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• ‘Final solution’ threats bring 13-year prison term

  May 11, 2012 in City on Page A5 A man with ties to white supremacists who bragged about wanting to kill President Barack Obama received a 13-year sentence Thursday for a weapons charge, the latest conviction in what …

• Evaluation ordered for child porn suspect

  April 21, 2012 in City on Page A5 A state social services employee accused of distributing child pornography must undergo a mental health evaluation before he can leave jail, a judge ruled Friday. Assistant U.S. Attorney Earl Hicks …

• Feds: Misconduct claims in Zehm trial meritless

  March 30, 2012 in News, City The forensic videographer, whose allegations of prosecutorial misconduct have indefinitely stalled the sentencing of former Spokane Police Officer Karl F. Thompson, Jr., is depicted in new court documents as an … 16

• FBI: terrorists may be eyeing cyber attacks on US

  March 7, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON — FBI Director Robert Mueller says terrorists may seek to train their own recruits or hire outsiders with an eye toward pursuing cyber attacks on the United States. 13

• U.S. Bank robbed in northwest Spokane

  March 5, 2012 in News, City A bank was robbed in northwest Spokane today. 3

• Police arrest fugitives at Spokane Valley motel

  December 24, 2011 in News Two wanted by the FBI for stealing from a corpse they found were arrested Friday at a Spokane Valley motel after a multi-state manhunt. 6

• Unity March planners urge vigilance, pushback after bomb attempt

  December 22, 2011 in City on Page A1 Sue Kellogg got an uneasy chuckle when she learned that domestic terrorist Kevin W. Harpham claimed in court Tuesday that he wasn’t intending to hurt anyone with his homemade bomb, … 1

• Harpham tries to take back plea deal

  December 21, 2011 in City on Page A1 Leaving a bomb laced with rat poison along the planned route of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Unity March was merely a “creative idea” to protest multiculturalism, domestic terrorist … 3

• Police: Bank robber’s bomb threat led to evacuations

  November 29, 2011 in News, City A suspected robber arrested inside a downtown Spokane bank this afternoon falsely told police there was a bomb inside the building, leading to road closures and evacuations at nearby offices. 4

• FBI: 3-year-old witnessed triple slaying in Mont.

  October 6, 2011 in News A 3-year-old child witnessed the killing of three people in a remote area of Montana’s Crow Indian Reservation and named a family member as the shooter, according to an FBI …

• Suspect in 3 Montana deaths found in Valley

  October 6, 2011 in City on Page A6 A 22-year-old man accused of killing three people in Montana was arrested Wednesday near the Spokane Valley Mall. Sheldon Bernard Chase was taken into custody without incident during a traffic …

• Mont. triple murder suspect arrested in Spokane Valley

  October 5, 2011 in News, City A 22-year-old man accused of killing three people in Montana was arrested Wednesday near the Spokane Valley Mall. 4

• Wigged heists described

  October 5, 2011 in City on Page A5 A suspect in a series of bank robberies pulled off by someone wearing a variety of wigs confessed to the crimes after her arrest, according to court documents. Cynthia Lynn …

• Newseum exhibits FBI’s “War on Terror” evidence

  September 5, 2011 in Nation/World Many clues that were later uncovered about the 9/11 mastermind’s activities, which have been stored in the FBI’s evidence lockers, are now going on public view for the first time … 2

• FBI to build more bombs in MLK Day trial

  September 3, 2011 in City on Page A5 A federal judge has ordered FBI experts to construct three bombs similar to the one allegedly planted at the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Unity March on Jan. 17, as … 1

• ‘Bad Hair Bandit’ suspect also worked as school nurse during spree

  August 20, 2011 in City on Page A7 A former Kootenai County Jail nurse suspected of robbing at least 20 banks in four states also worked as a school nurse in Western Washington during the crime spree. Alleged …

• FBI believes suspect is ‘Bad Hair Bandit’

  August 18, 2011 in City on Page A1 A series of bank robberies involving a woman wearing a variety of wigs may be the work of a nurse employed at the Kootenai County Jail until last week. The …

• Harpham trial rescheduled over MLK Jr. memorial dedication

  August 13, 2011 in City on Page A5 A dedication ceremony for a Martin Luther King Jr. memorial in Washington, D.C., prompted a federal judge on Friday to delay the trial of a man accused of planting a …

• Judge delays Harpham trial

  August 12, 2011 in City A dedication ceremony for a Martin Luther King Jr. memorial in Washington, D.C., prompted a federal judge on Friday to delay the trial of a man accused of planting a …

• Pliers may be allowed as evidence in Harpham trial

  August 5, 2011 in City on Page A5 A federal judge said Thursday that he is leaning toward allowing prosecutors to show that marks made on the wires of the bomb planted on Martin Luther King Jr. Day …

• FBI: Arrested soldier had bomb-making materials

  July 28, 2011 in Nation/World The FBI says bomb-making materials were found in the motel room of an AWOL Fort Campbell, Ky., soldier arrested near Fort Hood, Texas. 7

• Judge questions FBI procedures

  July 27, 2011 in City on Page A6 An FBI plan to not tell domestic terrorism suspect Kevin W. Harpham why he was arrested has raised the ire of the federal judge presiding over the case of the … 4

• FBI probing News Corp. 9/11 phone link

  July 14, 2011 in Nation/World The FBI has opened an investigation into allegations that media mogul Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. sought to hack into the phones of Sept. 11 victims, a law enforcement official said … 10

• FBI joins investigation at Arlington cemetery

  June 29, 2011 WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI has joined Army agents investigating possible criminal practices at Arlington National Cemetery that may have led to the burial of eight sets of cremated human …

• CdA agents help search for ex-militia leader in Montana

  June 13, 2011 in City FBI agents from Coeur d’Alene are in Montana to help search for a former militia leader who officials say fired on deputies and previously told police “he wasn’t going to … 9

• ‘Sovereigns’ gaining attention in Spokane area

  June 12, 2011 in City on Page A1 Deputies were prepared for the worst as they stood by in a Spokane County courtroom earlier this month during routine hearings for mostly low-level felonies. Their focus was on one … 64

• Former deputy accused of raping inmate at Spokane Indian Reservation jail

  June 8, 2011 in City on Page A5 A former jail deputy on the Spokane Indian Reservation is accused of raping an inmate. Clifford Arlen Matherly, 35, was arrested at a gas station in Chewelah, Wash., on Monday, … 1

• Spokane man indicted on wire fraud charges

  May 28, 2011 in City on Page B1 A Spokane man who claimed to have invented a computer chip that could capture energy from lightning pleaded not guilty this week to federal charges that he defrauded investors of …

• Tribe’s ex-ambulance director faces theft charges

  May 19, 2011 in City on Page A5 The former longtime director of the Spokane Tribe’s ambulance service faces federal charges of embezzling funds from the organization. Jack L. LeBret, 60, who was director of the Spokane Tribal …

• Man says brother victim of setup

  April 27, 2011 in City on Page A6 The man who boasted online about taking part in racist protests of taco trucks in Coeur d’Alene and now faces an illegal weapons charge was the victim of government entrapment, … 1

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