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• Serial robber gets 10 years

  February 11, 2010 in City on Page A6 A 20-year-old man who as a teenager terrorized Spokane payday loan stores in a drug-fueled armed robbery spree was sentenced to 10 years in prison Wednesday. Before Zachary T. Allen …

• Three men suspected of serial robberies

  July 30, 2009 in City It didn’t take police long to connect the witness to the suspect: they live in the same apartment.

• Pharmacy robberies stop with arrests

  March 26, 2009 in City on Page A12 No pharmacy robberies have been reported in Spokane since the arrests of a young couple charged with a string of gunpoint holdups that included a Shopko robbed of OxyContin as …

• Robbery spree haunts clerks, prosecutor says

  March 7, 2009 in City on Page A8 The string of robberies in Spokane that ended with the arrest of a young couple one month ago left convenience store clerks and cash store employees so terrified that many …

• OxyContin robberies will continue, police fear

  February 10, 2009 in City on Page A1 The addictive pull of OxyContin may have led to a monthlong crime spree by a young couple arrested last week on suspicion of robbery, court papers show. And police think … 1

• Two arrested in string of robberies

  February 8, 2009 in City on Page B3 The Spokane Police Department has identified the two suspects arrested Friday in connection with a string of robberies at payday loan shops and pharmacies. Zachary Tyler Allen, 19, and Kimberly …

• Measures aim to halt holdups

  February 6, 2009 in City on Page A1 A serial robber suspected of a major OxyContin heist this week in Spokane has prompted extra patrols at pharmacies and additional security measures at payday loan stores. Check into Cash …

• Police look for serial loan store robber

  January 29, 2009 in City A masked gunman robbed two Spokane payday loan centers Thursday, and police suspect the same man who targeted one of the same stores Jan. 20. A man with a handgun …

• OxyContin a growing scourge

  January 18, 2009 in City on Page A1 A Coeur d’Alene attorney reportedly recruited a client to help him feed his prescription pill addiction, paying for the man to travel to California monthly to fetch hundreds of OxyContin … 1