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In a September
plea agreement, James Henrikson admitted to an interstate
murder-for-hire plot to kill Kristopher "KC" Clarke in February
2012 in North Dakota and Douglas Carlile in December 2013 in
Spokane, Washington.
Henrikson withdrew the plea last month after a judge ruled he
was not made aware of the mandatory minimum penalty of life
imprisonment his crimes carried prior to entering the plea,
court documents showed.
Henrikson has now pleaded not guilty, his attorney, Todd
Maybrown, said. The trial was slated for Jan. 25 in Richland,
Washington.
Henrikson faced murder-for-hire and conspiracy to commit
murder-for-hire, among other charges, in alleged plots against
several people he viewed as an impediment to his enterprises, as
well as conspiracy to distribute heroin, court documents said.
Three men accused of carrying out the contract killings pleaded
guilty to a host of federal charges in September. They could
face between 12 and 30 years in prison when they are sentenced.
Maybrown, Henrikson's attorney, said the men have filed a motion
to continue their sentencing hearings, which were previously
scheduled for Friday, though he did not know when the court
would set new sentencing dates for each.
(Reporting by Eric M. Johnson in Seattle; Editing by Cynthia
Osterman)
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