Felony charges against a registered sex offender have been dismissed on technical grounds after a federal judge ruled that the search warrant used to find hundreds of images of child pornography on the suspect’s computer was invalid. Andrew V. Davis, 34, of Deer Park, faced…
Woman who survived brutal Seattle attack testifies By GENE JOHNSON, Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Awakening in the middle of the night to find a half-naked man looming over her bed with a knife, the woman had one goal: to keep completely still, to do…
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…
An appeal by a man sentenced to 75 years in prison for the torture death of his young daughter has been denied. Attorneys on behalf Jonathan D. Lytle appealed Superior Court Judge Michael Price’s decision that Lytle was able to understand and assist in his…
For the first few months, Jackie Forney barely slept. She handed out fliers, knocked on doors, visited transient camps and worried incessantly about what may have happened to her daughter, Heather Higgins, who was last seen Sept. 20 at her apartment complex on Spokane’s lower…
Three teenagers accused of robbing women in north Spokane parking lots say they planned to use the money to get an apartment together, according to court documents. Now Donovan T. Johnson, 18; Keona A. Crossley, 19; and Logan R. Sims, 18, are sharing space at…
A Whitman County man is facing a charge of first-degree rape of a child after his arrest by sheriff’s deputies. The Whitman County Sheriff’s Office today reported that Steven Thomas Schuler, 34, was taken into custody in Rosalia following a complaint about the rape of…
A longstanding methamphetamine was dismantled and its operator arrested recently in Blanchard, Idaho. Wilifred J. Dechenne, 38, was "taken through a decontamination process" before being booked into the Bonner County Jail on charges of manufacturing and possession of methamphetamine. A team from the Bonner County…
In this May 12 photo, accused rapist and murderer Isaiah Kalebu, lower center, is taken in a wheeled restraint chair through a hallway at the King County Courthouse following a court hearing in Seattle. Judge Michael C. Hayden has taken the unusual step of tentatively…
Authorities are asking for help identifying the owners of dogs that are believed to be attacking farm animals in southern Stevens County. The dogs pictured are thought to be responsible for the deaths of animals in the areas of Bittrich Antler, Scotts Valley Road and…
A second suspect has been arrested in a home-invasion robbery in Pullman last week. Jeremiah J. Lafave, 27, was booked into the Idaho County Jail after being arrested at a relative's home in Steites, Idaho, about 5 p.m. on Saturday. He's awaiting extradition back to…
Dorothy Mullican sat on a courthouse bench and cried Thursday after losing a five-year legal battle to hold someone responsible for her son’s death. Mullican’s son, Daren Lafayette, 19, was working on a road crew on Sept. 12, 2006, when a truck began rolling downhill…
A Post Falls man is accused of masturbating in the Spokane Valley Mall parking lot Sunday afternoon. Brian J. Jeffries, 25, was booked into jail on a misdemeanor charge of indecent exposure after witnesses reported him to mall security about 3:20 p.m. and he fled…
A man who robbed three convenience stores at gunpoint in March has been ordered to spend about four years in prison. Joseph D. Maine, 23, (pictured last year) was sentenced last week to 51 months in prison after pleading guilty to three counts of first-degree…
Spokane County Superior Court Judge Kathleen O’Connor described a series of random events that came together two years ago in an altercation that left a 24-year-old man dead and resulted in a 21-year prison sentence for the convicted felon who brought a knife to a…
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, right, tours the Institute for the Study and Practice of Nonviolence in Providence, R.I., Thursday, June 2, 2011. With Holder are Teny Gross, left, executive director of the institute, Ajay Benton, second from left, and Juan Carter, third from left.…
A suspect has been arrested in a home-invasion robbery in Pullman earlier this week. Matthew E. White, 35, of Clarkston, is in the Whitman County Jail on charges of robbery, kidnapping, burglary, theft and harassment. Tips helped police identify him as one of two men…
By LYNN DeBRUIN,Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Spokane man has become the latest to sue a Utah-based organization for troubled children, claiming he was physically and emotionally tormented during its teen boot camp programs in Mexico. Attorneys for Carl Brown Austin, 24,…
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