Kidnapping case sealed by court

SPRAGUE — A child abduction case file will be sealed, but it won’t be vacated.

During a Tuesday, Sept. 24 hearing in Lincoln County Superior court, the case of James R. Stocker was sealed by the court.

Stocker, 25, now of Spokane, was convicted of second-degree kidnapping when he was a juvenile in 2015 in Sprague.

Lincoln County Prosecuting Attorney Adam Walser said the case was sealed in accordance with the law, as Stocker had met all the statutory requirements for the records to be closed to the public.

However, Walser argued the case was significant enough that it should not be vacated, whi...