Lindsey faces charges in wake of Lazcano trials

Formal charges of rendering criminal assistance and obstructing were filed Dec. 23 in Whitman County Superior Court against Eli J. Lindsey, 38, Washtucna. Both charges are gross misdemeanors.

The charges relate to Lindsey’s alleged role in the Lazcano murder cases which concluded Dec. 18 with a conviction of Daniel Lazcano on a charge of fatally shooting Marcus Schur at Malden Dec. 27, 2011.

Prosecutor Denis Tracy last week said the filing of the gross misdemeanor charges are part of an agreement which had previously been negotiated for Lindsey’s cooperation as a state’s witness in the trials...