Spokane Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick on Wednesday praised Sgts. Jason Hartman and Eric Olsen for their decisions to reroute the Martin Luther King, Jr. parade after a sophisticated bomb was found along the original route. “We are trying to have a national conversation to learn…
A man who killed his cellmate at the Spokane County Jail in 2004 attacked his cellmate at Airway Heights Corrections Center after the man refused to bow before him and worship him as God, according to newly filed court documents. Convicted killer and assault suspect…
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Uniformed sheriffs, community activists and onetime gang members sporting facial tattoos were among a large crowd that assembled Wednesday to debate a legislative proposal aimed at restricting criminal gangs in Washington state. The bill — proposed by Attorney General Rob McKenna…
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…
The Spokane County Medical Examiner's Office identified the man killed in Sunday's police shooting as Kenneth R. Dennis after an autopsy Tuesday. He died of gunshot wounds, but the medical examiner would not release how many. Dennis, 26, became the fifth person killed by law…
Three men arrested during a raid on the Hermanos biker gang in Sandpoint last fall have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Montana. Hermanos road captain Steven Jay Beal (keft), member Dale Michael Champine (right), 41, and close associate Paul Leslie Spencer are…
A Post Falls man will spend at least two years in prison for breaking the leg of his fiancée’s child, according to the Kootenai County Prosecutor's Office. Michael Robert Edinger, 27, was charged after he and his fiancée, Rebecca L. Mullin, took Mullin’s 2-year-old son…
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Three people convicted for helping a man who gunned down four police officers in a Tacoma suburb have been sentenced to prison. Pierce County prosecutors alleged they provided medical aid, transportation and other assistance to Maurice Clemmons as he tried to…
Crime Stoppers is offering rewards for tips that help arrest three repeat offenders wanted for probation violations. Each suspect has a warrant out for escape from community custody. Move your curser of their photos for more information. Anyone with tips on their locations is asked…
Crime Stoppers is offering a reward for tips that solve a burglary in which two Spokane-area companies lost more than $5000 in copper wire and power tools. The crime is believed to have occurred between 4 a.m. and 5 a.m. Wednesday at an Avista Utilities…
A Spokane Valley police officer concerned about a month-old expired license and non-transferred car title ended up arresting a teenager on marijuana charges Thursday night, the police department announced today. Officer Nathan Bohanek identified Justin R. Bavuso, 18, as the owner of a Ford Crown…
A forged prescription intended to garner 90 Hydrocodone pills instead led to the arrest of a 20-year-old Spokane Valley man on Thursday. Employees at Walgreens, 2702 N. Argonne Road, suspected Robert G. Morey was handing them a forged prescription and called 911 after an employees…
Crime Stoppers is offering a reward for tips that identify a man and woman who,k between Dec. 1 and Dec. 3, used stolen credit card information to reload Visa gift cards purchased from Safeway at 1001 N. 4th St. in Coeur d'Alene. The thieves used…
MANKATO, Minn. (AP) — A Mankato man landed in jail after calling 911 and telling police a prostitute failed to deliver on his $200 payment. Authorities say the 26-year-old man called police from the Super 8 motel in Mankato Wednesday and told officers he agreed…
IRONWOOD, Mich. (AP) — Police in Michigan's remote western Upper Peninsula probably won't make a recent snake theft complaint a high priority. That's because the man reporting is pet stolen says it happened in November 2009. The Daily Globe says the Ironwood man filed the…
BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore police say a man dressed as a woman has been impersonating an officer and conducting traffic stops. The most recent bogus stop was on Sunday, when police say the man stopped a woman and made off with her driver's license. Police…
DETROIT (AP) — Bold bandits have made a pricey BMW headed for home the hottest item at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Police tell television stations WXYZ and WJBK that they are searching for a $140,000, gray-colored 7 Series BMW with New…
An observant postal inspector arrested two mail theft suspects this week after recognizing them from surveillance video. Tony L. Gust, 31, and Dustin C. Hoyle, 22, were arrested Tuesday after admitting to breaking into post office boxes at the Opportunity station and stealing mail, according…
A burglar stole a credit card reader and a small amount of cash from a Spokane Valley pizza shop overnight Tuesday. The owner of Buck's Pizza, 13221 E. 32nd Ave., told police the thief pried open a back door and an interior door to access…
Someone stole more than $5,000 worth of tools and copper wire from an Avista Utilities storage site in Spokane Valley early Wednesday. Employees at 2400 N. Dollar Road believe the thief or thieves cut a padlock from a gate and backed a vehicle into the…
A Canadian truck driver arrested with 300 pounds of marijuana bound for an Avista plant in Kettle Falls will spend a year in federal prison. Matthew G. Tutt, 32, was booked into Spokane County Jail after his plea hearing last week in U.S. District Court…
A Cheney man who distributed child pornography using his former co-worker's stolen identity is back in jail. John Alan Harmon, 57, was ordered held without bail this morning on federal allegations that he distributed child pornography last January and in October 2009. The sex offender…
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