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December 21, 2009 in City
Family’s belongings stolen on way to overseas deployment
Sharon and Dewey Brown stand behind their daughter Cami next to the wanted poaster she made to try and get her favorite doll “Jenna” returned Monday, December 21, 2009. The family was staying overnight in Spokane Valley, Wash. when their truck and attached U-Haul trailer were stolen.
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A family traveling from North Dakota to Western Washington awoke this morning to find their pickup and rented moving trailer stolen from a Spokane Valley motel parking lot.
Dewey and Sharon Brown and their 7-year-old daughter were headed to McChord Air Force Base, where he’s scheduled to fly to Korea for a year-long military assignment after the family gets settled.
The Browns were due in Tacoma today but are staying in town in hopes of finding the pickup and rented U-Haul trailer missing this morning from La Quinta Suites, 3800 N. Sullivan Road.
In the trailer were clothes, toys, photo albums, checks, family quilts, medical records, Christmas gifts and $50,000 in jewelry. Also gone are Dewey Brown’s military uniforms and paperwork, including his transfer papers, and his daughter’s beloved doll.
“That’s a big Scrooge move,” said Sharon Brown. “We’re going to sit here for a day or two and hope for a Christmas miracle.”
Crime Stoppers is offering a $500 reward for information that leads to an arrest.
The pickup is a blue 1995 Dodge with Alaska license plates, oversize tires and a chrome strip along the lower sides. The single-axle, 5-by-8 trailer has Florida license plates with a Tucson, Arizona graphic on the sides.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-TIPS, or submit tips online.
It’s the second time this year a visiting family’s U-Haul has been stolen from a Spokane Valley motel parking lot.
On July 12, a family moving to Florida from Canada discovered their 17-foot U-Haul truck stolen from the Holiday Inn Express on Mission Avenue.
It was found in an abandoned barn July 15 with most of the family’s possessions intact. No arrests have been made.
Moose head smashes through Cadillac driven by boy, 14 
westside on December 21 at 12:19 p.m.
AGAIN????? GADS..AVOID SPOOKYHOLLOW AT ALL COSTS..
spokanada on December 21 at 1:07 p.m.
a $5000 truck and $50 000 in jewelry. hmmmmm,
It’s a shame their truck and trailer was stolen but hopefully he doesn’t get charged with making a false insurance claim.
jimdraft1 on December 21 at 2:25 p.m.
Ain’t Spokane grand?!
the509pimp on December 21 at 4:00 p.m.
meth head?
empyrius on December 21 at 4:07 p.m.
That caught my eye too spokanada; a ‘95 Dodge yet $50,000 in jewelry . . .
Kind of strange.
IMHO on December 21 at 11:24 p.m.
If the soldier’s story is legit, and the thief caught, the thief should be forced to run accross the DMZ heavily armed and yelling anti-communist slogans. Give him (or her) a choice between dying by U.S. or N. Korean bullets.