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• Alleged naked burglar freed from jail

  January 15, 2013 The alleged naked burglar, a registered sex offender suspected of breaking into a stranger’s Spokane apartment and disrobing last week, has been released from jail without any charges being filed … 67

• Sex offender re-arrested

  January 10, 2013 in City on Page A5 Spokane police officers believe they nabbed a naked burglar. Trevor Lee Franklin, a 22-year-old registered sex offender, entered a stranger’s Browne’s Addition apartment and disrobed just before 11 p.m. Tuesday, … 23

• Vestal: Rape law advocate finds change is slow

  December 29, 2012 in City on Page A5 Virginia Graham didn’t get into politics for the politics. “I’m probably the least political person you’ve ever met,” she said. 17

• Sex offenders found living in child care, foster homes

  August 5, 2012 in City on Page B7 SEATTLE – A new state audit found 28 sex offenders lived in state-regulated or subsidized child care or foster care homes between 2002 and 2012, and one sex offender worked … 1

• Murder case goes to judge

  July 17, 2012 in City on Page A5 Patrick Kevin Gibson made big money robbing banks. A dozen gunpoint heists in the 1990s netted him $850,000. He was a professional robber who didn’t need to bother with a …

• Accused sex offender released on bail

  June 29, 2012 in City on Page A5 A sex offender facing a potential life sentence for allegedly molesting a girl at the NorthTown Mall is out of jail. Richard Michael Payne, 55, posted a $250,000 bond through … 31

• Case could lead to life term for sex offender

  June 28, 2012 in City on Page A5 A child molester with a history of sex crimes in public places could be jailed for life after being arrested for exposing himself to a girl at NorthTown Mall in … 12

• Police: Girl molested by sex offender at NorthTown

  June 27, 2012 in City, News A registered sex offender has been arrested for exposing himself to a 5-year-old girl and molesting her at the NorthTown Mall. 36

• FBI assisting in pipe bomb probe

  May 24, 2012 in City, News Federal authorities are assisting in the investigation of a home-made bomb found by Spokane police while taking an alleged parole violator into custody.

• Officials identify suspect in Moore killing

  September 30, 2011 in City on Page A5 A sex offender arrested on suspicion of rape last week has been identified as a suspect in the homicide of a woman whose body was found near an east Spokane … 4

• Sex offender suspected in Evon Moore homicide

  September 29, 2011 in City A sex offender arrested on suspicion of rape last week has been identified as a suspect in the homicide of a woman whose body was found near an east Spokane … 1

• Sex offender arrested after stop

  September 24, 2011 in City on Page B3 A sex offender released from federal prison last month is accused of raping a Spokane prostitute in an attack that was discovered by a state trooper. Derrick Ross Vargas, 24, …

• Recently released sex offender arrested for rape

  September 23, 2011 in City A sex offender released from federal prison last month is accused of raping a Spokane prostitute in an attack that was discovered by an observant state trooper patrolling traffic. 9

• Child pornography charges thrown out

  June 9, 2011 in City on Page A5 Felony charges against a registered sex offender have been dismissed on technical grounds after a federal judge ruled that the search warrant used to find hundreds of images of child …

• Prison staff wants safety now

  March 31, 2011 in City on Page A5 State prison guards who were promised safer working conditions following the Jan. 29 slaying of a corrections officer in Western Washington are still waiting. At Airway Heights Corrections Center near … 5

• ‘Dangerous’ offender returns to jail on probation violation

  March 16, 2011 in City on Page A5 A convicted killer and rapist deemed so dangerous that prosecutors said they wished his 19-year prison term had been longer is back in jail after serving just half of his … 2

• Sex offender wanted after child pornography found

  February 25, 2011 in City A $250,000 arrest warrant has been issued for a registered sex offender accused of molesting a young girl. 8

• Inmate suspected in guard’s death is Spokane-area rapist

  January 31, 2011 in City on Page A1 The inmate suspected of killing a corrections officer in Western Washington is a sex offender serving life in prison for the abduction and rape of a Spokane-area real estate agent … 16

• County may shut down sex offender task force

  November 28, 2010 in City on Page B3 Spokane County sheriff’s Deputy Damon Simmons spends much of his time hunting for online sexual predators with the Spokane County Child Sexual Predator Task Force. But Simmons’ time with the … 5

• Sex offender in jail after crash

  November 17, 2010 in City on Page A6 A level 3 sex offender who hadn’t recently checked in with authorities was arrested Sunday evening after he allegedly crashed into another car while fleeing Spokane police in a stolen … 1

• Driver of stolen Honda arrested on East Empire

  November 15, 2010 in City A level 3 sex offender who hasn’t checked in with authorities recently was arrested Sunday evening after he allegedly crashed into another car while fleeing Spokane police in a stolen … 3

• Ruling upholds online sex sting

  November 11, 2010 in City on Page A5 The Washington Supreme Court, in a three-way opinion, has upheld the conviction of a man who tried to have sex with a 13-year-old girl he’d met online who really was … 2

• Sex offender arrested after three children report assaults

  November 4, 2010 in City on Page A5 A sex offender has been jailed on child rape charges after three children told Cheney police he’d assaulted them. A forensics technician and a Cheney police detective searched a trailer …

• Cross-country child porn case gets man 12 years

  July 7, 2010 in News A man who fled child pornography charges in West Virginia will spend 12 years in federal prison after his he was arrested in North Idaho with more than 200,000 explicit …

• Spokane County Sheriff’s Office identifies sex offenders

  June 9, 2010 in City on Page A6 Three sex offenders considered likely to reoffend have registered to live in Spokane County – two as transients. Edwin L. Kedish, 54, served 80 months in prison after being convicted …

• Sex offender released, Spokane County warns

  June 2, 2010 in City on Page A7 A child rapist who recently served nine months in jail for violating his probation is now living as a transient in Spokane County, officials announced Tuesday.

• Event urges kids to learn safety

  May 25, 2010 in City on Page A6 An educational event, Take 25, will offer ways to keep children safe during a day of activities today at the Spokane Valley Mall.

• Court backs life terms for sex offenders, but not juveniles

  May 18, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court took two cracks at one of the law’s thorniest questions Monday: When can you lock up a prisoner and throw away the key? Not when … 1

• Coeur d’Alene rape suspect not on registry

  May 4, 2010 in City on Page A1 A man accused of raping a Coeur d’Alene woman early Saturday was convicted in 1990 of raping a child in Washington, but a plea bargain led to his removal from … 1

• Sex predator ordered locked up indefinitely

  March 3, 2010 in City A jury has decided child molester Ronald Reo Timm should be locked up indefinitely because he’s a predator who poses a danger to society. 22

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