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• 78-year-old pleads guilty in pot case

  May 19, 2012 in City on Page B2 A 78-year-old man who allowed drug traffickers to use his property just south of the Canadian border in Ferry County has pleaded guilty. Alvin Oliver Shields had 700 pounds of … 4

• Evaluation ordered for child porn suspect

  April 21, 2012 in City on Page A5 A state social services employee accused of distributing child pornography must undergo a mental health evaluation before he can leave jail, a judge ruled Friday. Assistant U.S. Attorney Earl Hicks …

• Judge postpones Thompson sentencing

  January 6, 2012 in City on Page A1 The upcoming sentencing hearing for former Spokane police Officer Karl F. Thompson Jr. was postponed Thursday to give defense attorneys more time to investigate recent developments that might bolster their … 84

• Ex-SPD officer’s sentencing hearing postponed

    January 5, 2012 in News, City The upcoming sentencing hearing for former Spokane police Officer Karl F. Thompson Jr. was postponed Thursday to give defense attorneys more time to investigate recent developments that might bolster their … 94

• 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

• Judge denies request to interview Zehm jurors

  December 7, 2011 in City on Page A5 A judge has denied a request by former Spokane police Officer Karl Thompson’s attorneys to interview the jurors who convicted Thompson last month of two felonies in connection with the … 28

• Judge denies Thompson’s request to question jurors

    December 6, 2011 in News, City A judge has denied a request by former Spokane police Officer Karl Thompson’s attorney’s to interview the jurors who convicted him last month of two felonies in connection with the … 50

• Suspect in Davenport Hotel fraud convicted in Louisiana

  December 2, 2011 in City on Page A7 A man accused of stealing from the Davenport Hotel after being hired under a stolen identity has been sentenced in federal court in Louisiana for a similar scheme. William Joseph …

• More charges in terror case

  November 18, 2011 in City on Page A5 A reputed white supremacist convicted last month of a gun charge related to an alleged domestic terrorism plot has been indicted by a grand jury for an alleged identity theft …

• Murder-for-hire plot nets Steele 50-year term

  November 10, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page A1 Professing his innocence and blaming a vast government conspiracy, self-described “attorney for the damned” Edgar Steele was sentenced Wednesday to 50 years in federal prison for a foiled murder-for-hire plot … 8

• Edgar Steele sentenced to 50 years for murder plot

  November 9, 2011 in News, City, Idaho Edgar Steele was sentenced to 50 years in prison today for a foiled murder-for-hire plot that targeted his wife and mother-in-law. 4

• Police trainer says Thompson had no reason for using force against Zehm

  October 18, 2011 in City on Page A5 YAKIMA – Had the fatal confrontation with Otto Zehm been a mock scenario used in training, Spokane police Officer Karl F. Thompson Jr. would have failed, a use-of-force expert testified … 1

• Baton use quick, jury told

  October 15, 2011 in City on Page A5 Two Spokane women who were teenagers when they saw Spokane police Officer Karl Thompson confront Otto Zehm at a convenience store told jurors in Thompson’s excessive force trial Friday that … 11

• Hells Angels member Jenks sentenced

  October 8, 2011 in City on Page B3 The Hells Angels’ sergeant-at-arms for Washington was sentenced to two years in prison Friday for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Ricky Warren Jenks, who had completed five …

• Wigged heists described

  October 5, 2011 in City on Page A5 A suspect in a series of bank robberies pulled off by someone wearing a variety of wigs confessed to the crimes after her arrest, according to court documents. Cynthia Lynn …

• Man, 77, faces trafficking charges

  September 28, 2011 in City on Page A6 A 77-year-old man who lived just miles from the Canadian border in Ferry County is accused of being a major drug trafficker. Alvin O. Shields was allowed to leave the …

• FBI to build more bombs in MLK Day trial

  September 3, 2011 in City on Page A5 A federal judge has ordered FBI experts to construct three bombs similar to the one allegedly planted at the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Unity March on Jan. 17, as … 1

• Judge orders feds to reconstruct MLK march bomb

  September 2, 2011 in City A federal judge has ordered FBI experts to construct three bombs similar to the one allegedly planted at the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Unity March in January, as preparations …

• Harpham trial rescheduled over MLK Jr. memorial dedication

  August 13, 2011 in City on Page A5 A dedication ceremony for a Martin Luther King Jr. memorial in Washington, D.C., prompted a federal judge on Friday to delay the trial of a man accused of planting a …

• Judge delays Harpham trial

  August 12, 2011 in City A dedication ceremony for a Martin Luther King Jr. memorial in Washington, D.C., prompted a federal judge on Friday to delay the trial of a man accused of planting a …

• New lawyer seeks retrial for Steele

  August 12, 2011 in City on Page A7 The recently disbarred lawyer who defended North Idaho attorney Edgar Steele at his murder-for-hire trial said in a motion seeking a new trial for Steele that he acted ineffectively because … 5

• Con artist gets five-year sentence

  August 10, 2011 in City on Page A5 A former Washington legislative candidate and convicted conman will spend five years in prison for a scheme that bilked a Coeur d’Alene woman out of her high-end riverside home and …

• Ponzi scheme victim objects to plea deal

  August 10, 2011 in City on Page A7 A former Sandpoint real estate agent has pleaded guilty to six federal felonies for a Ponzi scheme that bilked investors out of $2 million. Dale Edward Lowell, 59, now of … 1

• Pliers may help pinch MLK bomb suspect

  August 4, 2011 in News, City A federal judge said today that he is leaning toward allowing prosecutors to show that marks made on the wires of the bomb planted on Martin Luther King Jr. Day … 3

• Medical marijuana dispensers indicted

  July 21, 2011 in City on Page A5 The owners of two medical marijuana dispensaries in Spokane have been indicted by a federal grand jury. Charles Wesley Wright and Jon Richard Vivian, owners of the THC Pharmacy on … 5

• Grand jury indicts Spokane medical marijuana dispensers

  July 20, 2011 in City The owners of two medical marijuana dispensaries in Spokane have been indicted by a federal grand jury. Charles Wesley Wright and Jon Richard Vivian, owners of the THC Pharmacy on … 38

• Former deputy accused of raping inmate at Spokane Indian Reservation jail

  June 8, 2011 in City on Page A5 A former jail deputy on the Spokane Indian Reservation is accused of raping an inmate. Clifford Arlen Matherly, 35, was arrested at a gas station in Chewelah, Wash., on Monday, … 1

• Steele hitman sentenced

  May 12, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page A6 A handyman hired by a North Idaho lawyer to kill his wife was sentenced Wednesday to 27 months in prison for an explosive device he strapped to the intended victim’s … 2

• Pipe bomb planter sentenced in Steele murder-for-hire

  May 11, 2011 in Idaho A handyman hired by a North Idaho lawyer to kill his wife was sentenced today to 27 months in prison for an explosive device he strapped to the intended victim’s … 12

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