A federal judge Tuesday moved the upcoming criminal trial of Spokane police Officer Karl F. Thompson Jr. to Yakima after defense attorneys raised concerns about the extent of local media coverage of the controversy surrounding the fatal confrontation with Otto Zehm. U.S. District Court Judge…
Spokane police have identified a man who was shot Monday by a woman while trying to steal medical marijuana plants as Raymond P. Bates, 49. Bates was scheduled to appear in Superior Court today on a first-degree robbery charge. Bates was treated at a hospital…
A woman who robbed a disabled man at knife point with her boyfriend last year has been sentenced to about seven years in prison. Jeanette E. Menghini, 44, was given 87 months in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree robbery, first-degree burglary and second-degree taking…
A convicted car thief took a man living in a Jeep Cherokee for a wild ride late Friday that nearly included a head-on collision with a Spokane police cruiser, officers say. Tyray H. Munter, 24, (pictured) who has previously led police on high-speed chases, is…
A Spokane man was arrested on assault and attempted robbery after police found a prostitute bleeding from her head and barely conscious James R. Jacobson, 32, is accused of assaulting the woman with a large rock while trying to get back $40 he'd given her…
A Spokane man whose guilty plea was overturned because of a sentencing error is accused of trying to intimidate a witness in his upcoming trial. Michael Duke Coombes, 31, appeared in court Monday on a witness tampering charge after investigators say he asked another inmate…
A former nurse at the Kootenai County Jail suspected in a series of bank robberies while wearing a variety of wigs confessed to the crimes after her arrest, according to court documents. Cynthia Van Holland, 47, accused of being the "Bad Hair Bandit," remains in…
It's going to be a big few months for the Spokane Police Department. With pending leadership changes and the federal trial of Officer Karl F. Thompson for the death of Otto Zehm set to begin next week, the department is preparing for a stressful time,…
A 31-year-old man found dead in the Spokane River last month had psychological problems that were aggravated by his addiction to a hallucinogenic drug sold as “bath salts,” his family says. For months, Christopher Don Rogers had been in what family described as a downward…
A Coeur d'Alene man was arrested in Oregon Thursday with 10 pounds of marijuana. Seth Anthony Mitchell, 22, was stopped for a traffic violation while driving a 2004 Ford F-150 on Highway 97 north of Madras at milepost 78 about 12:30 p.m. Troopers found oxycodone…
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