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• Locator device helps detectives track burglary suspect in Valleyford area

  April 27, 2012 in City on Page A5 A 50-year-old ex-con accused of burglarizing a south Spokane County home while three children hid was arrested in part because detectives installed an electronic location tracker on his vehicle. The … 11

• Kootenai County considers new regs for coin shops

  January 12, 2012 in Idaho The Kootenai County sheriff’s office is asking county commissioners to extend rules that apply to pawn shops and secondhand stores to coin and precious metal dealers to help curb and … 1

• Internet ads help police recover stolen car, bike

  January 12, 2012 in City on Page A6 Spokane Valley detectives recovered a stolen classic car and a stolen motorcycle after searching two Spokane Valley homes Wednesday. The 1936 Ford Coupe was stolen Dec. 21, and the victim’s …

• Four accused in north Spokane burglary

  December 5, 2011 in Idaho on Page A7 Spokane police on Saturday arrested four people suspected of stealing a loaded handgun, televisions, game systems and other property from a north Spokane home. Booked into Spokane County Jail on …

• Teens held in car break-ins

  September 23, 2011 in Idaho on Page A5 Following a tip from a transient, Coeur d’Alene police recently arrested three teenage boys believed to be responsible for dozens of auto burglary cases reported during the summer. The boys, …

• Juveniles suspected in dozens of auto burglary cases

  September 22, 2011 in Idaho, News Following a tip from a transient, Coeur d’Alene police arrested three teenage boys and charged them with 31 auto burglary cases and two felony malicious-injury-to-property cases reported during the summer. 5

• Metal thefts nearly sink Colville boat firm

  August 4, 2011 in City on Page A1 A Colville boat factory nearly went out of business when a trusted supervisor sold an estimated $556,000 worth of stolen aluminum to a Spokane scrap metal dealer. It took more … 58

• Police cordon futile; suspect wasn’t home

  July 1, 2011 in City on Page A8 Spokane Valley police and the SWAT team surrounded a Spokane Valley home for several hours Thursday hoping to apprehend a suspected thief with a long rap sheet. Turns out he …

• Police surround Spokane Valley home

  June 30, 2011 in City Spokane Valley police and the SWAT team surrounded a Spokane Valley home for several hours Thursday hoping to apprehend a suspected thief with a long rap sheet. 9

• Lost cell phone leads to car prowling suspect’s arrest

  April 26, 2011 in City A 15-year-old car prowler was arrested Monday after he left his cell phone inside a victimized vehicle and the owner called his mother, Spokane Valley police said today. 2

• Police link burglary suspect to gun used in slaying

  April 1, 2011 in City on Page A6 A suspected serial burglar tracked by police using a GPS device is believed to have stolen the gun that was later used in a gang-related murder. Robert J. Frates’ arrest …

• Teen stole from grandfather after finding him dead, police say

  December 8, 2010 in City on Page A6 Police say a Spokane man had an unusual reaction to his grandfather’s death: grand theft. Anthony S. Jungen, 19, was ordered held Tuesday at the Spokane County Jail in lieu … 2

• Man greeted SWAT team with knife, sheriff’s office says

  December 2, 2010 in City A man involved in a stolen property investigation threatened a SWAT team with a large knife on Wednesday, the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office said today. 14

• Developer enters not-guilty plea

  June 17, 2010 in City on Page A7 A Spokane land developer pleaded not guilty to several felonies related to an alleged drug and stolen property ring investigators believe he ran from his Long Lake home. 1

• Woman sentenced in shooting plot

  April 21, 2010 in Idaho A 35-year-old Shoshone woman has been sentenced to at least 10 years in prison for a plot to kill her former father-in-law.

• Motorist Booked On Drug-Possession Charge Vehicle Without License Plate Attracts Attention Of Police

  June 26, 1997 on Page S9 Martin Ray Hill, 40, was not only driving without a valid license, police said. He was driving without a license plate when police pulled his vehicle over near Main and …