Mike Ormsby can blame his godfather if the U.S. Senate confirms him as the next U.S. attorney for Eastern Washington. At age 11, Ormsby got worked up over something he viewed as unfair. He then spoke to his godfather, the late Mike Hemovich, about his…
A Tri-Cities man was sentenced to 60 days in jail on Monday in a plea deal that dropped 11 felonies that could have sent him to prison for life.Nicholas W. J. Birden, 19, had been charged with 10 counts of drive-by shooting and attempted first-degree…
A Ferry County man who was drunk during a highway crash last fall was not responsible for the death of the other driver, a jury recently decided.John H. Clifford was acquitted of vehicular homicide but convicted of drunken driving for an Oct. 2 crash on…
A reputed Spokane gang member facing life in prison for a shooting last summer faces four additional counts of attempted first-degree murder after turning down a plea deal. Timothy L. "Stoney Boy" Lucious, 39, faces a life sentence under Washington's three-strikes law. He's been in…
A woman accused of kidnapping her sons from her ex-husband 12 years ago is expected back in Spokane this week to face a felony charge after fighting extradition from Pennsylvania. Jill D. Haugen, who also is known as Jill Connington, has been in a Pennsylvania…
The man who shot his wife's ex-husband before killing himself had been sued for a shooting incident in 2005. Chad L. Moore, 35, (left) was serving as his own lawyer in a lawsuit filed by 70-year-old Orville Robert Boyd, who accused him of negligence and…
An attorney for the Spokane Valley bar owner accused of killing a bicyclist in a hit and run crash calls the incident "a tragic accident and not a crime." Carl Oreskovich appeared with his client, Scott C. Reckord, in Spokane County Superior Court today. Reckord…
Two child rapists classified as sex offenders most likely to re-offend are living as transients in Spokane County, the Sheriff's Office announced today. Jeffrey R. Evans, 22, (left) was convicted of second-degree child rape in 2001 for an attack on a 12-year-old female family friend.…
Employees found $26,000 in the bra of an accused thief booked into Spokane County Jail on Friday. Lukeisha A. Harris, 24, the only suspect in an accused three-person fraud team who's been able to post bail, stashed the cash with several bank receipts, according to…
A man with more than 50 criminal convictions who 12 years ago escaped from police headquarters, then mailed back his handcuffs, was denied a furlough from jail Friday to deal with the recent death of his mother. Fred W. Nolan, Jr., requested a leave from…
An estranged Spokane couple shut down U.S Highway 95 near Athol today after police say the man held the woman hostage at knife point. Damien L. Bunch, 27, (right) was arrested after police investigating a crash about 7:15 a.m. found him holding Deanna Lafrombois, 29,…
A man who once said he stole as "to make ends meet" was arrested Friday after sheriff’s deputies said he returned to the scene of a burglary. Dustin L. Lang, 29, threatened a witness with a knife after being confronted about breaking into a garage…
A bald eagle was shot to death near Long Lake last weekend, and the Humane Society of the United States is offering a reward of up to $2,500 for tips that lead to the killer's conviction. The bird was found on the south bank of…
A Spokane Valley man was awakened this morning by home-invasion robbers who hit him over the head and broke his finger before stealing prescription medications and other valuables. The robbers - one who was armed with a knife - remain at large, according to the…
A federal judge ruled this morning that the city of Spokane will not be on the hook if a civil suit proceeds against former Spokane Police Officer James “Jay” Olsen, who shot Shonto Pete in the head during a drunken chase in February 2007. Federal…
Although a jury last month rejected Kenneth Putnam’s sex abuse allegations against Morning Star Boys’ Ranch, the Catholic Diocese of Spokane had already paid Putnam a settlement worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.The award to Putman is among 10 such settlements totaling more than $3…
Spokane County officials say they don’t want to acquire the Pine Lodge Corrections Center at Medical Lake, and it should remain a state prison for women. State officials are considering closing the prison to save money, and have asked whether local governments want it. County…
OLYMPIA — Convicted cop-killer Lonnie Link does not warrant a lighter sentence for shooting Spokane Police Officer Brian Orchard in 1983, even though he helped federal prosecutors bring down more than two dozen members of a criminal motorcycle gang after he went to prison, a…
A metal bar sharpened into a dagger was found in an inmate's cell at Geiger Corrections Center this week.Alan M. Lloyd, 32, is accused of making the weapon out of a metal bar inside his brace, according to court documents. Guards found the item during…
Police have identified a person of interest in the New Year's Day rape of a teen girl near the Northtown Mall. Detectives obtained a DNA swab from the 21-year-old Spokane man Monday, according to a search warrant filed in Spokane County District Court. The man…
(AP) A Moscow man whose lawyer blamed caffeine-induced psychosis for alleged hit-and-run crashes at Washington State University in December has been released from a hospital and will face trial. Dan Noble, 31, (left) has been declared fit to stand trial by doctors at Eastern State…
Two men described as "hiding behind the medical marijuana law" were arrested today during a raid at a home in north Spokane. Robert P. Thompson, 24, and Eric G. Franklin, 31, had four forged medical marijuana provider forms posted near 105 marijuana plants when detectives…
David Squires had been riding his bike for years. He didn’t drive, and his 18-speed bicycle was the longtime electrician’s way of getting around Spokane. Squires, 56, (pictured with his wife, Christy, in the beginning of their 19-year relationship) was riding that bike when he…
When Ryan William Taylor showed up at a Hayden apartment Tuesday afternoon, he was there to confront the husband of his ex-wife – a man he believed had been abusing her. But Taylor, 28, (pictured above with his daughters) never left the property alive. The…
When federal agents arrived at the Truth Ministries homeless shelter last week, Director Marty McKinney was surprised to learn of a guest wanted on a $3 million rape warrant out of California. Imagine how he felt the next day when the suspect, a convicted felon…
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