LOS ANGELES (AP) — A jury has acquitted a man of killing Atlanta rapper Dolla during a shooting at an upscale Los Angeles mall. Jurors on Friday rejected prosecutors' contentions that the killing of Dolla, whose real name was Roderick Anthony Burton II (left), was…
A Wenatchee man will spend 20 years in federal prison for distributing photos of himself sexually abusing children.Russell D. Riker, 51, was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court in Spokane.The investigation began with an undercover New York detective who busted a child porn peddler from…
Four suspects were named recently in a February stabbing that police believe may have been retaliation for an earlier fight. Oscar T. Rodriguez, 24, was arrested Tuesday on eight assault and burglary charges connected to a Feb. 10 attack that left Michael P. Dennis with…
While the Bonner County coroner examines skeletal remains recently brought up from the bottom of Priest Lake, researchers and historians hope that clothing and a boat found nearby will provide clues to the victim’s identity.Authorities believe the remains, found near Eight Mile Island, are 50…
An ongoing investigation into OxyContin distribution in Spokane has led to at least four arrests and raids at several Valley apartments this month.Suspects Kevin D. Miles, 28, and Tashina A. Perkins, 26, are believed to be large distributors of the powerful pain medication.They were arrested…
Even the judge shed tears today as family members expressed the grief left behind after a Canadian woman was hit and killed by a drunken driver in downtown Spokane last November. The driver, 25-year-old Cameron B. Olsness (right), cried as he faced the family of…
A Spokane man accused of trying to run two men over with his car last fall left the state to attend his cousin's funeral in the Long Beach/ Compton area of California. But Cedric E. Burton, 23, wasn't allowed to leave the county, and he…
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