Public help sought finding woman, 48
A 48-year-old woman with a history of mental illness has been missing since Friday, and the Spokane Police Department has asked the public for help finding her.
Gloria Decubellis was last seen around noon Friday on the 1200 block of East Broad Avenue. She said she was heading for Wal-Mart.
She is 5 feet, 5 inches tall, weighs 220 pounds and has black hair. She was wearing a full-length fuzzy gray coat with sparkles and a maroon sweat shirt.
If you have information, please call 911.
Traffic stop nets drugs, loaded gun
A traffic stop over window tinting ended in the arrest of a Spokane man who had a loaded pistol in his glove compartment, cocaine under his seat, and $1,500 in his pockets, officials said.
The Spokane County Sheriff’s Office said Deputy Tom Edelbrock pulled over Aaron Scott Murdock, 24, on Upriver Drive Friday morning because the windows of his 2003 Honda appeared to be darker than allowed by state law.
As Edelbrock prepared to test the windows with a tint meter, Murdock opened the glove box, revealing the butt of a pistol. The deputy grabbed the weapon, which was loaded, and quickly searched for others.
Edelbrock found two clear plastic bags with cocaine beneath the driver’s seat. He then arrested Murdock for cocaine possession and carrying a loaded firearm in a vehicle.
Drug scales, small quantities of marijuana and cash were found in the car and Murdock’s clothing.
Murdock was booked into the Spokane County Jail.
Police say robber hit store twice
A Sunday evening robbery of the Northwest Foodmart at 5611 N. Driscoll Blvd., was the second in four days apparently committed by the same man, Spokane police say.
The suspect, who brandished a handgun during both robberies, is described as a white male in his late teens or early 20s with facial hair and medium build. He was wearing a ski mask, dark-colored hooded sweat shirt, blue jeans and white shoes.
Kootenai County
Jobless rate higher than rest of state
The unemployment rate in North Idaho shot up slightly higher than the statewide and national averages last month.
The state Department of Labor says the Kootenai County unemployment rate was 7.3 percent last month, while the Idaho jobless rate was 6.6 percent. The national rate was 7.2 percent.