When defense attorney Chris Bugbee (right) addressed a room full of Republicans in June, he told them that he not only intends to defeat incumbent Spokane County Prosecutor Steve Tucker (left), Bugbee said he intends to retire from the office. The bold prediction not only…
The man who fatally shot his ex-fiancée and her 9-year-old son in Spokane Valley this week had been suicidal in the past and owned several guns, new court documents say. Jan R. DeMeerleer’s brother-in-law, John F. Schweitzer, told police DeMeerleer (pictured) “is bipolar and you…
After Colton Harris-Moore's brief appearance in U.S. District Court in Seattle Thursday, his prominent Seattle defense lawyer had a message for the teen's apparent admirers. "For any of the kids out there that think this is fun, it is not," John Henry Browne told news…
Crime Stoppers is offering a reward for tips that help capture a convicted child rapist who has failed to register with authorities as required. Ryan A. Borland, 27, was convicted of third-degree child rape in Asotin County in 2007 and is a level 1 sex…
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Police say 12 cows being driven to the slaughterhouse made a break for freedom when the truck that was transporting them overturned in west Michigan. Police say the bovine escapees hoofed it over highway guardrails, forced traffic detours and caused…
New evidence shows one man is responsible for three sexual assaults in Spokane Valley in December 2008 and September 2009, police announced Thursday. The man is suspected of fondling women in unlocked homes in the North Pines Road and East Mansfield Avenue area on Dec.…
A former lawyer for the Aryan Nations jailed in an alleged murder-for-hire plot is to appear in federal court in Coeur d’Alene next week on three additional charges related to jailhouse phone calls and explosives discovered after his arrest. The new charges against Edgar J.…
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