In brief: Suspects turn themselves in after man shot to death
SOAP LAKE, Wash. – The Grant County Sheriff’s Office says twin brothers have turned themselves in after one person was fatally shot and two others suffered knife wounds in Soap Lake.
Detectives continue their investigation to determine what sparked the violence early Thursday at a home on Buttercup Street South in the central Washington community.
The 18-year-old man who died was not immediately identified. Sheriff Tom Jones says an 18-year-old woman and a 19-year-old man suffered non-life-threatening knife wounds.
Two Soap Lake 18-year-olds, Alfredo and Juan Silva, surrendered Thursday afternoon at the Ephrata police station. They were jailed for investigation of second-degree murder and two counts of first-degree assault.
Two arrested on charges of burglary after chase
Two men were arrested on suspicion of burglary after an officer tracked down a vehicle fleeing from the pro shop at Esmeralda Golf Course early Thursday.
Spokane police Officer Aaron Ames followed a trail of fluid left by the fleeing vehicle after the driver attempted to elude him by cutting across Rypien Field in northeast Spokane just before 2 a.m.
Ames traced the vehicle to Euclid Avenue and Lee Street, where a K-9 team tracked down two men hiding nearby. Apartment residents had pointed out the direction of two fleeing men.
Booked on charges of second-degree burglary were Dmitriy A. Stepanov, 26, and Andrey S. Lybakh, 23, both of Spokane.
Teen’s body recovered from Lake Roosevelt
Lincoln County sheriff’s rescue crews have recovered the body of a 19-year-old Odessa, Wash., man from the water near Lake Roosevelt’s eastern shore.
The Sheriff’s Office believes Nicholas Campbell drowned Saturday evening while out boating with friends. KHQ reports that officials say a friend of Campbell’s suggested they jump in the water while the boat was moving at about 20 miles an hour.
The friend reportedly popped back up right away and Campbell resurfaced briefly but then disappeared. The teens were not wearing life jackets.
KHQ said Lincoln County Undersheriff Kelly Watkins, a neighbor of Campbell’s, helped organize the search. He described the teen as an athlete who excelled at football, basketball and baseball.
Campbell’s body was recovered Tuesday.
Wells Fargo robbery suspect surrenders
Coeur d’Alene police on Thursday apprehended a man suspected of robbing a Wells Fargo Bank.
Sean C. Pennell, age unavailable, was arrested in connection with the 5:27 p.m. armed robbery of the Wells Fargo branch at 114 E. Appleway Ave. Witnesses told police a man entered the bank armed with a rifle, demanded money and then drove away, according to a Coeur d’Alene Police Department news release.
Pennell was driving a car seen headed north on Government Way at Kathleen Avenue. Officers were able to stop his vehicle as it approached Hanley Avenue.
He was arrested without further incident, the news release said, and booked into the Kootenai County Jail on a robbery charge. Police said they found evidence of the bank robbery and stolen cash in Pennell’s car.
Three arrests follow prescription robbery
Three men were arrested in northeast Spokane on Wednesday night after a resident was robbed at gunpoint of his prescription medication.
The arrests came after officers called in a K-9 team and cordoned off the area where the robbers had abandoned a car.
Arrested on one count each of first-degree robbery were Lonnie A. Hoover, 21, Terrence E. Skinner, 25, and Travis L. Yarbrough, 23, all from Spokane.
The robbery was reported at 10:44 p.m. when the victim was confronted and shot at in the vicinity of Hoffman Avenue and Regal Street.
Officer Casey Jones was in the area and spotted a vehicle matching one used by the robbers headed north on Crestline Avenue.
When the officer caught up, three men got out and ran. A gun was found in the car. The K-9 team tracked down two of the suspects while a resident caught one in his backyard in the vicinity of Nebraska Avenue and Cook Street.