Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Prosecutor compiling list of discredited officers

  May 8, 2012 in News, City Spokane law enforcement officials for the first time are compiling a list of officers and deputies who have a record of lying or who have been discredited while doing their … 40

• Police pinpoint crime calls

  April 11, 2012 in City on Page A5 A day after Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich declared war on property crimes, the Spokane Police Department sent out a news release highlighting a previously announced initiative designed to combat … 5

• Property crimes frustrate sheriff

  April 10, 2012 in City on Page A1 Flanked by a woman whose three daughters hid in the basement last week as a burglar ransacked their home, Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich announced he’s fed up with prolific … 56

• Extortion threat not protected, judges declare

  March 16, 2012 in City on Page A8 A woman lost her appeal Thursday of a 2010 conviction for trying to extort money from a Spokane County corrections deputy to keep quiet a relationship that eventually cost him … 1

• Ex-deputy sentenced for HUD fraud

  January 31, 2012 in City on Page A6 A former Spokane County sheriff’s deputy has been sentenced to serve a month in prison after he previously pleaded guilty to defrauding a federal program that allows law enforcement officers … 4

• Justice system changes brought results

  January 3, 2012 in City on Page A5 Today, Judge Maryann Moreno steps down from the role of presiding judge in Spokane County Superior Court after overseeing dramatic changes – and improved results – in how local officials … 2

• County stands by deputies in lawsuit

  December 9, 2011 in City on Page A6 Spokane County will stand behind two sheriff’s deputies who broke a Spokane Valley man’s rib and punctured his lung when they were dispatched to help him in September 2009. County … 30

• Postcard-only policy at jail ends

  August 5, 2011 in City A postcards-only policy for mail to Spokane County jail inmates has been lifted. Envelopes are OK again. Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich said the change took effect this week when a federal … 4

• Creach family seeks millions

  July 20, 2011 in City on Page A5 The family of slain Spokane Valley pastor Wayne Scott Creach has filed a $14.7 million wrongful death claim against Spokane County, which is the first step in filing a civil … 26

• Sheriff, coalition discuss jail issues, reoffenders

  June 16, 2011 in City on Page A8 Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich and members of the No New Jail Coalition found a few points of agreement Wednesday. They appeared together at a meeting of the Spokane chapter of Washington …

• Sheriff gets $128,000 for gear

  June 8, 2011 in City on Page A5 Spokane County commissioners gave Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich $128,223 from reserves Tuesday – about one-third of the amount he requested for equipment and software. Knezovich requested $372,631 last week, but commissioners … 10

• State prisoners being evicted from county jail

  May 22, 2011 in News, City The Spokane County Jail will quit housing state prisoners next month in a dispute over payment. State officials refuse to pay the new $125-a-day rate the county charges Spokane and … 8

• Knezovich makes points in debate over new jail

  May 20, 2011 in City on Page A7 Call it the Dueling PowerPoints. Spokane’s downtown Rotary 21 club got the opening salvo April 29 when Robert Boruchowitz, a Seattle University law professor, made the case for diversion programs … 6

• Editors stand by S-R bomb story

  January 26, 2011 in News, City Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich confirmed Wednesday for the second time in two days that chemicals were mixed with shrapnel in a bomb that was placed along the Unity March … 30

• Sheriff planning to hire Chilberg

  January 25, 2011 in City on Page A5 Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich hopes to profit from former Spokane County Treasurer Skip Chilberg’s recent re-election defeat. Knezovich had been wishing for a budget director when voters gave Chilberg his pink … 1

• Ex-county treasurer will be sheriff’s budget director

  January 24, 2011 in News, City Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich hopes to profit from former Spokane County Treasurer Skip Chilberg’s recent re-election defeat. 3

• Deputy won’t face charges in shooting

  January 22, 2011 in City on Page A1 A Spokane County Sheriff’s Office deputy won’t face criminal charges in the shooting death of a 74-year-old Spokane Valley pastor, a decision Prosecutor Steve Tucker says came down to this … 50

• Agents gaining ‘clarity’ on Spokane bomb

  January 22, 2011 in City on Page A1 Federal investigators indicated Friday that they have made progress in their efforts to identify the person or persons who left a bomb Monday along the route of the planned Martin … 13

• Deputy won’t be charged in shooting death of pastor

    January 21, 2011 in News, City Spokane County Prosecutor Steve Tucker has decided not to file criminal charges against the deputy who shot 74-year-old pastor Wayne Scott Creach during a confrontation last August in Spokane Valley. 171

• Civil trial begins over deputy’s use of Taser

  January 4, 2011 in News, City A Spokane County Sheriff’s detective who has been the subject of a number of use-of-force complaints appeared in court Tuesday as a civil trial began by a man who claimed … 13

• Deputy cleared over sex toys business

  December 18, 2010 in City on Page B3 The deputy who shot a Spokane Valley pastor will not face discipline for failing to disclose his co-ownership of a business that sold sex toys online. Spokane County Deputy Brian … 2

• Deputy won’t be disciplined for wife’s sex-toy business

  December 17, 2010 in News, City The deputy who shot a Spokane Valley pastor will not face discipline for failing to disclose his co-ownership of a business that sold sex toys online. 8

• Deputy in probe shot dog, spurring lawsuit

  November 20, 2010 in City on Page B1 The deputy under investigation for shooting a Spokane Valley pastor was sued in California after he shot the dog of a woman who was performing CPR on her dying husband. … 33

• Deputies had responded to Creach’s property many times

  September 14, 2010 in City Pastor Wayne Scott Creach not only routinely carried his .45 caliber pistol on his property, he was known by police to hold theft suspects at gunpoint until officers could arrive … 31

• Witnesses sought in Creach shooting

  September 9, 2010 in City The Spokane Police Department announced Thursday that it is still seeking potential witnesses who may have seen or heard the encounter on Aug. 25 when Deputy Brian Hirzel shot and … 25

• Sheriff regrets way vacation decision was made

  September 8, 2010 in City Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich is frustrated and caught off-guard by the public reaction to the decision to allow Deputy Brian Hirzel to leave for vacation just hours after he … 48

• Jailer who failed to discover inmate death fights firing

  June 9, 2010 in City A Spokane County Jail corrections deputy is challenging his dismissal in March for alleged failure to discover an inmate’s death and then lying about it. 9

• City, county tense over contracts

  October 1, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V1 A harsh exchange Tuesday revealed that Spokane Valley’s contracts for county service are in more peril than previously acknowledged. County Commissioner Mark Richard said after Tuesday’s City Council meeting that … 1

• Sheriff ponders discipline for arrested sergeant

  March 30, 2009 in News Mahalia Thompson starts shaking when she describes watching a prowler peek around a neighbor’s fence, enter her yard and approach her teenage daughter’s window. 3