KOOTENAI COUNTY, Idaho — A 20-year-old St. Maries man who was connected to the disappearance of a teenage girl from Kootenai County was arrested by Spokane police Oct. 22 thanks to a tip from a citizen.
According to the inmate roster at Spokane County jail, Bradley Dewayne Walters was arrested around 2:30 p.m on Tuesday for obstructing an officer.
On Wednesday, Spokane police Sgt. Terry Preuninger confirmed that Walters was detained by Spokane police at the Cup of Cool Water, a youth homeless shelter in Spokane, after he was recognized by a citizen.
Walters was charged by Spokane police as a fugitive, but after an altercation where Walters attempted to flee during his arrest, he was also charged with obstruction.
The teenage girl from Kootenai County who went missing on Oct. 17 was been found early Tuesday morning and reunited with her family, but an arrest warrant was issued for Walters who was still on the run at the time.
Lacey Jefferies, 15, was located by the Spokane Police Department around midnight on Oct. 22, according to the Kootenai County Sheriff's Office.
A national arrest warrant charged Walters with kidnapping with the intent to commit a sexual act, the sheriff's office said.
The Benewah County Sheriff's Office filed the warrant on Monday.
According to the KCSO, 15-year-old Lacey L. Jefferies was last seen in St. Maries during the evening of Oct. 17. She had been with her mother at a church when Jefferies told her mother that she would be hanging out with her friend Brad, who was later identified as Walters.
The KCSO said several reports stated that Jefferies was with Walters. The two allegedly went to Worley on Oct. 19, where they were suspected of riding a CityLink bus to Coeur d'Alene, according to the KCSO.
The KCSO also said they received a "reliable tip" saying Jefferies and Walters rode a cab to the Union Gospel Mission on East Illinois Street in Spokane, but that neither checked into UGM.
Jefferies was classified as a runaway/missing child with the National Crime Information Center, and St. Maries police were investigating Walters for potential charges relating to his involvement.