A judge has sealed search warrants regarding a possible person of interest in the murder of a Deer Park mother of five. Warrants filed this week in Spokane County Superior Court are sealed for at least 30 days because of what prosecutors, detectives and Judge…
Prosecutor Steve Tucker said Tuesday that he sees nothing in a petition to recall him except “rumors and hearsay, and ‘facts’ that are not true.” The petition for a recall election was organized by Shannon Sullivan, who led the successful recall drive against Spokane Mayor…
A UPS driver and two watchful residents helped police identify two suspects in a burglary this week. The driver and a neighbor in the 12500 block of South Madison Road on Monday spotted two men at a home acting suspicious. The men drove away in…
This is a screen shot of a video vehicle prowling suspect Nathan Calvert posted on his Facebook page. View the video here. Spokane Valley police say a video posted by a car prowling suspect on his Facebook page that features suspected stolen loot will be…
Spokane County sheriff's detectives are asking for help identifying a woman pictured in these store surveillance photos. Police believe the same woman on Nov. 21 used a passport stolen in a vehicle prowling to pawn two rifles stolen in a burglary on Nov. 20. Anyone…
A woman who lives as a man and grows a beard as a symbol of her activism for human rights is back in jail after being wanted on a felony warrant since February. Paula K. Reynolds-Eblacas, 45, alias Joseph Muhammad, was ordered to stay in…
The trial began Tuesday of a Spokane man who pleaded guilty to a Hillyard slaying in 2007 but was allowed to withdraw the plea after a mistake was made on his sentencing paperwork. Michael D. Coombes, 31, faces a charge of first-degree murder in connection…
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