The only suspect in the 1986 murder of a Spokane woman was arraigned today on murder charges, two weeks after being extradited from Montana. Gary L. Trimble, 62, pleaded not guilty to the Dec. 24, 1986, murder of Dorothy E. Burdette in Spokane County Superior…
One of the state's most notorious prisoners has returned to the Spokane County Jail. Michael L. West arrived in Spokane from the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla on Tuesday to face strangulation charges for an alleged attack on his cellmates at Airway Heights Corrections…
In what federal authorities are calling an act of "domestic terrorism," a bomb capable of killing multiple people was discovered along the route of Spokane's martin Luther King, Jr., parade on Monday. The device was found in a Swiss Army-brand backpack by Spokane city employees,…
A domestic violence suspect accused of trapping a Spokane police officer in a choke hold Sunday remains in jail after appearing in Superior Court Tuesday on assault charges. Andrew P. Perry, 27, allegedly attacked Officer Chris Bode after Bode responded about 2 a.m. to a…
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