Trial vacated for man who helped prisoner escape in ambush at Boise hospital. Here’s why

Carolyn Komatsoulis, Idaho Statesman

(Idaho Statesman) — Nicholas Umphenour, nan man charged pinch helping an Idaho Department of Correction captive flight during an ambush astatine a Boise hospital, pleaded blameworthy precocious past period to half a twelve charges.

His trial, primitively group for Oct. 21, has been vacated. Umphenour will beryllium sentenced connected Oct. 4, tribunal records show.

He pleaded blameworthy to 3 counts of battle aliases artillery upon definite personnel, arsenic good arsenic unlawful possession of a firearm, escaping and usage of a deadly limb during a felony, tribunal records showed.

Umphenour was charged pinch shooting astatine IDOC officers while helping Skyler Meade flight from custody astatine Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center successful March, according to erstwhile reporting. The 2 are members of nan Aryan Knights, a achromatic supremacist situation gang, constabulary person said.

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Boise constabulary said Umphenour changeable 2 IDOC officers, while a 3rd was mistakenly struck by constabulary bullets successful nan chaos of nan moment. All 3 IDOC officers survived.

At his initial tribunal quality in May, Umphenour chose to guidelines silent, which led Judge Nancy Baskin to participate a not blameworthy plea connected his behalf, arsenic mandated by Idaho law.

Meade pleaded blameworthy successful May and July to a litany of charges. He was sentenced successful July to life successful prison, pinch nan anticipation of parole aft 35 years, pinch nan judge calling him a “career criminal.”

Both Meade and Umphenour besides were indicted successful June successful Nez Perce County connected first-degree execution charges successful 83-year-old James Mauney’s death. Mauney didn’t return location aft stepping his dogs and constabulary later recovered his assemblage successful a “desolate area,” according to erstwhile Statesman reporting.

Law enforcement person said they suspected Umphenour and Meade were progressive successful 2 homicides — Mauney and different North Idaho man — aft nan 2 fled from Boise. They were recovered and apprehended by authorities adjacent Twin Falls nan adjacent day.

“These indictments are nan first measurement successful nan process of seeking justness for James Mauney,” Nez Perce Prosecutor Justin Coleman said successful a news merchandise announcing nan execution charges. “We person a agelong measurement to spell to scope nan conclusion we want and will proceed to activity diligently pinch rule enforcement agencies passim nan authorities to guarantee we person nan strongest lawsuit imaginable to present.”