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• Two home-invasion robberies reported

  May 31, 2012 in City on Page A6 A man was shot in the leg late Tuesday in what Spokane police are investigating as a possible home-invasion robbery. The 11 p.m. shooting in the 900 block of East …

• Plaster cow stolen from Cd’A flea market recovered

  May 10, 2012 in Idaho COEUR d’ALENE — An Idaho man on felony probation for burglary is in a whole herd of trouble after a fiberglass cow taken from outside a Coeur d’Alene flea market … 7

• Leaf pleads guilty to stealing painkillers

  May 8, 2012 in Sports GREAT FALLS, Mont. — Former NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf has pleaded guilty to charges that he broke into a house and possessed prescription painkillers. 13

• Montana court postpones Ryan Leaf’s arraignment

  May 3, 2012 in Sports Ryan Leaf’s arraignment on charges that the former NFL quarterback broke into two homes in Montana and stole prescription drugs has been postponed.

• 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

• Bail-jumping charge sends thief to prison

  April 26, 2012 in City on Page A7 A Spokane man convicted of stealing money from a homeless woman who gave him her savings to rent a home is headed to prison. But it wasn’t the theft that …

• Gonzaga program helps police crack smaller-scale fraud, embezzlement cases

  April 21, 2012 in City on Page A1 Spokane County law enforcement agencies believe they may be seeing the criminal result of the bad economy: Reports of theft and fraud by employees in all types of work are … 6

• 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 to get new focus

  March 31, 2012 in City on Page A1 City leaders on Friday announced a new plan to investigate property crimes in Spokane that involves more investigators, a greater focus on crime trends and larger investments in technology. The … 41

• Burglary suspect: These pants aren’t mine

  March 23, 2012 in News, City A suspected burglar caught wearing pants with methamphetamine in the pocket said the pants didn’t belong to him, police say. 3

• Spokane burglary suspect is repeat offender

  March 21, 2012 in News, City A burglary suspect accused of stealing a truck and gun from a northwest Spokane home is a repeat offender with a 19-year history of property crimes, police say. 4

• Investigators discover link to old burglary, poaching cases

  March 19, 2012 in Outdoors, Region While investigating thefts in Whitman and Spokane counties on Sunday, investigators discovered a link to a 2009 burglary, along with potential links to old theft and poaching cases. 9

• Theft victims in Liberty Lake point to family members

  March 15, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page V7 Liberty Lake police officers responded to a steady stream of mostly minor incidents from March 5-Monday. Those calls included two from residents reporting thefts by family members. A resident in …

• Prosecutors say officer was justified

  February 28, 2012 in City on Page A6 A Colville police officer was justified when he shot and killed a 21-year-old car-prowling suspect who investigators say was armed with a stolen gun last November, prosecutors have concluded. Officer …

• Officer in fatal Colville shooting won’t be charged

  February 27, 2012 in News, City A Colville police officer was justified when he shot and killed a 21-year-old car prowling suspect who investigators say was armed with a stolen gun last November, prosecutors recently concluded.

• Judicial appointee helps track suspect

  January 14, 2012 in City on Page A1 An assistant U.S. attorney and appointee for a federal judgeship helped identify a suspect in a string of South Hill burglaries by tracking his wife’s stolen coffee shop card. Tom … 1

• U.S. attorney used wife’s stolen card to track South Hill burglar

  January 13, 2012 in News, City An assistant U.S. attorney and appointee for a federal judgeship helped identify a suspect in a string of South Hill burglaries by tracking his wife’s stolen coffee shop card. 2

• Man says optimism drove Ponzi scheme

  January 5, 2012 in City, Idaho on Page A5 Dale Edward Lowell just needed a bit more money. A few dollars here and there – anything to help him make another investment in a stock market he was sure … 1

• Ex-real estate agent sentenced in $2.2 mil. Ponzi scheme

  January 4, 2012 in News, City, Idaho A man who authorities say used his connections as a real estate agent and church pianist in North Idaho to dupe investors out of $2.2 million has been sentenced to … 10

• Alleged copper thieves thought they had license to steal

  December 23, 2011 in City on Page A1 These entrepreneurs probably won’t be in the running for a business leadership award anytime soon. Police say a band of suspected metal thieves created a Spokane-based business, complete with licenses … 8

• Coeur d’Alene police ID eight in massive burglary ring

  December 22, 2011 in News Coeur d’Alene police have four people in custody and are looking for four more in connection with a massive burglary ring.

• Woman steals $1,700 worth of botox treatments

  December 22, 2011 in News, Idaho Coeur d’Alene Police are looking for a woman suspected of walking out of a North Idaho dermatology business without paying for $1,700 in facial treatments, including Botox and Juvederm. 4

• Home had been hit before

  December 21, 2011 in City on Page A5 A teenager who was with the 13-year-old boy shot during a Monday burglary had stolen marijuana from the same home less than a week before. The boy who was shot … 1

• Report: Homeowner who shot teen suspect had pot stolen earlier

  December 20, 2011 in News, City A teenager who was with the 13-year-old boy shot during a Monday burglary had stolen marijuana from the same home less than a week before. 4

• Boy, 13, shot, wounded by homeowner

  December 20, 2011 in City on Page A5 A 13-year-old boy is in stable condition after being shot by a homeowner during an early morning burglary in Medical Lake on Monday. No one has been arrested, and the … 7

• Teen burglary suspect shot by homeowner

  December 19, 2011 in News, City A 13-year-old boy is in stable condition after being shot by a homeowner during an early morning burglary in Medical Lake. 21

• Lawyer pins theft suspect

  December 13, 2011 in City on Page A5 Police say a man who prowled at least 30 cars a night throughout Spokane County picked the wrong truck in the Valley recently. Spokane lawyer Brant Stevens caught up with … 4

• Spokane lawyer catches prolific car prowling suspect

  December 12, 2011 in News, City Police say a man who prowled at least 30 cars a night throughout Spokane County picked the wrong truck in the Valley recently. 11

• Charity burglary leaves families without Christmas gifts

  December 7, 2011 in News, City An organization that serves terminally ill children was burglarized today for the second time in a month, with the thief taking Christmas presents meant for three families. 2

• Man arrested in South Hill burglaries

  December 7, 2011 in City on Page A5 Spokane police have arrested a suspect in a series of burglaries on the South Hill. Nathan Daniel Moore, 30, was ordered Tuesday to stay in jail on $20,000 bail for …

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