Robbery suspect moved from Idaho

A Friday arraignment date for Jeremiah J. LaFave, Pomeroy, was scheduled for this Friday after he appeared in Whitman County Superior court last week. LaFave, 27, is a suspect in the alleged robbery at a Pullman apartment on Northwood Drive.

LaFave appeared in court after being brought here from Grangeville. He was arrested in Idaho June 4 and a warrant for his arrest was issued from Whitman County. He was booked into the jail here last Wednesday.

Bail amount set on the arrest warrant was $100,000.

The Pomeroy man was formally charged June 3 with kidnapping, robbery, burglary and theft at the Pullman apartment.

According to the police report, LaFave and another suspect broke into the apartment May 31, threatened the occupant with a gun and later held him captive by placing him in the bathroom and tying the door with a cable.

The charges allege items were taken from the apartment.

The other suspect in the case, Matthew White, 35, Clarkston, was arrested in Clarkston two days after the reported break-in. White, who has been held on $250,000 bail in the jail here, has been scheduled for trial July 18

LaFave was reported to be visiting a relative in Stites, Idaho, at the time of his arrest. He was taken to the jail in Grangeville.