A registered sex offender is accused of raping a young girl after offering to babysit so her parents could spend time together. Robert Leonard Hutsell, 44, knew the girl's father from high school but lost contact until late last year, court documents say. The father…
A former jail deputy on the Spokane Indian Reservation is accused of raping an inmate. Clifford Arlen Matherly, 35, was arrested at a gas station in Chewelah, Wash., on Monday, according to the FBI. U.S. Magistrate Judge Cynthia Imbrogno ordered Matherly released from Spokane County…
A serial bank robber dubbed "the Bad Hair Bandit" is believed to have robbed a bank in Moses Lake on Tuesday. A wigged woman matching the description of the robber thought to be responsible for 14 bank robberies since December entered Sterling Savings Bank and…
SEATTLE (AP) — Plea negotiations involving the young man known as the "Barefoot Bandit" have hit a snag as federal prosecutors balk at letting him sell the rights to his sensational tale, even if money from movie or book deals is used to repay his…
A Coeur d'Alene man with a history of domestic violence was sentenced this week to 2 1/2 years for the the attempted strangulation of his girlfriend. David B. Moen, 41, is to serve 33 months in prison and will not be credited for 257 days…
A reckless driver who cut off a Washington State Patrol detective in the Hillyard area offered this assessment of the man, according to police: "You're a pussy." Detective M.C. Bambino said Justin Tyler Whitney, 30, yelled that at him from his 1981 Volkswagen pickup truck…
A Grant County man already serving four years for shooting an off-duty sheriff's deputy in 2008 faces up to 10 more after a federal grand jury indicted him on weapons charges Tuesday. Robbie Joe Marcher (left) was convicted at trial of second-degree assault, failing to…
Tacoma Police detective Brian Vold starts a second hole during the search for the remains of Wallace Guidroz along Ruston Way in Tacoma on Tuesday. (AP Photo/The News Tribune, Joe Barrentine) TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Police in Washington state believe a man arrested in Louisiana…
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