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• 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, …

• Photographer, facing past, focuses on hope and foster home

  November 7, 2010 in Idaho Voices on Page I1 It was a secret she kept for 13 terrifying years as she lived in constant fear. There was the fright of revealing her secret and then there was the terror …

• Man accused of trying to lure girls near Valley schools

  October 6, 2010 in City A 28-year-old man is accused of trying to lure teen girls into his car while masturbating near Spokane Valley schools. 4

• Police: Man posed online as teen boy to lure girls

  September 28, 2010 in City A Spokane Valley man is accused of arranging meeting with young girls while posing as a teen boy on the Internet, then offering them money for sex.

• Alleged child molester also worked at East Central day care

  September 23, 2010 in City A child care center volunteer accused of child molestation also worked at a center in east central Spokane. 2

• Lawyer faces child sex abuse charges

  September 19, 2010 in City on Page B1 A North Idaho attorney is being held without bail in San Diego following allegations he sexually abused a teenage girl, including during “dates” at Southern California hotels. David C. Jacquot, …

• Spokane diocese paid boys ranch accusers

  March 12, 2010 in City on Page A1 Although a jury last month rejected Kenneth Putnam’s sex abuse allegations against Morning Star Boys’ Ranch, the Catholic Diocese of Spokane had already paid Putnam a settlement worth hundreds of … 17

• Jury clears Morning Star in first sex abuse lawsuit

  February 13, 2010 in City on Page A1 A unanimous jury ruled against plaintiff Kenneth Putnam on Friday, handing victory to Morning Star Boys’ Ranch in the first of 19 sex abuse lawsuits to go to trial. Putnam, … 3

• Jury decides in favor of Morning Star

  February 12, 2010 in City A jury today found against plaintiff Kenneth Putnam in the first of 19 lawsuits against Morning Star Boys’ Ranch scheduled for trial in Spokane County Superior Court. 6

• Jury deliberates abuse case

  February 10, 2010 in City on Page A5 Jurors in the Morning Star Boys’ Ranch trial began deliberations Tuesday afternoon after opposing attorneys tried to define the case as all about accountability or all about profit. “This case … 2

• Morning Star abuse case goes to jurors

  February 9, 2010 in City Jurors in the Morning Star Boys’ Ranch trial began deliberations Tuesday afternoon after opposing attorneys tried to define the case as all about accountability or all about profit. 4

• Ex-ranch director denies abuse allegations

  February 4, 2010 in News The Rev. Joseph Weitensteiner said Thursday that he would sometimes get angry during his 52-year career at Morning Star Boys’ Ranch, but that he “never, never” sexually abused the boys … 2

• Girls’ rapist receives 18-year prison term

  October 15, 2009 in City on Page A5 After listening to descriptions of the years of pain he inflicted on his victims, Robert J. Robel stood to face the judge who would send him to prison for what … 2

• Ex-security chief gets 18 years for raping girls

  October 14, 2009 in City After listening to descriptions of the years of pain he inflicted on his victims, Robert J. Robel stood to face the judge who would send him to prison for what … 2

• Rapist gets 50-year sentence

  March 26, 2009 in City on Page A8 A federal judge in Spokane imposed a 50-year prison sentence Wednesday on a former Benton County reserve sheriff’s deputy who raped his daughter and posted videos of the abuse online …

• No-contact order went too far, court says

  December 30, 2008 in Idaho on Page A6 BOISE – An Idaho court went too far when it imposed a no-contact order on a sex offender that banned him from contacting any minor, including his own two young …