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Sirens & Gavels archive for Dec. 7, 2011

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 7, 2011

Charge: Soldier took child porn to Kuwait

A soldier is accused of transporting child pornography from Spokane to Kuwait while on duty with the military. Jason D. Talbott, 33, pleaded not guilty today to four child pornography charges in U.S. District Court in Spokane. He was allowed to stay out of jail…

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Cop arraigned in road rage gun case 

A Portland police captain accused of brandishing a gun during a road rage incident on Interstate 90 in Post Falls acted arrogantly to state troopers as if he thought "I'm a cop and it's no big deal," according to a police report recently unsealed in…

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Autopsy: Mother of 5 was strangled

A mother of five found dead in her Deer Park home on Saturday was strangled, according to the Spokane County Medical Examiner’s Office. An autopsy concluded Chanin Starbuck, 42, was a victim of homicide, a medical examiner’s office employee said Tuesday. Read the rest of…

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Judge denies request to talk to jurors

A judge has denied a request by former Spokane police Officer Karl Thompson’s attorney’s to interview the jurors who convicted him last month of two felonies in connection with the 2006 death of Otto Zehm. U.S. District Judge Fred Van Sickle said in a 10-page…

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Spokane police ask anyone who's seen Nathan D. Moore's Toyota Forerunner in the area of the South Hill burglaries to call Crime Check at (509) 456-2233. (Spokane Police Department)

Suspect arrested in Manito burglaries

Police on Tuesday released this photo of burglary suspect Nathan D. Moore's Toyota 4Runner. Spokane police have arrested a suspect in a series of burglaries on the South Hill. Nathan Daniel Moore, 30, was ordered Tuesday to stay in jail on $20,000 bail for a…

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