused to discuss the incident or provide a copy of the federal arrest warrant. He said the police chief would not be releasing any information until Monday afternoon.

Sanders will be housed at the county jail until he is picked up by representatives from the U.S. Army, according to a deputy at the jail. She did not know when Sanders would be leaving. "We don't get that (information) until right before they pick him up for transport," the deputy said.