Coeur d’Alene police on Sunday arrested a woman whose 2-year-old twin daughters were found with dried feces caked all over their bodies. Elizabeth C. Crossley, 26, was charged with two counts of felony injury to a child. A warrant also was issued Monday for the…
A Canadian man arrested who tried to smuggle $520,000 into the United States will spend a year in federal prison. Richard Paul Neumeyer, 66, of Kelowna, B.C., was sentenced last week to 12 months in prison and three years probation. He also forfeited the cash…
Police are trying to identify two beer thieves who assaulted a clerk outside a convenience sore last month.The man and woman stole beer from 7-Eleven, 323 W. Indiana Ave., about 4:05 a.m. on Nov. 14, Spokane police said today.The man assaulted a clerk outside the…
Armed robberies were reported at Spokane Valley two convenience stores Saturday and today, but police don't yet suspect a serial robber. "Armed robberies always go up over the holidays. It's an annual thing," said Sgt. Dave Reagan, spokesman for the Spokane County Sheriff's Office. "I…
Human remains found in Stevens County two years ago belong to a Spokane Valley woman missing since 1994, sheriff's officials recently confirmed.A death certificate for Kay L. Melius was issued Nov. 22 after the University of North Texas confirmed remains found in 2008 belonged to…
Laurie Partridge’s disappearance not only stumped detectives, it pushed her parents apart and prompted her family to move far from Spokane County.“It determined the whole way my family lived,” said Partridge’s sister, Taryn Chambers, who lives in Florida.Their parents reunited and remarried more than a…
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