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Sirens & Gavels archive for Aug. 13, 2010

FRIDAY, AUG. 13, 2010


Fugitive was drug mule for racist group

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona fugitive's accomplice was acting as a drug mule for a white supremacy group and agreed to become a police informant weeks before she helped him escape from prison, authorities said today. Casslyn Welch, and her fiance and cousin John…

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Edgar, Cyndi Steele allowed to meet at jail 

The alleged victim in a North Idaho murder-for-hire plot will be allowed to visit the man suspected of hiring someone to kill her.Cyndi Steele is allowed to meet with Edgar J. Steele once at the Spokane County Jail to discuss "their common property and interests,…

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Valley synagogue vandalized with swastika

A swastika was painted on a sign outside a Spokane Valley synagogue last weekend. The congregational leader at the Kehilat HaMashiach, David D'Auria, discovered the swastika painted in red on a white sign Sunday morning outside the building at 13506 E. Broadway Ave. The vandal,…

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Arizona prison escapee could be 'anywhere'

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The trail has gone cold in the search for an escaped Arizona inmate and his suspected accomplice, with baffled federal authorities saying they have no idea where the couple is and warning travelers stopping at campgrounds and truck stops to be…

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