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Sirens & Gavels archive for Nov. 8, 2011

TUESDAY, NOV. 8, 2011

Sandpoint attorney Edgar Steele talks with the media about the McGuckin children of Sagle and how he now represents the family at a news conference Thursday evening in Sandpoint, May 31, 2001.  (File / The Spokesman-Review)

Judge denies Steele's new-trial motion

A federal judge has denied Edgar Steele's motion for a new trial. U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill denied the motion in an order filed today. Read his 18-page ruling here. Steele, 65, is to be sentenced Wednesday by Winmill in Coeur d'Alene. Prosceutors are…

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K-9, police nab 2 of 3 burglary suspects 

Two juvenile burglary suspects were arrested after a break-in at a North Freya Street gas station early today. Spokane police Officer Deanna Storch arrived at the Exxon Gas Station, 502 N. Freya St., about 12:57 a.m. to see one suspect outside a broken window with…

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