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• Locator device helps detectives track burglary suspect in Valleyford area

  April 27, 2012 in City on Page A5 A 50-year-old ex-con accused of burglarizing a south Spokane County home while three children hid was arrested in part because detectives installed an electronic location tracker on his vehicle. The … 11

• Homeowner who shot burglar faces assault charge

  April 26, 2012 in City on Page A1 A homeowner in Medical Lake accused of shooting a fleeing 14-year-old burglary suspect in the back last December has been charged with assault. In new court documents, Spokane County sheriff’s … 38

• Police pinpoint crime calls

  April 11, 2012 in City on Page A5 A day after Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich declared war on property crimes, the Spokane Police Department sent out a news release highlighting a previously announced initiative designed to combat … 5

• Burglars’ booty includes firearms, electronics, beef sticks

  April 5, 2012 in News Burglars ate beef sticks out of their victims’ pantry before making off with a load of loot worth thousands, Spokane Valley police said. The victims, who live on the 500 … 1

• Property crimes to get new focus

  March 31, 2012 in City on Page A1 City leaders on Friday announced a new plan to investigate property crimes in Spokane that involves more investigators, a greater focus on crime trends and larger investments in technology. The … 41

• Burglary suspect: These pants aren’t mine

  March 23, 2012 in News, City A suspected burglar caught wearing pants with methamphetamine in the pocket said the pants didn’t belong to him, police say. 3

• Investigators discover link to old burglary, poaching cases

  March 19, 2012 in Outdoors, Region While investigating thefts in Whitman and Spokane counties on Sunday, investigators discovered a link to a 2009 burglary, along with potential links to old theft and poaching cases. 9

• With no SPD property crimes unit, neighbors helping others

  February 19, 2012 in City on Page A1 The thieves are brazen in Veronica Evans’ neighborhood. They kicked in her door three weeks ago and ransacked her home, stealing valuables and leaving her fearful. They’ve hit other homes … 110

• Hiker stumbles across stolen cache

  February 1, 2012 in City A person walking on the South Hill Monday came across a collection of power tools, electronic devices and jewelry hidden under a tarp in the woods. The Spokane County Sheriff’s … 2

• Coeur d’Alene business set on fire, burglarized

  January 30, 2012 in Idaho A Coeur d’Alene business was set on fire and burglarized sometime late Sunday or early Monday, a news release from the Coeur d’Alene Police Department said.

• Judicial appointee helps track suspect

  January 14, 2012 in City on Page A1 An assistant U.S. attorney and appointee for a federal judgeship helped identify a suspect in a string of South Hill burglaries by tracking his wife’s stolen coffee shop card. Tom … 1

• U.S. attorney used wife’s stolen card to track South Hill burglar

  January 13, 2012 in News, City An assistant U.S. attorney and appointee for a federal judgeship helped identify a suspect in a string of South Hill burglaries by tracking his wife’s stolen coffee shop card. 2

• Political motivations suspected in Oregon bunny burglary

  January 9, 2012 in News, Region An Oregon farmer and instructor for the Portland Meat Collective says there was likely political motivation behind the theft of 23 rabbits. 5

• Police say arrests end alleged ring

  December 29, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page A5 Police on Wednesday arrested the last of eight people suspected in a monthslong residential burglary spree that traumatized victims stretching from Spokane to North Idaho. Beginning in August, authorities across … 6

• Coeur d’Alene police ID eight in massive burglary ring

  December 22, 2011 in News Coeur d’Alene police have four people in custody and are looking for four more in connection with a massive burglary ring.

• Home had been hit before

  December 21, 2011 in City on Page A5 A teenager who was with the 13-year-old boy shot during a Monday burglary had stolen marijuana from the same home less than a week before. The boy who was shot … 1

• Report: Homeowner who shot teen suspect had pot stolen earlier

  December 20, 2011 in News, City A teenager who was with the 13-year-old boy shot during a Monday burglary had stolen marijuana from the same home less than a week before. 4

• Boy, 13, shot, wounded by homeowner

  December 20, 2011 in City on Page A5 A 13-year-old boy is in stable condition after being shot by a homeowner during an early morning burglary in Medical Lake on Monday. No one has been arrested, and the … 7

• Teen burglary suspect shot by homeowner

  December 19, 2011 in News, City A 13-year-old boy is in stable condition after being shot by a homeowner during an early morning burglary in Medical Lake. 21

• Violent crime declines in Spokane County

  December 18, 2011 in City on Page B1 The last three weeks have been among the deadliest in Spokane this year. But the three people killed in what investigators ruled were homicides are an exception to a trend … 19

• Lawyer pins theft suspect

  December 13, 2011 in City on Page A5 Police say a man who prowled at least 30 cars a night throughout Spokane County picked the wrong truck in the Valley recently. Spokane lawyer Brant Stevens caught up with … 4

• Spokane lawyer catches prolific car prowling suspect

  December 12, 2011 in News, City Police say a man who prowled at least 30 cars a night throughout Spokane County picked the wrong truck in the Valley recently. 11

• Charity burglary leaves families without Christmas gifts

  December 7, 2011 in News, City An organization that serves terminally ill children was burglarized today for the second time in a month, with the thief taking Christmas presents meant for three families. 2

• Man arrested in South Hill burglaries

  December 7, 2011 in City on Page A5 Spokane police have arrested a suspect in a series of burglaries on the South Hill. Nathan Daniel Moore, 30, was ordered Tuesday to stay in jail on $20,000 bail for …

• Police arrest suspect in South Hill burglaries

  December 6, 2011 in News, City Spokane police have arrested a suspect in a series of burglaries on the South Hill. 21

• Spokane police arrest four for residential burglary

  December 4, 2011 in News Spokane police on Saturday arrested four people suspected of stealing a loaded gun, televisions, game systems and other property from a home in North Spokane. 15

• CdA police use Facebook to reconnect theft victims, belongings

  December 2, 2011 in News After a rash of burglaries, the Coeur d’Alene Police Department is using the Facebook to reconnect victims with their belongings.

• Liberty Lake law enforcement has busy holiday

  December 1, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page V6 A homeowner in the 1300 block of North Fairway Road called Liberty Lake Police on Thanksgiving to report seeing a man and a woman enter a nearby house through a …

• Ten homes burglarized near Manito while owners slept

  November 25, 2011 Spokane police say at least 10 homes have been burglarized near Manito Boulevard in the past three days while the homeowners were asleep. 18

• Break-ins irk South Perry businesses

  November 17, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page S1 The vintage and jewelry boutique Veda Lux, 1106 S. Perry St., was burglarized for the first time on the night of Sept. 28. Crooks made off with vintage wares, jewelry … 2

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