SANDPOINT - Two former Bonners Ferry residents were arraigned in Boise Thursday on an indictment alleging multiple bank larcenies, conspiracy and use of a deadly weapon during the commission of a felony offense.

Nathan Paul Davenport and Matthew Taber Annable are scheduled to be tried in U.S. District Court on Dec. 16, with Chief District Judge B. Lynn Winmill presiding.

The new indictment, which supplants an earlier one, alleges that Davenport and Annable aided and abetted each other in breaking into an automated teller machine at Idaho First Bank in McCall on Jan. 10. It further alleges that they used a Ruger semiautomatic rifle to fire on pursuing law officers.

The indictment does not specify who opened fire with the tactical rifle during the pursuit.

Davenport and Annable are also charged with other ATM larcenies in Boise and Meridian on Jan. 5. The conspiracy charges arose from additional ATM heists in Wyoming and Colorado, in addition to the Idaho break-ins.

Federal prosecutors are also pursuing forfeiture proceedings for firearms connected to the crimes and their ill-gotten gains. All told, the pair netted $196,240, but only $85,301 had been recovered, court documents indicate.

The duo was arrested without incident on Jan. 12 in Orem, Utah. They pleaded guilty to single counts of aiding and abetting ATM theft in Wyoming and were each given 14-month prison terms before being transferred to Boise to answer to the Idaho charges.

If convicted of the Idaho charges, they face prison terms ranging from five years to life and maximum fines of $250,000, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Idaho.

The cases against Davenport and Annable were investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Idaho State Police, the Valley County Sheriff's Office and the McCall Police Department.

The modus operandi was the same in all the thefts, according to published media accounts.

A man dressed in dark clothes and a mask would approach an ATM in a pickup truck and cut the bolts off the machine's door. A chain attached to the truck would then be used to pull off the door and expose bins of cash.

Davenport, the Idaho Statesman reported, was linked to the string of thefts due to the distinctive after-market accessories on his truck.