Charnay Robinson may have taken one too many trips to the superstore. Robinson, 27, was arrested Monday at the Walmart on East Sprague after police say she used a Visa credit card that had been reported stolen this weekend. Account records showed 13 charges totaling…
Several engines responded to a structure fire shortly after 6 p.m. at Chief Garry Park in northeast Spokane. That structure was a port-a-potty. Firefighters doused the blaze in the 2500 block of East Mission Avenue shortly after it started. Witnesses reported seeing heavy smoke in…
Clay Starbuck's children say a no-contact order imposed by Superior Court Judge Greg Sypolt is an "attempt by the state to tear apart our family." Blake Starbuck, 19, issued a statement Friday saying they will fight the order that stops convicted murderer Clay Starbuck from…
A Spokane County Deputy was honored nationally for helping safely guide deputies on two high speed chases last year. Tactical Flight Officer Jeff Thurman was named the Tactical Flight Officer of the Year award at the last week’s Airborne Law Enforcement Association conference in Orlando,…
Coeur d'Alene police released security camera video of a man who robbed an espresso stand in Coeur d'Alene on Tuesday and Crime Stoppers is offering a cash reward for information leading to his arrest. At about 5:30 p.m., a man pointed a gun and demanded…
The Spokane County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed the identity of the second individual killed in a mobile home fire early Monday morning, but need help contacting her family. Robert “Amanda” Blanchard, 41, was found dead in the mobile home she lived in with her partner,…
Pullman police responded to a call of a baby bird that had fallen out of the nest Tuesday at about 11:20 a.m. on the 2500 block of NW Short Drive. Police responded and placed the bird back into the nest, according to police logs.
Stephan B. Kirk, 55, is accused of breaking in to a neighbor's apartment in a building near Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena on Sunday and lying in wait for his girlfriend with a 3-foot metal sword. Witnesses say Kirk entered the apartment around 11 p.m. Sunday…
The Spokane Police officer, who was suspended this week for two months after associating with a woman tied to prostitution, drugs and burglary, had been disciplined by the department twice before the latest incident. Police Chief Frank Straub suspended Officer Darrell Quarles on Monday for…
A Spokane police officer has been suspended for two months without pay after the department determined he had been associating with a woman engaging in prostitution, drugs and burglary. Police Chief Frank Straub issued a “last-chance agreement” to Officer Darrell Quarles, according to a news…
For almost four years, hundreds of thousands of powerful, highly controlled prescription narcotics disappeared from Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center’s outpatient pharmacy and no one noticed. Between January and March alone, 745 hydrocodone pills were stolen each day, a police report says. Three months ago,…
A woman posing as a prostitute and one man were arrested in connection to an armed robbery Friday morning, police say. Tenisha M. Herrell, 25, arranged to meet with the male victim on backpage.com, an online classifieds site frequently used by prostitutes and escorts, according…
Multiple law enforcement agencies continue their search for a shooting suspect who shot a man multiple times in the stomach Friday morning. Arnoldo Cazares Mendoza, 20, fled a blueberry orchard in a pickup truck after a shooting that occurred around 7:30 this morning, Grant County…
The Spokane County Sheriff’s Office needs help identifying a potential suspect in a residential burglary. On Sunday, the sheriff’s office received a report of a residential burglary on West Rockwell Avenue, according to a press release. The victim reported credit cards and other items were…
One man died early Friday morning after suffering severe burns from a mobile home explosion in Chattaroy, Wash., according to Harborview Medical Center. Michael Asselin, 51, and his wife, 57, were both badly burned when the mobile home Asselin lived in exploded Wednesday afternoon. The…
Ronald R. Hebert was hungry the night he was arrested for driving under the influence. Hebert allegedly hit a car in the parking lot of a Spokane Valley Safeway at 10 p.m. on July 11, according to an affidavit. When police tracked down his car,…
Spokane Police responded to 141 fireworks calls on the Fourth of July, according to the Spokane police log. The fireworks calls spiked after 9 p.m., though officers responded to calls throughout the day. There were 25 calls after 9 p.m. on Wednesday night. Police also…
In case you missed this chart and this post, fireworks are banned in much of the Inland Northwest. Some people shooting them off in the park at Broadway Avenue and Chestnut Street apparently didn't get the memo. The suspects shot an ill-pointed Roman candle from…
SEATTLE (AP) — The city of Shoreline's failure to turn over email records in response to a Public Records Act request is costing it nearly $539,000. King County Superior Court Judge Monica Benton on Friday ordered the city to pay more than $438,000 in attorney…
A chosen tactic of outgoing leaders in the Spokane Police Department: talk highly about the sheriff’s plan for regionalizing police forces. Documents recently released from last December’s investigation into reports that former Assistant Police Chief Scott Stephens had threatened to go “postal” after hearing of…
COQUILLE, Ore. (AP) — A Douglas County man accused of aggravated murder has testified he was using methamphetamine throughout a weekend family trip to the coast and was feeling paranoid before shooting his mother-in-law’s 19-year-old husband and her 70-year-old former husband. The World of Coos…
The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash. (MCT) VANCOUVER, Wash. (MCT Reigional News) -- Katrina Wegner admits she felt naive after she was duped by a man who hacked into her computer over the phone last week. The Vancouver resident got a call from a man claiming to…
BUTTE, Mont. (AP) — Police in Butte have arrested a man on suspicion of impersonating a public servant, driving under the influence and reckless driving. The Montana Standard reports (http://bit.ly/14XV7dy ) 47-year-old James S. Richards Sr. of Butte was arrested Tuesday and remained jailed Wednesday…
WARDEN, Wash. (MCT Regional News) -- Grant County authorities are searching for Ramon O. Morfin in connection to the shooting Sunday night in Warden that left two injured. Warden police have an arrest warrant for Morfin, 19, on suspicion of two counts of first degree…
Boys will be boys, as the saying goes. Males between 8 and 21 years old were responsible for most of the 354 fireworks-related incidents reported in 2012, according to data released by the Washington State Fire Marshal's Office. In all, there were 128 fires and…
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