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• Airway Heights prison therapist confronted, quits

  April 19, 2013 in City on Page A5 A female therapist who specialized in sexual deviancy treatment at the Airway Heights Corrections Center resigned after having an inappropriate relationship with a male sex offender, prison officials said Thursday. … 7

• Two men charged in attack with hatchet

  March 14, 2013 in City on Page A7 Two homeless men have been charged in an attack on a third homeless man with the blunt end of a hatchet that broke his skull and vertebrae. John C. Hill, … 3

• Homeless convicts charged in hatchet attack

  March 13, 2013 in City Two homeless convicts have been charged with the attacking a third homeless man with the blunt end of a hatchet, causing a broken skull and broken vertebrae on a man … 14

• Rapist no longer needs to register

  January 12, 2013 in City on Page B2 A former Spokane police sergeant convicted in 1994 of raping a deaf developmentally disabled woman no longer must register as a sex offender. William A. Gentry, 67, told a Spokane … 56

• Missing Tacoma teen found with sex offender

  November 14, 2012 in Region TACOMA — A missing 16-year-old special education student and a 21-year-old sex offender were found asleep this morning at a north Tacoma home, police said. Briana Troyer is OK, said … 1

• Sex offender escapes custody during doctor’s appointment

  October 12, 2012 in City Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a sex offender who molested a minor in 2007 and escaped from custody this week. 12

• Trial begins in 1992 robbery, homicide

  May 31, 2012 in City on Page A5 The lengthy trial of a convicted robber began this week after DNA linked the registered sex offender to a fake beard worn during the killing of a Spokane Valley business …

• Sex offender living as transient in county

  January 12, 2011 in City on Page A7 A sex offender considered likely to reoffend has registered to live as a transient in Spokane County, officials said Tuesday.

• Registered sex offender held in new Post Falls case

  December 28, 2010 in City, Idaho A convicted sex offender with a lengthy criminal history in Oregon is accused of molesting a Post Falls girl. 2

• Man who sought sex with girl gets 12 years

  November 20, 2010 in City on Page B2 A Michigan man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty in March to grooming a 13-year-old Ferry County girl and then traveling across the country to …

• Sex offender gets two-year sentence

  September 2, 2010 in City, Idaho on Page A5 A Plummer, Idaho, man who sexually abused a child then failed to register as a sex offender was sentenced this week to more than two years in federal prison.

• Man gets four years for child porn

  July 21, 2010 in City on Page A7 A Moses Lake man will spend four years in prison for possessing more than 2,000 images of child pornography. 1

• Chronic sex offender pleads guilty again

  July 14, 2010 in City Steven J. Snedden does most of his work in college libraries. Unfortunately, none of his efforts can be characterized as research. The 47-year-old registered sex offender, whose exploits have helped … 4

• Center releases sex predator

  July 8, 2010 in Region on Page A6 The second man to be sent to Washington’s commitment center for sex predators has been released after nearly 20 years.

• Man arrested after officers chase stolen vehicle

  May 26, 2010 in City on Page A7 A fugitive sex offender armed with knives and driving a stolen vehicle led officers on a chase Monday through west Spokane, police said.

• Sex offender living as transient in county

  April 16, 2010 in City on Page A8 A man who raped an elderly woman at knifepoint in 1995 is living as a transient in Spokane County, the Sheriff’s Office announced Thursday.

• DNA triggers arrest in 1999 rape case

  April 1, 2010 in City on Page A6 A suspect was arrested this week in a rape that’s been unsolved for more than 10 years. 3

• Idaho measure would alter age-of-consent law

  March 16, 2010 in Idaho on Page A6 BOISE – If a 16- or 17-year-old girl has consensual sex with her 18- or 19-year-old boyfriend, the boy shouldn’t have to fear felony charges and being branded a sex …

• Home of kidnapping suspect searched in killings

  August 28, 2009 in Nation/World ANTIOCH, Calif. — Authorities are searching the home where a man allegedly held a kidnapped girl captive for 18 years, looking for evidence in the murders of several prostitutes. 1

• Calif. girl abducted in 1991 surfaced alive this week

  August 27, 2009 in Nation/World A 58-year-old convicted rapist and his wife have been arrested in connection with the 1991 abduction of 11-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard, who surfaced alive in the San Francisco Bay area … 1

• In brief: Four forced from home by attic fire

  March 4, 2009 in City on Page A6 Four people were displaced Tuesday after an electrical fire ignited in the attic of their northwest Spokane home. The residents are unable to stay at 3914 W. Longfellow Ave. while …

• Sweep goes after wanted sex offenders

  November 27, 2007 in City on Page B3 OLYMPIA – Trying to convince sex offenders that they have nowhere to hide, state and local officials on Monday launched a sweep to locate and arrest those who fail to …

• Idaho Lawmaker To Push Castration Senator Plans To Introduce Bill Based A New California Law

  November 15, 1996 in Idaho on Page B4 State Sen. John Sandy said he wants convicted child sexual abusers chemically castrated. The Hagerman Republican said he would introduce a bill in January based on a new California law …