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In brief: DNA connects man to February bank robbery

Spokane police have used DNA evidence to tie a bank robbery in February to a man accused of robbing a different bank in March.

David C. Burns, 45, was arrested March 25 in connection with the robbery of Washington Trust Bank, 27 E. Indiana Ave., that afternoon.

Burns’ DNA matches DNA found on clothing that police believe was discarded by the person who robbed Inland Northwest Bank, 2110 N. Ruby St., on Feb. 11, Spokane police said in a news release Tuesday.

Burns faces an additional count of first-degree robbery, police said.

Staff report

WSU teaching clinic breaks ground today

A groundbreaking for a teaching health clinic takes place 9 a.m. today at the Washington State University campus in Spokane.

The $16.25 million clinic is expected to open in the summer of 2016. The clinic will allow medical residents to serve patients while health sciences students from the WSU campus learn alongside them.

The new teaching clinic will house 48 medical residents, most of whom are currently located in two clinics in the Fifth and Browne Medical Building. Those clinics served 35,000 low-income patients last year, and the new teaching clinic is expected to serve a similar population.

The new clinic will be two stories, with 42,000 square feet.

Becky Kramer

Examiner determines inmate death a suicide

John A. Everitt, 46, killed himself in his Spokane County Jail cell Monday after his arrest on a nearly two-year-old warrant for theft.

Everitt was identified in a report released by the medical examiner Tuesday afternoon. He was arrested earlier Monday, according to court documents, after failing to appear for a hearing in Spokane Municipal Court in December 2013.

Everitt’s criminal history includes convictions of riot and driving with a suspended license. The Washington state Employment Security Department accused Everitt of collecting more than $900 in fraudulent unemployment benefits in September 2009.

The Spokane County Sheriff’s Office is conducting an investigation into Everitt’s death. He was alone in his cell when he died Monday afternoon, according to a news release. The cause of death was determined to be suicide.

Kip Hill