KENT, Wash. (AP) — Police say a suspect in a fatal Halloween shooting in Kent has an extensive criminal history. The 20-year-old Auburn man was caught Tuesday night after detectives got a tip, followed a car and chased down a passenger who tried to run…
Spokane Valley police arrested a trio of commercial burglars early today after officers caught them stealing items from a construction shed. A neighbor called police shortly after midnight and reported a suspicious pickup truck parked in the 4900 block of East Sixth. Officers found three…
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Vicente Ruiz was convicted today of the 1987 slayings of five men and the wounding of a sixth in a Pasco garage in what a prosecutor called "the most heinous" crime in the history of Franklin County. A Spokane County Superior…
Spokane police are looking for help identifying two men who stole from a Christian school's thrift shop. Surveillance video shows the men remove the rug, which is worth more than $750, from a wall of the Northwest Christian Thrift Shop, 6607 N. Maple St., last…
Two brothers were arrested on suspicion of vehicle prowling today in north Spokane after police matched their shoes to snow footprints left near an abandoned stolen vehicle. Jesse J. Luna, 26,(left) and Gregory R. Luna, 21, (right) are believed to have eluded police in a…
A theft suspect accidentally caught by police after fleeing a downtown Spokane clothing store remains in jail on $25,000 bond and a probation hold. Gavin D. Wolf, 24, (pictured in 2008) appeared in Superior Court Tuesday on a second-degree robbery charge. A passing patrol car…
BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts woman has been sentenced to more than four years in prison after admitting that she and her husband intentionally ate glass particles, then submitted false insurance claims. Mary Evano was also ordered Tuesday to pay more than $340,000 in restitution.…
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) — A daughter is found dismembered. Her mother is shot dead trying to bring the killer to justice. Two days later, a brother-in-law's body is dumped on the street after his lumber business is torched. No one is under arrest for…
Public safety news from the Inland Northwest and beyond.
