A 22-year-old Spokane man accused of assaulting his infant daughter was arrested this week in Texas. Joshua E. Gillis is awaiting extradition to Spokane on a $250,000 warrant for first-degree child abuse. Federal agents in Houston located him there at the request of Spokane police,…
A man suspected of setting fire to a truck in exchange for methamphetamine as part of a love triangle has a reward being offered for tips that lead to his capture. Jesse James Icard, 43, is wanted on an arson charge for burning a 1975…
A Spokane County health care employee accused of stealing money from a 79-year-old woman was released from jail today after appearing in court on 109 felony charges. Deanna M. Purser, 50, was arrested Wednesday after a sheriff's investigation alleged she'd been making unauthorized purchases and…
Detectives are looking for a young man who helped a woman who was assaulted near East South Riverton Avenue and North Magnolia Street earlier this month. The man, described as in his late 20s to early 30s, helped the woman after she was knocked over…
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Four Utah teens armed with a BB gun told deputies they were inspired by a scene from an "American Pie" movie when they went running naked through an Ogden-area neighborhood. Authorities said Wednesday the teens were spotted streaking in the residential…
By MICHAEL GRACZYK,Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas trucker who kept a torture dungeon in the cab of his long-haul rig has avoided the death penalty by accepting life prison sentences for murdering a hitchhiking couple two decades ago. Robert Ben Rhoades, who already…
By BRUCE SCHREINER,Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Authorities say the Kentucky-Louisville basketball rivalry boiled over at a Kentucky dialysis clinic when one patient punched another during an argument about the teams. Georgetown police Lt. Robert Swanigan says the altercation began Monday with a verbal…
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