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• County to pay $50,000 to settle suit in death of Trent Yohe

  March 23, 2010 in City Spokane County commissioners approved a $50,000 settlement Tuesday in the May 2007 death of a Spokane Valley man who fought with sheriff’s deputies. 4

• Taser issues advisory on use of stun guns

  October 21, 2009 in Nation/World, City Taser International is advising police agencies across the nation not to shoot its stun guns at a suspect’s chest. The Arizona-based company says such action poses a risk — albeit … 18

• County faces suit in man’s ’07 death

  July 2, 2009 in City on Page A1 A federal lawsuit has been filed against Spokane County alleging that deputies violated a man’s civil rights when they repeatedly used a Taser and hogtied him during a struggle in … 4

• Center for Justice sues over Yohe’s death

    July 1, 2009 in News A federal civil rights lawsuit has been filed against Spokane County over deputies’ actions in a struggle with an epileptic man in 2007 that resulted in his death. The suit … 1

• Attorney, law center join up

  November 14, 2007 in City on Page A1 It was a lawyer’s peak moment: arguing a case before the U.S. Supreme Court. But Spokane attorney Jeffry Finer was pretty sure he’d lost in 1996 when Chief Justice William …

• Medics wanted cuffs off Yohe

  July 22, 2007 in City on Page A1 A police investigative report released last week says Spokane Valley Fire paramedics asked sheriff’s deputies to release Trent Yohe from handcuffs and leg restraints so they could treat the 37-year-old …

• Deaths of disabled discussed

  June 22, 2007 in City on Page B2 Civil rights advocates sat down with Spokane County’s highest-ranking law enforcement officials Wednesday night to discuss recent fatal confrontations between police and persons with disabilities. The public forum at Gonzaga …

• Zehm, Yohe catalysts for forum

  June 17, 2007 in City on Page B2 A mentally disabled man buying a candy bar dies last year after a struggle with police. A meth addict with epilepsy confronted by sheriff’s deputies on May 1 while possibly …

• Smart Bombs: Vroom for improvement

  June 16, 2007 in Opinion on Page B6 My car can go 140 miles per hour, or so the speedometer says. That’s twice the speed limit when traveling to Seattle on Interstate 90. In some parts of West …

• Yohe’s blood, medical records obtained

  June 14, 2007 in City on Page B3 Police detectives used a search warrant to get an unconscious man’s medical records immediately after his May 1 encounter with sheriff’s deputies in Spokane Valley, court records show. That tactic, …

• Legal center takes step toward Yohe death claim

  June 1, 2007 in City on Page B3 A Spokane civil rights law firm has filed a legal petition opening a probate for the estate of Trent Yohe – a first step in what may result in a …

• Doug Clark: An introduction to law enforcement linguistics

  May 20, 2007 in City on Page B1 Hello, language lovers. I want to thank you members of the Spokane media for attending today’s joint Police Department and Sheriff’s Office press conference. I’m Deputy Doubletalk. I’ll be taking …

• Pia K. Hansen: Seizures regularly misunderstood

  May 19, 2007 in City on Page B1 Having epilepsy – what some people call a seizure disorder – can be pretty scary. Epilepsy is a chronic brain disorder that sometimes doesn’t respond to drugs and sometimes changes …

• Smart Bombs: Fit to be hogtied

  May 19, 2007 in Opinion on Page B4 Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich and Spokane Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick are hung up on the terminology that the media, emergency medical workers and, yes, police officers use when describing …

• Officers urge end to word ‘hogtied’

  May 18, 2007 in City on Page A13 Spokane’s top law enforcement officials pleaded with journalists Thursday to quit using the term “hogtied” to describe a restraining technique in which suspects’ hands and feet are bound behind their …

• Force again alleged

  May 18, 2007 in City on Page A1 The lone civilian eyewitness to a deadly fight between sheriff’s deputies and a meth addict told investigators Thursday she was afraid of retaliation and initially didn’t tell them about seeing …

• Lawyer: Death shows more training needed

  May 16, 2007 in City on Page A7 Over the past three months, the Spokane Police Department has gotten new training on how to deal with the substance-impaired and mentally disabled. Officers are being taught to recognize “excited …

• Questions follow suspect’s death

  May 16, 2007 in City on Page A1 As Trent Yohe lay unconscious, hooked to life-support equipment last week in a Spokane hospital, a friend had an idea. Billy Ashton thought if he put a set of headphones …

• In brief: Man who was Tasered by deputies dies

  May 13, 2007 in City on Page B3 A 37-year-old man who stopped breathing last week after he was tasered and hogtied by Spokane County sheriff’s deputies died Saturday morning at Sacred Heart Medical Center. Trent A. Yohe …

• Hogtied suspect listed in critical condition

  May 9, 2007 in City on Page B3 For the second time in 14 months, a suspect is fighting for his life in a Spokane hospital after he was hogtied following a struggle with area police officers. Trent …

• Group nears goal for Shasta’s house

  May 8, 2007 in Idaho on Page B3 The effort to build a house for crime victim Shasta Groene is nearly complete. A “Shasta Fiesta” dinner and auction on Saturday raised $94,000, enough to finish paying for the …

• Ex-CEO of casino elected to council

  May 8, 2007 in Idaho on Page B3 David Matheson has been elected to a three-year term on the Coeur d’Alene Tribe’s governing council. Matheson, 55, was fired a year ago as chief executive officer of the Coeur …

• House fires, rescue among calls during busy week

  May 5, 2007 in Voices on Page V9 After a relatively slow period the week before, Valley Fire personnel Tuesday handled a large house fire, a technical rescue and a small fire in a trailer where a drug …

• Suspect in critical condition after being Tasered

  May 3, 2007 in City on Page B3 A suspect in a criminal investigation was in critical condition Wednesday after he was Tasered by Spokane Valley police during a drug raid. Trent A. Yohe, 37, was exhibiting seizurelike …