Two Kootenai County men arrested in October on child exploitation charges, attorney general says

State investigators arrested two Kootenai County men in early October on charges tied to child sexual abuse material, Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador's office announced Tuesday, Nov. 10.

The arrests were made by the attorney general's Internet Crimes Against Children unit. The office's release does not say which city either man lives in.

THE TWO CASES

Cassius Spencer, 18, was arrested Oct. 7. The release says he was taken into custody for possession of child sexual abuse material and visual representations of sexual abuse of children.

Micah Kender, 24, was arrested Oct. 6 on preliminary charges of sexual exploitation of a child and visual representations of sexual abuse of children. The release says more charges, related to possession of computer-generated material and to distribution, may be filed once examiners finish going through his devices.

"The charges listed above are merely accusations and the defendants are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty," the release says.

WHO WORKED THE CASES

In both cases the unit was helped by the FBI, the Kootenai County Prosecutor's Office, the Post Falls Police Department, including a police dog trained to find hidden electronic storage, and the Coeur d'Alene Police Department and its Community Action Team.

The two were among four people the unit arrested statewide in October. The others were in Twin Falls and Canyon counties.

TO REPORT

Anyone with information about the exploitation of children can call local police, the attorney general's unit at 208-947-8700, or the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at 1-800-843-5678. Resources for parents are at ICACIdaho.org.