In brief: Manito Park assault suspect sought
Spokane police are asking for help locating a man believed to be tied to a reported assault at Manito Park on Aug. 30.
A woman told police she was attacked by a man at the park who was driving a dark-colored, late model SUV. She described the man as being of Asian descent, missing several teeth and standing between 5 feet 3 inches and 5 feet 9 inches tall. Investigators obtained surveillance video showing the person of interest at a nearby convenience store. Police have not released further information about the incident at the park.
Police ask that anyone with information call Crime Check at (509) 456-2233.
Jewett House closing for work
The Jewett House in Coeur d’Alene will be closed from Monday through the end of September for renovations.
The lakeside house is used as a senior recreation center and for special events. A $50,000 anonymous donation will be used to restore the original wood flooring, repaint the first floor interior and widen the circular driveway for handicapped parking and emergency vehicles. Part of the donation will be used for later upkeep.
“It’s all part of the city’s ongoing commitment to the Potlatch Corp. and the Jewett family to maintain the facility,” said Steve Anthony, the city’s recreation director.
The Potlatch Corp. deeded the house to the city in 1917.
Police say two were driving stolen car
Spokane police arrested two people suspected of stealing a car during a carjacking Aug. 21.
Officers stopped the vehicle at Riverside Avenue and Washington Street on Thursday night, police said in a news release. The car had stolen plates and officers soon discovered it was reported stolen from the carjacking.
Arrested were Devere W. Delong, 33, and Falicia R. Humbird, 28, who was driving the car, police said. Officers found a stolen bicycle inside the car.
The two were booked into the Spokane County Jail and face charges including first-degree armed robbery and possession of a stolen motor vehicle.
Lt. Gov. Owen hit with ethics fine
SEATTLE – Lt. Gov. Brad Owen has agreed to pay $10,000 to settle accusations of ethics violations.
The Seattle Times reported that the settlement announced Friday with the state Executive Ethics Board will save Owen $5,000 if he commits no other ethics violations in the next two years.
Owen said he agreed to the settlement “merely to put an end to a frustrating process.” The board said Owen mixed his official duties with his nonprofit organization Strategies for Youth.
Injured newborn lion euthanized, zoo says
PORTLAND – Oregon Zoo staff say they think a 4-day-old lion cub that had to be euthanized was inadvertently injured shortly after birth by its first-time mother.
The zoo said Friday that the injured cub was the first to be born on Monday and its arrival seemed to catch its mother, Kya, by surprise. She was outside her den when it arrived and immediately picked the cub up in her mouth and carried it inside, where three more cubs were born.
Zoo vets said she apparently clamped her jaws too tightly on the cub, severing its left rear thigh muscles and damaging a femoral vein and artery. They said the injured tissue became infected and the attentive mom’s grooming of the wound caused more damage.