Woman charged in fugitive case

BONNERS FERRY, Idaho — A Boundary County woman who harbored a famous Cold War spy will stand trial for allegedly protecting another fugitive.

This time, authorities say, it was her son.

Magistrate Justin Julian has bound over 62-year-old Gloria Ann White for trial on charges she harbored Jade Burn, 30. He is named in a warrant for multiple rape and burglary charges in Oregon.

White, who is free on a $25,000 bond, will be arraigned Dec. 4.

Acting on the active 10-year-old Oregon warrant, Boundary County Sheriff's Detective Mike Naumann arrested Burn and White on Sept. 13.

White made headlines in 1980 for harboring convicted spy Christopher Boyce after he escaped from a federal prison in Lompoc, Calif. Boyce's espionage was detailed in books and the 1985 film "Falcon and the Snowman." He was convicted of selling U.S. spy-satellite secrets to the Soviet Union while working for TRW, a defense contractor.

Boyce was arrested in 1977 and a jury convicted him on eight counts of espionage. Boyce later escaped federal custody and went on the lam in the Pacific Northwest.

Boyce met White and she agreed to put him up at her cabin. White was convicted of harboring an escaped prisoner, conspiring to rob banks, and two counts of bank robbery. She spent five years in prison.