UPDATE: Marquis Johnson is in the Benton County Jail.A $600,000 felony arrest warrant has been issued for a Spokane man in connection with a shooting at Hoopfest last month. Spokane County prosecutors have filed assault charges against Marquis D. Johnson, 21 (right); and Rashjel G.…
A Spokane man is accused of raping a woman last weekend at an upscale downtown hotel. Benjamin F. Cooper, 25, was arrested early Saturday after the alleged victim said he attacked her in a room she’d rented with her boyfriend at the Davenport Hotel Tower.…
A suspected serial burglar who tried fleeing court in April is to be arraigned Wednesday on 20 felonies related to a six-month string of break ins in the Spokane area. Cole T. Monson, 36, described by law enforcement as the "nemesis" of property owners, is…
A testament to the popularity of Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich may be the level to which candidates for Spokane County prosecutor are seeking his support. The situation came to a head last week when incumbent Steve Tucker announced during a debate that he had…
A B.C. woman is due in federal court in Spokane today after being arrested at the United States border at Oroville last week with nearly $150,000 in unreported cash. Marina Cantarero-Cruz, 48, was driving a 2004 Acura when border agents discovered a secret compartment July…
Three Spokane heroin addicts will spend between three and seven years in federal prison after being charged with distributing the drug within 1,000 feet of a school. Richard J. Bordwell, 48; his girlfriend, 53-year-old Susan L. Goin and her 30-year-old son, Lonnie Roid Goin II,…
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A man with a mysterious bulge under his T-shirt was stopped, searched and detained at Mexico City's international airport after authorities found 18 tiny endangered monkeys in a girdle he was wearing. The Public Safety Department said in a statement Monday…
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