A suspected gas thief tipped off police by discarding her mail in the station trashcan and leaving her identification card with an employee. Spokane Valley police tracked Lacey Nicole Trottier, 21, to her apartment in the 1800 block of North Hutchinson Road by checking the…
A Spokane woman picked up a suspicious device and transported it across town before contacting authorities Sunday. Police say the woman located the device in the area of 2800 E. Diamond Ave., then transported it to an apartment at 1405 N. Lincoln St . A…
A Seattle man visiting relatives in Spokane has been arrested for child rape. James E. Norby, 67, is accused of sexually assaulting two young girls while visiting family in north Spokane County. He was booked into jail Monday on charges of first-degree child rape and…
A longtime felon who has filed at least 15 lawsuits against various government entities is in jail on federal arson and wire fraud charges. Anthony W. Sotin, 42 is accused of starting a fire in a vacant building on Nora Avenue and setting a car…
Five tattoo guns were stolen from a Spokane Valley shop last Friday. The owner of Feel Good Tattoo, 12 N. Skipworth Road, said he slept through a 4 a.m. call from his alarm company but awoke at 9 .am. and had an employee check the…
Police are asking the public’s help to identify the thief or thieves who struck a Spokane Valley business last Wednesday night or Thursday morning. The owner of Clark’s Concrete told Officer Glen Hinckley that someone cut a hole through the south security fence, which is…
An unpaid bar tab led to a woman's arrest on identity theft charges in Spokane Valley late Saturday. A man and woman left the Corner Club Bar, 2208 N. Park Road, with a $117 bar tab after their debit card was declined but said they…
An additional '1' on an OxyContin prescription didn't earn a Deer Park woman the pill haul police say she wanted. An employee at Medicine Shop Pharmacy in Deer Park called police Friday after Bowman attempted to fill a prescription for 160 Oxycontin pills. The prescribing…
A police cadet from Germany recently spent four weeks training with the Spokane Police Department. Jens Muth spent time with various units, including the SWAT team, drug unit and gang unit. Muth rode with officers during each patrol shift and also trained with the K-9…
A Canadian gangster who authorities say is responsible for major drug distributions in Eastern Washington faces eight years in prison under a plea agreement signed recently in Spokane. Joseph P. Curry, an associate of imprisoned B.C. drug lord Clay Roueche, pleaded guilty Thursday to importation…
The family of two boys who were rescued by a Spokane County sheriff's helicopter crew last month will be thanking the crew at a special ceremony this evening. Volunteer pilot Dave Valenti and Deputies Chad Ruff and Brandon Armstrong will be recognized at the North…
An Idaho State Police report confirms that Cpl. Dan Howard fired the shots that killed one person and injured another after two Montana fugitives rammed his patrol car on Feb. 7. Mark Marion Maykopet, 24, of Butte, was treated at Kootenai Medical Center then jailed…
SEATTLE (AP) — One of the nation's most prolific killers pleaded guilty Friday to killing a 49th person. Gary Ridgway already is serving 48 life terms at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla. He entered his plea on a murder charge at the King…
Employees from the Spokane County Sheriff's Office and the Spokane Police Department will compete in a basketball game for charity tonight. The game begins at 7 p.m. at the Hub Sports Center, 19619 E. Cataldo Ave. The location is east of Barker Road behind Freedom…
U.S. border patrol agents seized 71 pounds of cocaine near the Canadian border in Eastern Washington this week. Jonathan Darren Smith, 39, is being held without bail at the Spokane County Jail after agents near the Laurier border crossing spotted him on the east side…
A Spokane Valley man is in jail after animal control officers say they found his dog whimpering in pain from months of abuse. Jeffrey S. Brown, 40, faces a first-degree animal cruelty charge after neighbors called the Spokane County Regional Animal Protection Service and said…
A registered sex offender is accused of receiving child pornography over the Internet. Andrew Vaughn Davis, 34, was arrested Thursday in Deer Park after a federal grand jury indicted him on charges of receipt of child pornography and possession of child pornography. The charges carry…
Spokane police arrested four people today on suspicion of selling heroin across the street from an elementary school. Drug detectives had used a confidential informant to conduct undercover purchases at the apartment, located in the upstairs of a home at 1723 E. Mission Ave., before…
A Spokane Valley man was cleared Thursday of charges that he assaulted the sheriff’s deputies who shot him in 2009, leaving him paralyzed below the chest. David J. Glidden, 28, broke into tears as the Spokane County Superior Court jury read the verdict of “not…
A North Idaho lawyer accused of hiring a hit man to kill his wife was involved with another woman who received a letter from him after his arrest, federal prosecutors allege. Edgar J. Steele, 65, wanted his wife murdered because he “had been establishing a…
A child rape suspect pulled from his burning Chattaroy home this week remains jailed on $250,000 bail after his first court appearance Thursday. David Wayne Jewell, 40, faces first-degree child molestation and first-degree arson charges after he allegedly tries to torch his home at 34124…
A Deer Park grocery store manager was arrested on suspicion of theft Thursday. Renee K. Olson, 47, is accused of stealing more than $1,600 from Yoke's, 810 S. Main St., by making fraudulent cash refunds when no customers were present. She's due in Superior Court…
A violent home-invasion robbery in Spokane Valley last month targeted a former sheriff's deputy with a history of DUI crashes. James L. Crabtree, 49, was struck in the head with a claw hammer early Jan. 21 by a man who demanded "dope and money," according…
A Spokane County jury will now decide whether Cole K. Strandberg should face the prospect of life imprisonment or indefinite commitment to a mental institution after a judge concluded he was sane in 2008 when he shot a woman with a crossbow. Superior Court Judge…
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The adoptive siblings of a 7-year-old boy who died of starvation in the care of his adoptive mother can't sue for wrongful death, the Washington State Supreme Court ruled today. The estate of Tyler DeLeon (pictured) had filed wrongful death claims…
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