A woman who lives as a man, including wearing a full beard she previously described as a public display of her activism, was ruled competent Tuesday to stand trial on the charge of assaulting a police officer in 2009. Prosecutors are disappointed. Yes, you read…
This photo from Oregon State Police shows ten pounds of marijuana seized during a traffic stop involving three North Idaho residents near Bend, Ore., March 7. Three North Idaho residents were stopped near Oregon last week with 10 pounds of marijuana, police said today. Marcus…
A 27-year-old Pasco murder suspect facing life in prison under the three-strikes law got his first strike in Spokane County. Joseph William Hart pleaded not guilty Tuesday n Franklin County Superior Court for second-degree murder. Hart is accused of killing Rodger A. Lincoln, 53, outside…
Police are again looking for tips on the theft of Nook tablets from the Spokane Valley Barnes and Noble, this time for a break-in early March 5. Officers responded to an alarm at the store, 15310 E. Indiana Ave., at 5:52 a.m. and found a…
By MANUEL VALDES and SHANNON DININNY,Associated Press TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A 20-year Army officer in Washington state threatened to blow up the state Capitol and kill his superior officer, his estranged wife and his girlfriend, authorities said Tuesday, adding scrutiny to the troubled base…
By DENISE LAVOIE,AP Legal Affairs Writer BOSTON (AP) — Mobster James "Whitey" Bulger may have written two autobiographies, according to prosecutors, who have notified his lawyers that they may use the memoirs against him at his upcoming trial. Bulger, the former leader of the Winter…
An assault that left a man in critical condition at a large party in north Spokane County led to the arrest of an 18-year-old suspect today. Treven Lewis is accused of beating a man at a home in the 11800 block of North Bedivere Road…
A sex offender considered likely to reoffend has registered as a transient in Spokane County. Harold David Werstein, 48, spent nearly 18 years in prison for raping a 13-year-old girl. He was convicted of first-degree rape in Lewis County in 1990. His victim was a…
A woman who said a Spokane police officer she'd met at a bar showed up uninvited at her home told a dispatcher she didn't know how he got her address "and it's kind of creeping me out because he now knows where I live." The…
Property crime detectives are asking for help identifying two men who may have information about electronic "Nook" reading tablets stolen from the Barnes and Noble bookstore in Spokane Valley last week. The theft occurred March 4 just before 6 p.m. The Spokane Valley Police Department…
A suspect in a string of burglaries in North Idaho was arrested Friday after a shoplifting incident turned violent at the Spokane Valley Wal-Mart. Susan Burke, 50, was out of custody on $5,000 bond awaiting trial in Kootenai County when a store security officer spotted…
An informant tasked by the Spokane police drug unit with buying methamphetamine was instead robbed by the suspected dealer. Drug detectives listening on electric monitoring attached to the informant heard a scuffle after the man went inside a home in the 1200 block of West…
A North Idaho man with an extensive criminal history was shot and killed by a Post Falls police officer early Monday after striking a state trooper with his car, police say. Justin Earl Nicholas Todd, 33, died at Kootenai Medical Center after a nearly 20-minue…
A tip to Crime Check helped police identify a suspect in a burglary at the East Valley School District maintenance office recently. Christopher David Evans, 29, was arrested today by East Valley School Resource Officer Scott Streltzoff for the Jan. 27 burglary, according to the…
A Spokane man suspected of domestic violence was arrested on drug charges after a police chase late Sunday. Shane Patrick Wilson, 34, drove away from the 500 block of East Everett Avenue in a white Acura after officers were called to the area by a…
EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — A man pleaded guilty Monday to two counts of aggravated murder in the deaths of his father and stepmother after a prosecutor decided not to seek the death penalty. David"Joey" Pedersen, 31, is set to be sentenced Friday to life in…
Spokane Valley police are trying to identify an "aggressive panhandler" who threatened a store manager with a knife on Sunday. Officer Clay Hilton responded to Harbor Freight near Sprague Avenue and Sullivan Road, where the manager said a panhandler had opened a customer's vehicle door…
A sheriff's helicopter helped police track drunken partygoers in Spokane Valley early Sunday. Officers called in back up from other law enforcement agencies to help them control people at the part in the 16100 block of East Broadway Avenue, which they responded to about 1…
Jerry Allen and his family are facing the rekindled pain of losing their uncle, John G. “Jack” Allen Jr., who was killed in 2007 at the age of 74. Jerry Allen did odd jobs for his uncle, who helped raise him. (SR/Colin Mulvany) Water cascades…
In this Sept. 30 photo, Bayview hammer attack vicitm Yvonne Wallis says she wants Larry Cragun to receive the death penalty for the attack. (SR/Kathy Plonka) A North Idaho man who bludgeoned four people with a hammer in a brutal murder in Bayview last year…
Brooke Bear was surprised when several people stopped by her home interested in renting it. They referenced the ad she posted on Craigslist, but she isn’t renting out the house; she’s selling it, and she never posted an ad on Craigslist. Bear knew something was…
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Authorities in South Florida say a man is facing charges after he was seen in a photo on Facebook holding a judge's stolen nameplate. Twenty-one-year-old Steven Mulhall was arrested Thursday on violation of probation charges. Broward County Sheriff Al Lamberti…
A sheriff's dog tracked a car theft suspect who fled a crash in Spokane Valley early today. The K-9, Brax, located Justin C. Luce, 32, hiding near a tree about two blocks from the crash near 600 N. Walnut Road, which occurred after Luce fled…
In this 2008 photo, Kootenai County sheriff’s Sgt. Brad Maskell stands in the area where newspaper carrier Gary Loesch was murdered in November 1995. (SRarchives) A cable TV show on Saturday will feature the case of two fugitive North Idaho women who committed suicide in…
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Traffic officers along Interstate 84 in Oregon's Columbia River Gorge say a lead-footed driver was in such a hurry to make a court date on a meth possession charge that he racked up $2,000 worth of speeding tickets in an hour.…
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