A convicted burglar accused of stealing a Spokane man's gold and silver coin collection began this week after the suspect backed out of a scheduled plea hearing at the last minute. Gary D. McCabe, 45, is facing up to seven years in prison in connection…
Reports of a woman whistling from a parked car led to the arrest of a suspected car thief early today. Ronda Marie Tibbet, 40, appeared to be drunk or on drugs and "could only answer nonsensically" when sheriff's Deputy Daryl Rohde asked her about the…
Deputies say a Spokane woman caught driving with a suspended license picked the wrong friend to pick up the car: another woman with a suspended license. Dawn R. Kortness, 37, was stopped Monday in Rockford for driving a 1997 Ford with an alleged defective license…
A sex offender considered likely to reoffend has registered to live as a transient in Spokane County, officials announced today. Harold Edward Martin, 35, was convicted of raping a relative at knife point and attacking his woman counselor during sex offender therapy, according to previously…
Crime Stoppers received 795 tips and solved 33 cases in 2010, leading to more than $3,400 in rewards, the organization announced. Not all the money has been collected. Most of it resulted from the arrests of 29 fugitives, the resolution of four criminal cases and…
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