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Sirens & Gavels archive for Oct. 14, 2011

FRIDAY, OCT. 14, 2011

Teen describes Zehm/Thompson encounter 

Spokane resident Britni Brashers was 13 in March 2006 when she and her younger sister went to a Spokane convenience stores to buy a few things. She ended up being a witness to one of most controversial police encounters in city history. "He walked in…

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Jurors hear Thompson's interview w/ SPD

After the encounter that led to Otto Zehm's death, Spokane police Officer Karl Thompson told an investigator he didn't feel deadly force was needed against the suspect. In a recorded interview with now-retired Spokane police Detective Terry Ferguson that was played for jurors today, Thompson…

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Pig gone, sheriff looking for stout thief

KINGSPORT, Tenn. (AP) — Whoever has Arthur Olterman's pig is either very inventive or very strong. Olterman called the Hawkins County Sheriff's Office to report the white pig had been taken from its pen at a neighbor's house near Kingsport — all 450 pounds of…

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