MOYIE SPRINGS — A felony case for a registered sex offender out of Moyie Springs has been deemed inactive after a competency evaluation report found him unable to assist in his defense.  

The motion for an evaluation of Gary Shriver, 77, was made June 24 after his defense attorney, Donald Terry, shared concerns regarding Shriver’s mental health due to his age, as well as severe hearing difficulties, according to the motion.  

Six days after the motion was filed, an order for commitment was entered into the record, indicating that Shriver lacked fitness to proceed in the case.  

At the time of publishing, the proceedings are suspended until Shriver receives the proper treatment to be able to participate in the case again.  

Shriver was arrested June 11 after Boundary County Sheriff’s Office received information from the Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force of Shriver’s alleged actions of sexual enticement of a child.  

A further investigation was conducted by BCSO detective Brandon Blackmore, who was ultimately granted an arrest warrant for Shriver.    

He is being charged with 10 counts of sexual enticement of a child through the internet, for allegedly obtaining approximately 77 pornographic images of children, mostly female, between the ages of 3 and 10.   

Court documents indicate Shriver downloaded the images through the search engine DuckDuckGo, a software company that focuses on online privacy.   

The images were believed to have been downloaded between Dec. 28, 2025, and Jan. 14, 2026.   

Shriver was originally convicted Dec. 12, 1996, in Anchorage, Alaska, for the sexual abuse of a minor.   

According to the National Sex Offender Registry, Shriver has several aliases, including Ken Shrider and Ken Richards.