A once-prominent Spokane land developer has been charged with several felonies related to an alleged drug and stolen property ring investigators believe he ran from his Long Lake home. Joseph G. Ward, 62, is due in Spokane County Superior Court within the next two weeks…
RENO, Nev. (AP) — James Biela gave a short but emotional statement today to jurors who will decide whether he gets the death penalty for the murder of a college coed and the sexual assault of two others near the University of Nevada, Reno. "First…
A sex offender with a history of not registering with authorities is wanted on a felony warrant again. Eric P. Alger, 22, was convicted of indecent liberties in Spokane County in 2005. Crime Stoppers is offering a reward for tips that lead to his arrest…
A felon who escaped from a work release center is accused of a gunpoint carjacking and armed bank robbery Friday in Spokane. Brian E. Gorder, 32, already is well known to police. In 2007, he led officers and a "Cops" camera crew on a high-speed…
A 10-year-old Grant County boy is recovering at Spokane hospital after being shot in the head in a drive-by shooting. A bullet struck Malcolm Sanchez as he slept in his bed in a mobile home in the 8000 block of Road 10.5, three miles northwest…
A 24-year-old man was arrested Monday after Spokane Valley police say he tried fleeing them in a stolen Honda. Daniel Allen Wessels, of 19900 E. Maxwell in Greenacres, was spotted in the Honda after a resident in the 1100 block of South Herald reported to…
A wrestling match between two fishing buddies turned deadly this weekend in Grant County. The Auburn, Wash., men were drunk Sunday at Banks Lake, just off milepost 2 at state Route 155 near Coulee City, when one challenged the other to a wrestling match, officials…
A child rapist who recently served nine months in jail for violating his probation is now living as a transient in Spokane County. Donald A. Radecker, 39, served 140 months in prison after being convicted in 1995 of raping a 5-year-girl in Ferry County. He's…
The second murder trial for a former Spokane photographer accused of killing his wife in California more than 25 years ago has been postponed again. William G. Mordick, 64, is now scheduled to stand trial in September for the 1983 killing of his wife, Katherine…
Spokane police still are looking for two men who carjacked a Mitsubishi Lancer at gunpoint during a fight over loud music in a McDonald's drive-through early Monday. The men, described as large, white and bald, were waiting at the McDonald’s at 909 W. Indiana Ave.…
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