A man accused of attempted murder is due in court today after nearly three months on the run. Timothy "Stoney Boy" Lucious, 38, was booked into Spokane County Jail early Sunday morning in connection with a July 24 shooting in south Spokane that began with…
Search warrants are filed just about daily in Spokane County. Homes and cars are the most common targets, followed by cell phones, purses and backpacks. Sometimes there will be a search warrant to obtain a DNA swap from a suspect, but rarely do I see…
The attorney for accused double murderer Justin Crenshaw wants all statements Crenshaw made to detectives thrown out as evidence for his February trial, according to a motion to suppress filed this week. The legal question at hand: Were the statements from Crenshaw given during a…
A Spokane man accused of shooting two men to death over a car trade says the slayings were in self-defense. Merle W. Harvey, 27, shot Jack T. Lamere, 41, and Jacob J. Potter, 45, after “three guys surrounded my truck with guns,” Harvey told a…
An Iraq war veteran who robbed a pharmacy of OxyContin while undergoing drug abuse counseling will stay in jail for three more months. Terran D. Schatz, 24, was sentenced to six months in jail Friday after pleading guilty to second-degree robbery. He'll be credited with…
A huge marijuana bust this morning uncovered an international operation that shipped duffel bags of pot down the Kettle River, according to the Spokane Police Department.About 40 pounds of marijuana, $70,000 and a grow room were found at a home in Stevens County in an…
Two men accused of using a teenage girl to lure a robbery victim spent the money on a shopping spree at a Spokane mall, court papers allege. The purchases helped detectives build the felony case against Richard W. Hall and Ronald E. Davis, both of…
A teenager charged with second-degree murder for a fatal stabbing in January has a warrant out for his arrest after failing to show up for a court hearing. Christopher E. Hooper, 18, (left) and Michael L. Summa, 20, and Tylor T. Buttolph, 19, are accused…
A 67-year-old Plummer man was sentenced today to life in prison after a jury found him guilty of a violent rape. Gary Allen Srery, who has a criminal history dating back to the 1960s, must serve eight years of the sentence before he is eligible…
A Newport man whose intent to manufacture methamphetamine conviction was thrown out by the state supreme court because of procedural error was re-convicted Wednesday by a Spokane jury. Virgil Montgomery has already served his 51-month prison sentence imposed after he and a friend were arrested…
After a hitch getting the jury seated, a deputy prosecutor told the panel today why they should convict a 19-year-old Spokane man of attempted first-degree murder after he shot a man several times in a parking lot on Sunset Hill. Deputy Prosecutor Dale Nagy told…
Spokane police have arrested a 5-foot-tall woman in connection with a Sept. 27 pharmacy robbery and believe she may have been struck with a metal bar this week in a thwarted attempt at a different store. Ariel A. Arrieta, 20, appeared in Spokane County Superior…
After listening to descriptions of the years of pain he inflicted on his victims, Robert J. Robel stood to face the judge who would send him to prison for what could be the rest of his life. The former security supervisor for The Spokesman-Review, convicted…
WASHINGTON – If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Gonzaga University law professor Rosanna Peterson would become the first woman to serve on Eastern Washington’s U.S. District Court bench. President Barack Obama announced Peterson’s nomination Tuesday for the vacancy left after Judge Fred Van Sickle’s move…
A Canadian citizen arrested in Eastern Washington with more than 80 pounds of cocaine will remain in federal custody, a judge ruled today. Michael B. Yuill, 36, of Salmon Arm, B.C., has been in Spokane County Jail since his arrest on the Colville Indian Reservation…
Sometimes in my profession you'll read a story and your only real reaction is "Why couldn't I have written that?" Here is one such story from Associated Press writer Gene Johnson. (Read about a similar story out of Spokane here.) SEATTLE — Maxi Sopo was…
Spokane International Airport police suspected something was going on with the Canadian man they’d seen several times. In the last four months, he’d rented several SUVs and returned them after racking up unusually high mileage – some 3,000 miles apiece. Based on that tip, agents…
Three state appellate judges were asked Tuesday to reinstate a verdict in favor of a local doctor after five jurors in the original malpractice trial reportedly made derogatory comments about the Japanese heritage of one of the plaintiff’s attorneys. The case has attracted statewide attention…
Here's a news release by Sgt. Dave Reagan: "A pair of thieves struck West Valley and East Valley High schools last week, and school resource deputies hope someone can identify the crooks. On Oct. 2, the two females entered the girls’ locker room at East…
OxyContin addiction drove a young man to rob elderly women in grocery store parking lots to support his habit, court documents allege. Ryan X. Burgess, 21, was scheduled to plead innocent today to first-degree robbery, first-degree theft and two counts of second-degree robbery in connection…
A Canadian television network is working to unseal court documents in Eastern Washington federal court about the drug bust that led to a legendary young mountain biker's death in the Spokane County Jail. Lawyers for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation filed a motion last week asking…
Three pit bulls mauled a miniature horse before being shot to death in Elk, Wash., last week, the Pend Oreille County Sheriff's Office announced today. The melee led sheriff's deputies to a marijuana growing operation on the dog owner's property, according to a news release.…
Here's Tom Clouse's report: "Spokane officials announced today that Spokane Municipal Court will begin hearing cases on two Saturdays a month starting in December. The sessions, which will be held at 1:30 p.m. on the first and third Saturdays of the month, will allow residents…
A man accused of firing shots on a Spokane land developer's property near Long Lake will serve four months in jail. David K. “Ink” Sankey, 35, pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm today for a Dec. 5 incident at Joe Ward’s home at…
Jury selection began today in the trial of a teenager accused of shooting at two men in a motel parking lot late last year. Anthony R. Covert, 19, was arrested in November, accused of shooting Shane L. Hagedorn in a dispute police say centered on…
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