In brief: Bar tab leads to ID theft suspect

An unpaid bar tab led to a woman’s arrest on identity theft charges in Spokane Valley this weekend.

A man and woman left the Corner Club Bar, 2208 N. Park Road, late Saturday with a $117 bar tab after their debit card was declined, saying they were going to their nearby motel room to get cash. When they didn’t return, a bar employee gave the declined debit card to Spokane Valley police Officer Justin Elliot, who determined it was stolen.

Employees at the nearby Red Top Motel said the woman named on the stolen card had rented a room there, police said.

Kathryn Elizabeth Reed, 24, first claimed to be the woman named on the card. She invited police to retrieve her medical marijuana card from her purse when police spotted marijuana on the nightstand. Police didn’t find a card, but they did find financial information and mail from five other people, according to a news release.

Reed was booked into jail on a felony count of second-degree identity theft and misdemeanor counts of third-degree theft and possession of marijuana. 

Meghann M. Cuniff

Police say dispute led to vandalism

Vandalism investigated as a possible religious hate crime on Monday was the result of a dispute between two teenage girls, Spokane police said.

Detectives have identified a “potential suspect” and are continuing the investigation, Officer Jennifer DeRuwe said.

Police were called to a home in the 7000 block of North Cochran Street about 2 a.m. Monday, where they found swastikas and foul language written on the house, two cars, two trucks and two boats.

There were disparaging remarks about Jesus and references to God hating the occupants. A Bible had been set on fire on the porch, according to police.

Police estimated the damage in the thousands of dollars.

Meghann M. Cuniff

‘1’ on prescription alerts pharmacy

An additional ‘1’ on an OxyContin prescription didn’t earn a Deer Park woman the pill haul police say she wanted.

An employee at Medicine Shop Pharmacy in Deer Park called police Friday after Shannon B. Bowman attempted to fill a prescription for 160 Oxycontin pills.

The prescribing doctor had told employees that the prescription was for just 60 of the powerful pain pills.

The employee “noted the ‘one’ in 160 was in a slightly different color of ink” and called police, according to the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputy Dan Dutton arrested Bowman, 33, on a felony charge of prescription fraud.

Meghann M. Cuniff