Foster sentenced in shooting

SANDPOINT — A Blanchard man who ambushed two Bonner County sheriff’s deputies last year was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Tuesday.

First District Judge Barbara Buchanan ordered Adam Deacon Foster to serve two 12 1/2-year terms for shooting and gravely wounding deputies Michael Gagnon and Justin Penn. Buchanan further ordered the terms to be served consecutively in recognition of the harm done to Gagnon and Penn, who returned fire and wounded Foster, which brought an end to the gun battle.

Foster was charged and pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted murder.

A complete story on the sentencing hearing will be published in Wednesday’s online and print editions.