The roommate of a man found dead near Green Bluff remains in Spokane County Jail on a $25,000 bond after a court appearance Wednesday. The Spokane County Sheriff's Office issued a $250,000 warrant for Miguel A. Rodriguez Barbosa, 18, on a felony marijuana charge, but…
Surveillance photos of an attempted robbery at Walgreens in Hayden Tuesday evening show the would-be robber wore a billed beanie hat that appears to match the hat worn by a robber at the Post Falls Walgreens Sept. 30. The man walked out the Walgreens at…
The SUV used in an attempted ATM theft last week was stolen from the Hertz car rental company at Spokane International Airport, according to a search warrant. A Spokane County Sheriff's Deputy found the 2009 white Infiniti Q56 SUV on Oct. 21 near North Juanita…
The roommate of a man found dead near Green Bluff last week has been arrested on a felony drug charge. Miguel A. Rodriguez-Barbosa, 18, was booked into Spokane County Jail today about 3 p.m. on suspicion of possession of marijuana with intent to deliver. Detectives…
A 20-year-old woman accused of robbing a pharmacy of OxyContin pleaded innocent to the charge today. Ariel A. Arrieta is charged with first-degree robbery in connection with a pill heist at the Rite Aid at 5520 N. Division St. on Sept. 27. She appeared in…
Two Franklin County corrections officers are due in federal court in Spokane Wednesday for a bail hearing on drug charges. Kevin J. Still, 44, (left) and Sonya K. Symons, 31, (right) were arrested Thursday by members of the federal Drug Enforcement Agency and the Tri-City…
A Rathdrum woman was arrested Monday on suspicion of embezzling more than $450,000 from a Post Falls doctor’s office. Yolanda M. Williams, 36, is charged with grand theft and forgery for allegedly making fraudulent online transfers from the bank account of Post Falls Family Medicine…
Here's a report from Sara Leaming: Several motorists took advantage of an apparent computer malfunction at an Athol gas station Saturday, pumping more than 370 gallons of fuel for just a penny per gallon. An employee Cydco Food and Fuel, 29801 N. Highway 95, said…
Two Spokane policemen were honored by the City Council tonight for saving lives. Officer Tim Moses (left) saved a man who was threatening suicide on the Monroe Street Bridge last month, and Cpl. Robbie Dashiell (right) saved a man who'd been shot in an apparent…
The man found shot to death near Green Bluff last week had been involved in a large marijuana operation for several years and had just paid off an $85,000 debt to his supplier, authorities have learned. Jesus Torres Valdovinos, 25, reportedly gave his supplier the…
A man who helped trigger the passage of a law banning bestiality in Washington has once again been linked to sex with horses, this time in Tennessee. Sheriff's investigators said Tuesday that 58-year-old James Michael Tait (right) was having sex with horses on a Maury…
A suspicious camera sale brokered through Craigslist has led the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office to a cache of stolen police gear taken from one of its undercover vehicles more than five months ago. The case began taking shape after a Sandpoint woman called detectives in…
A Spokane teenager faces a a minimum of about 39 years in prison after a jury convicted him Friday of shooting at two men in a motel parking lot. Anthony R. Covert, 19, was found guilty of attempted murder, first-degree assault, two counts of second-degree…
Crime Stoppers is offering a reward for tips that solve two recent Coeur d'Alene church burglaries. Cash, keys, food, guitars and tools were stolen from the First Christian Church, 610 N. 4th St., and the St. Thomas Catholic Church, 919 E. Indiana Ave., between Wednesday…
A Spokane Valley man will spend 23 years in prison for helping run a meth ring that distributed more than 33 pounds of the drug, the U.S attorney's office for the Eastern District of Washington announced today. Daniel A. Flaherty, 36, also will be on…
An employee with Fairchild Air Force Base’s Survival Training Center is accused of raping a woman in an interrogation room. Michael W. Fassbender, 32, is in Spokane County Jail on $20,000 bail after appearing in Spokane County Superior Court via video Wednesday on one count…
It didn’t take long for police to identify two suspects in two recent high school locker rooms thefts. A couple of surveillance photos of the culprits did the trick. “We got flooded with tips, not only from law enforcement officers…but just from everywhere that it…
Detectives are looking for a love seat that was removed from a homicide victim's home before a search Tuesday, Sgt. Dave Reagan said today. Jesus J. Torres Valdovinos, 25, (left) was found dead and wrapped in two blankets near Green Bluff Sunday. The Spokane County…
Internet postings could hold clues to why an Iraq war veteran shot his wife to death before committing suicide, according to a search warrant filed today in Spokane County Superior Court. Chadwick and Jessica Olson, both 21, were found dead Aug. 29 at Chad Olson's…
A 57-year-old woman with at least 32 criminal convictions dating back to 1981 was sentenced to a year in prison and a year probation today for a low-level jewelry heist. Lawanda Hopkins-Sparks, who a prosecutor once told a judge has "more experience with misdemeanor citations…
A Stevens County man accused of killing his wife is undergoing mental evaluations at Eastern State Hospital. Craig R. Cosby, 68, called 911 Oct. 3 after killing his wife and was arrested in the front yard of his home in the 1200 block of Overlook…
Two Deer Park men have been identified as suspects in an OxyContin robbery that police linked to a 20-year-old woman. Jed L. Boles, 31, (left) and William E. Higgins, 21, (right) face charges of first-degree robbery for allegedly helping Ariel A. Arrieta rob the Rite…
The Jeep allegedly stolen by a double murder suspect and his girlfriend in Coeur d'Alene this month contained a coin depicting the famous outlaw duo Bonnie and Clyde. "It's just kind of weird," said Julie Forsythe, a single of mother of three now out a…
New orders from the U.S Justice Department to end federal prosecution of state-authorized medical marijuana patients and dispensaries will have no effect on cases in Eastern Washington, prosecutors said Monday. The policy memo issued today calls for an end to prosecution of medical marijuana patients…
An order order issued Wednesday by U.S Magistrate Cynthia Imbrogno stated Canadian cocaine suspect Michael B. Yuill's employer was being investigated "relevant to the pending charges." Not true, according to this document filed Friday. "The Government did not intent to assert that the Defendant's former…
Public safety news from the Inland Northwest and beyond.
| Dec. 2009 | Nov. 2009 | Oct. 2009 | Sept. 2009 |
| Aug. 2009 | July 2009 | June 2009 | May 2009 |
