An elderly man found dead in Lake Coeur d'Alene this morning led police on a wild chase in 2008 that was featured on the cable television show "Most Daring: Senior Smackdown." A couple walking their dog spotted the body of Ira L. Loudenback about 8:15…
A Spokane jury today convicted a 22-year-old man of raping a woman more than a year ago. Brandon S. Coristine cried, sighed and buried his head in his hands after Judge Michael Price read the verdict this afternoon in Spokane County Superior Court. The jury…
Another man has been accused of a shooting that left a teenager wounded and began a crime spree that included shots fired at a Spokane police officer. Greg Sharkey, Jr., 25, (left) is due in Spokane County Superior Court today on 10 counts of first-degree…
OLYMPIA (AP) — An autopsy determined that a man found dead Friday outside a Tumwater residence suffocated on tissue paper stuffed in his mouth.He's identified as 55-year-old Gerald F. Haag of Seattle.Thurston County sheriff's deputies arrested a 49-year-old man for investigation of murder.The sheriff's office…
Jury selection is set to begin today for the second trial of a convicted sex offender accused of raping prostitutes. Pierre D. West, 49, was convicted of two counts of second-degree rape, three counts of unlawful imprisonment, three counts of felony harassment and two counts…
Police have seized guns and drugs as part of their probe into the city’s first homicide this year, a suspected gang-related shooting early Sunday in a north Spokane alley. Multiple shots were fired after fighting partygoers spilled from an apartment at 5403 N. Crestline St.…
A man first charged with attempted murder for a July shooting will be released from jail soon after pleading guilty to a lesser charge. Michael R. "Mikey Mike" Gardner, 23, tried to break up a fight July 24 between two groups of women, which led…
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