Reward for information on stabbing, beating
A reward is being offered for information that leads to the arrest of a man wanted in connection with the stabbing and beating of a man last month at the Exxon station at Freya Street and Francis Avenue.
Timothy Allen Michael Banks, 28, has been at large since the Nov. 22 incident, said Spokane County Sheriff’s spokesman Cpl. Dave Reagan in a press release. A warrant has been issued for his arrest and charges him with first-degree assault.
The 36-year-old victim told police that Banks and Trinidad R. Jones, 34, had assaulted him. Although bleeding profusely when medics arrived, he did not sustain serious injuries.
Jones was booked into the Spokane County Jail on Nov. 24 and remains there on $100,000 bail.
Banks is white, 6 feet tall and 180 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes. He has a long criminal history, including convictions for assault, harassment and obstructing police, Reagan said.
Anyone with information about Banks’ whereabouts can call Secret Witness at (509) 327-5111. Callers do not have to give their name to be eligible for the cash.
Two arrested in marijuana bust near Sandpoint
Authorities busted a marijuana growing operation south of Sandpoint on Wednesday, seizing more than 30 plants and arresting the owners of a Garfield Bay home.
The Sundance Drug Task Force, which includes authorities from the Bonner County Sheriff’s Office and Sandpoint Police, served a search warrant at 566 W. Garfield Bay Road early Wednesday, according to a news release. Though the plants were in various stages of cultivation, the release said, the plants would have brought in an estimated $70,000 once harvested.
Arrested were Thomas Derifield, 55, and Julie Freed, 48. Both were booked into the Bonner County Detention Center.
USAF Brassmeisters Quintet to perform
The U.S. Air Force’s Holiday Brassmeisters Quintet will perform at Fairchild Air Force Base and at several venues in Spokane early next week, the base’s office of public affairs has announced.
The quintet, part of the U.S. Air Force Band of the Golden West based at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., is the Air Force’s only full-time musical unit west of the Rocky Mountains.
On Monday, the quintet will play Christmas carols at Michael Anderson Elementary School on base at 10 a.m. It will also play Tuesday at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 11 a.m.; River Park Square, 1:30 p.m.; Shriners Hospital for Children, 3 p.m.; and the Spokane Veterans Home, 5:15 p.m.