Staff and wire reports

Michael Fortier, the 37-year-old Lewiston native convicted in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, could be freed from prison Friday.

Fortier has been serving a 12-year federal prison sentence for knowing about the bomb plot and not telling authorities.

He is scheduled to be released from federal prison on Friday, according to The Associated Press, who cited bombing survivors as their sources.

The Federal Bureau of Prisons has notified relatives of several bombing victims that Fortier still must serve three years of supervised release.

Fortier was born in Lewiston and then lived in Greene before moving away with his family as a young boy. At the time of the bombing, he listed an address in Kingman, Ariz.

A birth record filed with the Lewiston City Clerk’s Office shows Fortier was born Dec. 15, 1968, at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center. His parents, Paul G. Fortier and Irene Bergeron-Fortier, were living on Winter Street at the time.

According to court records, Fortier spent time with Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols, former Army buddies.

Prosecutors said Fortier was aware that McVeigh and Nichols roamed through several states obtaining ingredients to carry out the April 19, 1995, bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building.

The blast killed 168 people and injured more than 500 others. It was the worst act of terrorism on United States soil before the 2001 attacks in New York and Washington.

McVeigh was convicted of murder, conspiracy and weapons counts. He has since been executed.

Nichols was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and conspiracy and sentenced to life in prison.