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Sirens & Gavels archive for Dec. 16, 2011

FRIDAY, DEC. 16, 2011

Ex-tribal jail deputy acquitted of rape

A former jail deputy on the Spokane Indian Reservation has been acquitted of accusations that he raped an inmate. A jury found Clifford Arlen Matherly not guilty of two rape charges Thursday in U.S. District Court in Spokane. Matherly was arrested in June after a…

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Colton Harris-Moore, left, also known as the "Barefoot Bandit," talks with his attorney, John Henry Browne, right, in Island County Superior Court, Friday, Dec. 16, 2011, in Coupeville, Wash. Harris-Moore pleaded guilty Friday to burglary and theft charges in the Barefoot Bandit case. The 20-year-old softly answered affirmatively when the judge asked if he understood his rights. He said guilty when the judge asked how he wanted to plead. ((AP Photo/Ted S. Warren))

Barefoot Bandit sentenced to 7+ years

Colton Harris-Moore, left, also known as the "Barefoot Bandit," talks with his attorney, John Henry Browne, right, in Island County Superior Court today in Coupeville, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) By GENE JOHNSON,Associated Press COUPEVILLE, Wash. (AP) — The youthful thief who rocketed to international…

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Suspect ID'd in ice cream shop robbery

A gunpoint robbery at a Spokane ice cream shop in the middle of winter has been solved nearly a year after the crime, prosecutors allege. Michael W. Robison, 24, was arraigned this week on a first-degree robbery charge for the Jan. 9 hold-up at Basin…

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Suspect wanted in repo officer assault 

Crime Stoppers is offering a reward for tips that lead to the arrest of a Spokane man accused of ramming a repossession officer's car in Spokane Valley last month. Cullen Joe Gibson-Snodgrass, 31, didn't show up for hearings in Spokane County Superiro Court for the…

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Man who evaded SWAT still wanted

A man who officials say escaped capture after trying to fire a gun at a Spokane police officer is wanted by Crime Stoppers. A reward is being offered for information that leads to the arrest of Chase J. Earl-West, 22, who was wanted on a…

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In this Feb. 11, 2010 file photo provided by the Islands' Sounder newspaper, chalk drawings of bare feet are shown on the floor of the Homegrown Market on Orcas Island, Wash., after the store was broken into overnight. The crime was blamed on Colton Harris-Moore, better known as the "Barefoot Bandit," who on Friday, Dec. 16, 2011 is expected to plead guilty to about 30 state felony charges arising from a two-year, cross-country crime spree in stolen planes, boats and cars. (AP Photo/Courtesy Islands' Sounder, Meredith Griffith, File) ((AP Photo/Courtesy Islands' Sounder, Meredith Griffith, File))

'Barefoot Bandit' to plead guilty today

In this Feb. 11, 2010 file photo provided by the Islands' Sounder newspaper, chalk drawings of bare feet are shown on the floor of the Homegrown Market on Orcas Island, Wash., after Colton Harris-Moore broke in overnight. (AP Photo/Courtesy Islands' Sounder, Meredith Griffith, File) By…

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This undated photo provided by the Clark Co. Sheriff's Office shows Steven D. Stanbary. Authorities said Monday that they have recovered the remains of three people from the debris of a southwestern Washington house fire that crews were unable to battle because of gunfire coming from the home. The Washougal police department said in a statement that the bodies of Stanbary, his wife, Leona Bolton-Stanbary, and her sister Mona Daugherty were recovered. Last week, investigators said they had found at least two bodies after the Dec. 5 blaze. Washougal police Capt. Ron Mitchell said the probe by local and federal investigators found that Bolton-Stanbary and Daugherty likely died of gunshot wounds prior to the house fire. Stanbary's cause of death has yet to be determined. (AP Photo/Clark Co. Sheriff's Office) ((AP Photo/Clark Co. Sheriff's Office))

Extremist in fire faced child rape charge

Investigators work the scene where a day earlier Steven Stanbary used a gun to hold off police and firefighters while a house burned to the ground in Washougal, Wash. on Dec. 8. (AP Photo/Zachary Kaufman, Pool) VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — A white supremacist with Idaho…

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