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• Sketch released of South Hill sexual assailant

  May 25, 2012 in News, City Spokane police today released a sketch of a man suspected of sexually assaulting a woman in a South Hill park Tuesday afternoon. 7

• Woman assaulted in South Spokane park

  May 23, 2012 in City A 62-year-old woman was assaulted late Tuesday afternoon in Upper Lincoln Park on Spokane’s south side. 36

• Lawsuit against Strauss-Kahn can proceed

  May 1, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK — A hotel maid’s sexual assault lawsuit against Dominique Strauss-Kahn can go forward to trial, a judge ruled today, rebuffing the former International Monetary Fund leader’s diplomatic-immunity claim.

• Shoshone County man charged with lewd behavior

  December 7, 2011 in Idaho Bond has been set at $250,000 for a Kingston, Idaho, man charged with two counts of lewd and lascivious behavior with a 5-year-old girl. 5

• SCC student reports on-campus rape

  October 6, 2011 in City A Spokane Community College student reported to campus security today that she was raped in a car in the campus parking lot at 10 a.m. Wednesday. Spokane police are investigating. … 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, …

• Vestal: Strain at statistics in WSU rape reports

  September 2, 2011 in City on Page A5 Washington State University is in “very serious” trouble with the feds. The university failed to properly classify two reports of rape on campus in 2007, and the federal government is … 31

• Knife, ax, machete lead to attempted-murder arrests

  August 4, 2011 in City A fight over sexual assault allegations led to the arrest of a couple on kidnapping and attempted murder charges in Airway Heights early today, police said. 2

• Authorities investigating assaults urge caution on trail

  August 4, 2011 in City Authorities investigating reports of women being assaulted by a bicyclist while jogging continue to urge caution but say law enforcement “is addressing this issue.” 16

• Man charged with rape of 2 workers

  August 4, 2011 in City on Page A5 The operator of a beauty shop in the NorthTown Mall in Spokane is in jail on rape charges involving two of his employees. Thomas C. Rohn, 37, is accused of …

• SlutWalk marchers fight ‘blame-the-victim’ mindset

  June 19, 2011 in City on Page B1 Little did a Toronto police officer know when he told some college women to stop dressing provocatively if they don’t want to be sexual assault victims that his comment would … 4

• SlutWalk raises awareness of sexual assault

  June 18, 2011 in City Little did a Toronto police officer know when he told some college women to stop dressing provocatively if they don’t want to be sexual assault victims that his comment would … 15

• State to pay family in sexual assault case

  May 8, 2011 in City on Page B7 LONGVIEW, Wash. – The state has agreed to pay a Longview foster family more than $470,000 to settle a sexual assault lawsuit. The family sued in 2009, arguing that social …

• CdA rape suspect may be headed to Oregon

  April 18, 2011 in News, Idaho A rape suspect wanted by Coeur d’Alene police may be traveling to Florence, Ore., authorities announced Monday. Scott Patrick Giordano, 30, was reported to be in a 1973 GMC truck, … 5

• Coeur d’Alene police looking for rape suspect

  April 14, 2011 in Idaho Coeur d’Alene police are looking for a 30-year-old man suspected of raping a 17-year-old girl. 1

• Police describe woman’s attacker

  November 10, 2010 in City on Page A8 Spokane police on Tuesday released a description of a man who they say sexually assaulted a woman at knifepoint near Regal Street and 54th Avenue on Monday. They say a … 3

• Police seek clues on armed sex assailant

  November 9, 2010 in City A man who sexually assaulted a woman at knife point near Regal Street and 54th Avenue on Monday is described as white and in his early 20s, 5-foot-8 and muscular …

• Police seeking attacker after woman reports assault

  November 9, 2010 in City on Page A5 Police are looking for a man who sexually assaulted a woman Monday as she pushed her young child in a stroller though a South Hill neighborhood.

• South Hill mom targeted in sex attack

  November 8, 2010 in City Police are looking for a man who sexually assaulted a woman just after 6 this evening in Spokane’s South Hill neighborhood. 1

• DSHS settles abuse case from ’70s for $1.7 million

  October 12, 2010 in City on Page A8 A Spokane man molested in the 1970s after being placed as a foster child in the home of a convicted child molester will be paid $1.7 million by the state …

• Police: Rape suspect posed as cop

  September 28, 2010 in City on Page A5 A man accused of raping a 19-year-old woman in a Spokane park early Saturday claimed to be a police officer, then told her he would take her to jail for … 7

• Man in custody on rape, kidnapping charges

  September 27, 2010 in City on Page A6 A suspected rapist is in custody after authorities were alerted to a sexual assault early Sunday in north Spokane. Christopher Michael Clough, 29, was apprehended in connection with the 1:27 … 3

• Suspected rapist captured in Spokane

  September 26, 2010 in News, City A suspected rapist is in custody after authorities were alerted to a sexual assault early today in North Spokane. 7

• Trial opens for man accused of raping wife

  August 26, 2010 in City on Page A6 The trial of a Spokane man charged with sexually assaulting his wife at gunpoint started Wednesday – the same man who is charged with kidnapping his wife six days later, …

• Serial assailant suspected in Valley sex attacks

  July 22, 2010 in City New evidence shows one man is responsible for three sexual assaults in Spokane Valley in December 2008 and September 2009, police announced today.

• Spokane police re-evaluate woman’s rape claim

  June 9, 2010 in City New information has prompted Spokane police to re-evaluate a woman’s claim that she was raped early Saturday. 1

• Man pleads guilty to raping woman he met through church

  June 2, 2010 in City A 20-year-old man pleaded guilty today to raping a girl he met at a church function. 4

• Man pleads not guilty to sex abuse

  February 25, 2010 in City on Page A5 A Spokane man pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges that he molested two girls in 2006. Robert E. Brocklehurst, 32, faces one count of rape of a child in the …

• Man pleads not guilty in church rape case

  February 23, 2010 in City A church worker pleaded not guilty today to a rape charge in which police allege he tied wire around a woman’s face, fastened her to a metal pipe in the …

• Man convicted in assaults

  January 30, 2010 in City on Page B1 A child rapist faces life in prison after a Spokane County jury convicted him Friday of three crimes involving sexual assaults against prostitutes. Pierre D. West, 49, clenched his jaw … 1

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