News Briefs: Dec. 20, 2018

CONVICTION IN 2015 CASE

April Alice Byer, 30, Moscow, was sentenced to 45 days in jail Friday morning in Whitman County Superior Court after she pleaded guilty to a charge of harassment with a threat to kill. The charges actually dated back to June of 2015.

Byer was charged after she went into the DRA Real Estate office in Pullman and made threats to kill three women who were working in the office at the time. The outburst happened after she was presented with an eviction notice for failing to pay back rent. Senior Deputy Prosecutor Dan LeBeau told the court the women in the office believed By...