Drug bust produces stolen property

COLFAX – Packaged methamphetamine and stolen items were found inside a vehicle stopped by Whitman County sheriff’s deputies on Jan. 25.

Deputies stopped the vehicle for a licensing violation near Red Wolf Bridge on State Highway 128 in southern Whitman County.

The vehicle matched a description of one involved in a Uniontown burglary attempt a week earlier, according to Sheriff Brett Myers.

The driver, Randy Skalicky, 30, of Lewiston, Idaho, spoke to deputies and allegedly admitted to the attempted burglary.

“He also told the deputy he had drug addiction issues, which caused him to steal,” Myer...