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Sirens & Gavels archive for Oct. 26, 2011

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 26, 2011

Karl F. Thompson Jr., center, a Spokane police officer facing charges of lying to investigators and using excessive force in the Otto Zehm case, arrives with his legal team at the William O. Douglas Federal Building on Wednesday in Yakima. (Colin Mulvany)

Karl Thompson to testify tomorrow 

Karl Thompson and his legal team, including Carl Oreskovich and Steve Lamberson, arrive at the William O. Douglas Federal Building in Yakima for the start of Thompson's trial. (AP file photo) Spokane police Officer Karl Thompson will testify tomorrow at his excessive force trial in…

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Police: Biker purse theft suspect ID'd

Police have identified a suspect in a purse-snatching robbery outside a South Hill grocery store. After releasing surveillance video Tuesday of the Oct. 20 crime, police realized that a suspect was already in custody for a similar purse theft that occurred Oct. 21 at Albertsons…

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Track the Karl Thompson-Otto Zehm trial

The defense is expected to rest on Thursday. Defense expert Michael Schott, a forensic image analyst who disputes prosecutors' description of the surveillence video, is on the stand now. Get minute-by-minute updates from the courtroom here. YAKIMA – Spokane police Officer Steven Braun Jr. on…

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Man, 20, arrested for 2007 homicide

A 20-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a 2007 homicide. Derrick Gregory Martin-Armstead remains in the Spokane County Jail on $1 million bond after appearing in court on Tuesday on a first-degree murder charge for the Nov. 12, 2007, shooting death of Daniel…

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