A Tri-Cities man was sentenced to 60 days in jail on Monday in a plea deal that dropped 11 felonies that could have sent him to prison for life.Nicholas W. J. Birden, 19, had been charged with 10 counts of drive-by shooting and attempted first-degree…
A Ferry County man who was drunk during a highway crash last fall was not responsible for the death of the other driver, a jury recently decided.John H. Clifford was acquitted of vehicular homicide but convicted of drunken driving for an Oct. 2 crash on…
A reputed Spokane gang member facing life in prison for a shooting last summer faces four additional counts of attempted first-degree murder after turning down a plea deal. Timothy L. "Stoney Boy" Lucious, 39, faces a life sentence under Washington's three-strikes law. He's been in…
A woman accused of kidnapping her sons from her ex-husband 12 years ago is expected back in Spokane this week to face a felony charge after fighting extradition from Pennsylvania. Jill D. Haugen, who also is known as Jill Connington, has been in a Pennsylvania…
The man who shot his wife's ex-husband before killing himself had been sued for a shooting incident in 2005. Chad L. Moore, 35, (left) was serving as his own lawyer in a lawsuit filed by 70-year-old Orville Robert Boyd, who accused him of negligence and…
An attorney for the Spokane Valley bar owner accused of killing a bicyclist in a hit and run crash calls the incident "a tragic accident and not a crime." Carl Oreskovich appeared with his client, Scott C. Reckord, in Spokane County Superior Court today. Reckord…
Two child rapists classified as sex offenders most likely to re-offend are living as transients in Spokane County, the Sheriff's Office announced today. Jeffrey R. Evans, 22, (left) was convicted of second-degree child rape in 2001 for an attack on a 12-year-old female family friend.…
Employees found $26,000 in the bra of an accused thief booked into Spokane County Jail on Friday. Lukeisha A. Harris, 24, the only suspect in an accused three-person fraud team who's been able to post bail, stashed the cash with several bank receipts, according to…