Spokane police are looking for tips on a serial robber suspected of targeting Hillyard convenience stores. The latest holdup occurred Friday when police say a man with a handgun stole money from the Qwik Stop, 3021 E. Wellesley Ave., about 12:45 a.m. after pulling a…
The sagging local economy has flooded local courts with people in financial trouble who can’t pay for what could help them most: an attorney to guide them. Only a few local programs exist to help people who need lawyers, a need that has far outstripped…
Spokane drug detectives are investigating two marijuana grow operations found after a gunman was killed in a shootout with police on Friday. The Spokane County Medical Examiner's Office is conducting an autopsy right now on the gunman, who was killed after witnesses said he fired…
A man on probation for drug offenses remains in jail after being accused of a beer robbery at 7-Eleven. Shane A. Lemmons, 26, was found hiding under a trailer after he fled from the car at Ninth Avenue and Ivory Street, about a mile from…
A gunman suspecting of shooting at a home was shot and killed by Spokane police officers Friday after abandoning his truck outside a busy restaurant and firing at officers, witnesses said. The man, whose name has not been released, died on the lawn in front…
Two Spokane County sheriff’s employees have been honored for saving the life of a suicidal man after he was shot by officers. Deputy Walter Loucks and Sgt. Dale Golman rushed to Michael E. Young after he was shot Dec. 27 and kept him breathing while…
Law enforcement in Spokane County are investigating the fourth stabbing in two weeks.None appear to be connected, and suspects have been arrested in three.The most recent stabbing occurred about midnight Thursday after three men left a party and were walking near Standard Street and Cozza…
Spokane police are asking for help finding a woman who has not contacted her family since Sept. 20. Heather L. Higgins, 39, was last seen in downtown Spokane. Family members have posted flyers at area businesses asking for help finding her, but she remains missing.…
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Police say a 25-year-old Connecticut man who was shot twice after buying a sandwich at a New Haven deli went home and ate his lunch before going to the hospital.Miguel Soto said he was leaving the deli Tuesday when he…
UNIONTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Police say a new father faces drug charges because he lit up a marijuana joint, instead of a cigar, to celebrate his child's birth at a western Pennsylvania hospital.Police aren't identifying the man found smoking the pot in a designated smoking…
Cuts at Washington state prisons will eliminate about 45 jobs at Airway Heights Corrections Center and could cancel a rehabilitative program designed to prepare inmates for reentry to society.“It’s going to have very real impacts,” said Department of Corrections Secretary Eldon Vail. “It’s just a…
This mug shot appeared on The Oregonian's website today. It's Mark David Siebenmorgen, a 46-year-old man arraigned on several charges for an alleged crime spree in the Portland area last month. He was arrested last month after an employee at Safeway reported "unsettling" comments made…
LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) — Police say it didn't take them long to locate an Idaho man suspected in the robbery of a Cedars Inn — he was found next-door at The Alibi bar.Lewiston police say 40-year-old Donald Mosley Jr. was arrested less than 15 minutes…
Crime Stoppers is offering a reward for tips on the location of a Spokane woman arrested for a marijuana grow during a burglary investigation. Detectives found marijuana plants at Allison E. Hubbard's home at 106045 E. 6th last summer after a busted burglar, Jonothon A.…
The Washington Supreme Court, in a three-way opinion, has upheld the conviction of a man who tried to have sex with a 13-year-old girl he’d met online who really was a Spokane police detective. All justices agreed with the ruling that upheld the attempted second-degree…
Two Spokane County deputies received injuries Tuesday in a dispute that led to the arrest of a 44-year-old Spokane Valley man. Steven W. Prater was arrested at 13924 E. Mallon Ave., in Spokane Valley, where two deputies responded to a domestic violence call about 8:07…
A 20-year-old man charged in connection with an explosion that killed a man last weekend dumped bomb-making materials in a rural area in North Idaho, the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office announced Wednesday. Christapher A. Harris was released from jail on his own recognizance Monday as…
A federal grand jury has indicted a notorious ex-teen fugitive for the theft of a small plane in Bonners Ferry last fall.Colton Harris-Moore, 19, faces five charges in U.S. District Court in Seattle for an alleged crime spree that began after he escaped from a…
(AP) — Jury selection is under way this week in Spokane for the third aggravated murder trial of a man accused of shooting five men in 1987 at a Pasco auto body shop.The trial of Vicente Ruiz was moved from Pasco to Spokane because of…
A Spokane woman accused of kidnapping her girlfriend at knife point last weekend remains in jail on $10,000 bond.Emily J. Lystad, 25, was arrested Saturday after her girlfriend, Serena King, told police Lystad assaulted her at Irv's bar, 415 W. Sprague Ave., and drove her…
An accomplice to the murder of a state witness in 2008 has been sentenced to just over two years in prison.Carl A. Hoskins, 58, will receive credit for time served in jail, where he was incarcerated from May 2008 until August 2009, when prosecutors allowed…
Two Spokane men who used the names of dead people to create driver's licenses and pass bad checks are headed to federal prison. Alphonso Guster, 46, and Vladimir A. Bibas, 25, were arrested in December after passing checks at Walmart in Moscow, Idaho. The men…
A teenager accused of bringing bombs to a party that then exploded, killing a 28-year-old man, left jail Monday night.Judge Michael Price allowed Christapher A. Harris, 19, to leave jail on his own recognizance after appearing in Superior Court on a felony bomb charge. Cody…
A Spokane man accused of threatening to kill U.S. Senator Patty Murray will remain in jail without bail, a judge ruled Monday. John Jay Sieler, 50, is diagnosed with schizophrenia and bipolarity and was involuntarily committed to a psychiatric ward before he drove by a…
Facing the muzzle of a gun, a Spokane County sheriff’s deputy said he had one immediate thought: death. Ryan Walter squeezed off eight rounds at the gunman, Donald J. Lafavor. His partner, Deputy Rustin Olson, fired three. Lafavor survived the gunshot wounds and faces two…
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