Feds holding on to Capone

Summary

Charles A. Capone remains in federal custody on a weapons charge following a detention hearing Monday in Coeur d'Alene; court records say he is a person of interest in the disappearance of Rachael Anderson.

Story Published: May 10, 2010 at 9:52 PM PST

Story Updated: May 10, 2010 at 10:47 PM PST

COUER D'ALENE (AP) - A federal judge on Monday ordered the husband of Rachael Anderson held in jail on a firearms count.

Charles A. Capone is charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm.

He was ordered to remain in jail after a detention hearing in Coeur d'Alene. He was arrested at his business last week in Moscow.

40-year-old Anderson, Capone's estranged wife, has been missing since April 16.

Federal court records indicate Capone is a person of interest in Anderson's disappearance and that she filed a report with Clarkston police on Jan. 2 alleging he had pushed and strangled her. She filed for divorce on Jan. 7.

Prosecutors told the judge about Capone's convictions for bank larceny, aggravated assault, burglary, criminal mischief, vehicle burglary, trespassing, assault, theft and possession of a controlled substance.

A task force formed to investigate Anderson's disappearance says Capone was the last person to report seeing Anderson. That was on April 16 in Moscow.

Anderson had reported being a victim of malicious mischief, harassment and stalking.

Last week Anderson's family said they hoped Capone's incarceration would lead him to give police information about Anderson's whereabouts.

Among those scheduled to testify Monday was Captain Dan Hally of the Asotin County Sheriff's Office, lead investigator of the task force.

Anderson's vehicle and cell phone were located after she disappeared. The vehicle in north Lewiston near a bus stop and the cell phone at a location not disclosed by investigators.

(KLEW Web Staff contributed to this story.)

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