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Sirens & Gavels archive for Oct. 12, 2010

TUESDAY, OCT. 12, 2010

New surveillance photos show a suspect in an Oct. 5 entering a convenience store in a wheelchair prior to the incident, which injured a teenager in both legs.
Police do not believe the man needs the wheelchair and described him as a Hispanic man in his late teens or 20s. Photos released today from the Tesora, 091 E. Sharp Ave., at show him wearing a dark sweatshirt and being pushed by a man wearing baggy pants and a gray sweatshirt.
After the men left the store, police believe the man in the wheelchair shot a 19-year-old Spokane man in both legs during an argument involving four men at Sharp Avenue and Hamilton Street about 12:30 a.m. The gunman fled before police arrived. Police released surveillance photos today in hopes of generating more tips.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Check at (509) 456-2233. (Spokane Police Department)

Cops: Pics show gunman in wheelchair

New surveillance photos show a suspect in an Oct. 5 shooting entering a convenience store in a wheelchair prior to the incident, which injured a teenager in both legs. Spokane police do not believe the man needs the wheelchair and described him as a Hispanic…

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Crime author Ann Rule to visit Spokane

True-crime author Ann Rule will introduce her new book Saturday at Auntie's Bookstore in downtown Spokane. "In the Still of the Night: The Strange Death of Ronda Reynolds" chronicles the unsolved case of a Spokane native and Washington State Patrol trooper who died of a…

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Dennis Miller holds his crowbar, which a thief used in August to break into some of the wooden coin boxes, like the one at left, in Miller’s South Hill basement.  (Jesse Tinsley)

Spokane burglar stole more than gold

Dennis Miller had been collecting gold and silver coins since 1950, but this summer he began selling some to help finance a move to a retirement home. Then Miller and his wife, Bette, returned home two months ago to find their basement ransacked and the…

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Investigators seized these vests from suspected members of the criminal motorcycle gang the Hermanos in Sandpoint. (Bonner County Sheriff's Office)

Biker gang arrested in Idaho drug probe

A yearlong drug investigation in Bonner County has led to the arrests of members of a local motorcycle gang and could result in the seizure of a houseboat and closure of a restaurant near Sandpoint’s landmark Long Bridge. More than 20 people, including five members…

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