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January 23, 2012 in City
Woman says she was ‘hogtied’ during home invasion
A Spokane woman said she and her roommate were “hogtied” during a home invasion Sunday night by four to five “black males.”
The caller said the men forced their way into her apartment with handguns, had fired a gun in the home and that there was blood on the floor, a news release from the Spokane Police Department said.
Spokane police responded to 911 E. Beacon Ave. around 8:30 p.m. Sunday. They found no other reports of gun fire and used a police dog to search for the men, but were unsuccessful.
The women could not provide much description, except to say the robbers were wearing bandanas over their faces, the release said. One woman was missing her car keys. Officers found blood on the floor, but no apparent victim. The woman who reported the incident did not know how the blood got on the floor.
Hospitals were contacted and asked to call police if a possible victim showed up.
In brief: South Hill McDonald’s robbers sought 
drywitt99 on January 23 at 7:03 a.m.
Doesn’t quite pass the smell test…..something AIN’T as it appears….
idahocity on January 23 at 8:01 a.m.
there has to be a lot more to this story.
drywitt99 on January 23 at 8:10 a.m.
Or….a lot less….
BlondeSquawker on January 23 at 9:04 a.m.
Hogtied…or what the Spokane police refer to as “enhanced limb restraint”.
nslopeofw on January 23 at 9:40 a.m.
Hmm, i wonder if drugs were involved on both sides.
meadman on January 23 at 9:59 a.m.
blond squaker, you are really not all that funny
misjustice on January 23 at 10:05 a.m.
I dunno meadman, Blondie made me chuckle.
Maybe because I remember the hue and cry of the cops when the word “hog-tied” was used to describe how poor Otto was restrained by KTK and his crew. The cops decried the use of the word and said that it was inflammatory.
I agree with other contributors to this story, there seems to be more to it. What’s reported here doesn’t make sense.
JayNW on January 23 at 11:17 a.m.
Misjustice, its not the cops using that word here, its the “victim”
and I think we are all smart enough to get that this was probably a drug rip off, or something way more than what this alleged victim is claiming.
gokickagoat on January 23 at 11:20 a.m.
I live at this complex and generally my neighbors seem like normal, hardworking and upstanding citizens. I heard shouts at that time last night but no gunfire. I too think there is more to this story and really want to know what develops because it doesn’t make complete sense.
brianrbreen on January 23 at 1:15 p.m.
@JayNW
No it’s not the cops using the term. There is a different term from a liability standpoint. The same is true for the “lateral neck restraint”, and a number of others terms. What might be helpful is to try and differentiate this case and Otto. Aside from Thompson who started the criminality, in Otto’s case there were a number of violations of how to handle people who are “ restrained” in that way. None were followed, including the national standards. So I guess even though that might be the case and there is more than enough reason to look into that, we are stuck with Mayor Condon unwilling to call for an independent investigation into the criminal issues involving Otto. I can’t blame him, perhaps I’d let it try and pass if I were a politician, and perhaps Dr. Martin will be able to do that without open meetings so we can put it behind us. Maybe we can smooth things over and put everything behind us, I don’t know. Maybe the mayor doesn’t want to do that because it is hard to actually address issues like that where you might have to actually put yourself in a position to address them.
I don’t know Mr. Mayor, is it all go going under the bridge, and in three years people, might not notice? You could be right it will be gone pretty soon AND NOONE WILL REMEMBER.
therailroader on January 23 at 4:07 p.m.
The devil is in the details. Me thinks there’s more untold dirty details involving either drugs or prostitution.
lewis8457 on January 23 at 6:22 p.m.
and unlike police hog tie the men never sat on the ladies backs until they were brain dead………….if this was a drug deal gone bad why call the cops?
lewis8457 on January 23 at 6:26 p.m.
brian if condon wants to smooth the otto issue over we need to see karl the klubbers butt in jail.
not at kays terayaki on francis eating lunch with his 505 buddies.