An anonymous tip led Spokane police today to arrest the woman accused of assaulting her 3-year-old son at the downtown bus plaza. Keyana L. Key, 28, was hiding with her three young children at an apartment at 1400 N. Lincoln when police arrived about 4…
Police continue to seek tips on the identity of a woman who assaulted her child at the downtown bus plaza Wednesday morning. Surveillance video shows the mother grabbing the toddler’s coat and kicking him or her to the ground about 7:30 a.m. “She missed the…
Here's a report by Associated Press writer Andrew Whalen: LIMA, Peru — A gang in the remote Peruvian jungle has been killing people for their fat, police charged Thursday, draining it from their corpses and offering it on the black market for use in cosmetics.…
A vehicular homicide charge was filed Thursday against the father of a 4-year-old who died near Mount Spokane in August. Lester C. LaFleur, 35, will be arraigned Dec. 2. Gerrin P.R. LaFleur died Aug. 19 during a family firewood-gathering trip in the foothills near North…
Morning Star Boys’ Ranch has moved the bulk of its assets, including securities and real estate worth millions of dollars, to a nonprofit foundation in advance of the first trial over sexual abuse lawsuits against it. In 2007, the ranch transferred more than $12 million…
A Spokane Valley man serving 10 years in federal prison for making a deadly poison is asking to have his sentence and conviction overturned because one of the government’s expert witnesses was later fired for misconduct in other criminal cases. Kenneth Olsen, a former computer…
A Coeur d'Alene pharmacy employee tackled a masked armed robber and held him for police Wednesday night. Jason Anthony Wahl, 28, will appear in Kootenai County District Court this afternoon after police arrested him at the Shopko pharmacy, 217 W. Ironwood Drive. Wahl is accused…
A man charged with robbing two pharmacies is now accused of trying to flee from police before his arrest. Aaron M. Weyrauch, 27, (right, in 2007) appeared in Spokane County Superior Court via video Wednesday, two months after a police chase that ended in his…
A man accused of leading police on a chase from Spokane to Post Falls this morning was arrested in March 2008 after a similar pursuit. John D. Rovik, 29, was sentenced to 120 days in jail for attempting to elude a police officer last year.…
A motorist who authorities believe was drunk slammed into a school bus filled with children Wednesday, but no one was injured, according to the Idaho State Police. Julie Witlicki, 38, was arrested after her 1995 Volkswagen Jetta crossed the center line on Highway 95 near…
Apparently even the federal government is feeling generous this time of year. A Spokane-area drug dealer who has failed to show up for court 75 times and is awaiting sentencing on his latest cocaine conviction will be allowed to leave the Spokane County Jail next…
Masked gunmen pistol whipped a woman in her Spokane Valley apartment late Monday before forcing her into a closet as her child slept in another room. The men stole a cell phone, TV and computer after demanding marijuana and “everything you have” from the 25-year-old…
One man grabbed her phone before she could call 911, breaking her hand in front of her husband and grandchildren as he screamed at the family for driving too slowly. The other ripped the license plate off his own car in an apparent attempt to…
If you were looking for a Wild West-like story involving a man named Steele Brown mowing down one assailant before exchanging gunfire with the others, you're in luck. Here's a report from Sara Leaming:A Grant County resident who surprised three men attempting to burglarize his…
A bookstore owner police arrested for third-degree child molestation in March had the accusation dismissed in a plea deal today. A 15-year-old girl told police that Harold "Hal" N. Moos, 76 ,offered her $50 in December to massage her, then touched her inappropriately. The girl…
The attack on the Spokane County Jail garage door appears to have been premeditated. Several days ago, Dustin P. Leeds, 31, told a resident at Oak Hill, a group home for people with mental illness, "that he was going to steal his mother's car and…
A man accused of robbing a Spokane Valley bank last week served time in federal prison for robbing five banks on the West Side in 2005. Christopher J. Cook, 42, drove his mother's car to AmericanWest Bank, 15606 E. Sprague Ave., on Thursday and left…
Two Post Falls men are in Kootenai County Jail today after being arrested in connection with a beating and robbery outside a bar in Post Falls last week. Jacobe J. Blake, 24, (left) and Michael A. Butts, 23, (right) were arrested Thursday and have been…
A deputy rammed the car of two suspected robbers Sunday night after they tried to turn around from a dead end road, according to the Kootenai County Sheriff's Department. Justin R. Booth, 29, (left) and Bodi C. Dotson, 19, (right) and are accused of robbing…
A police sergeant was granted deferred prosecution for a drunken driving charge on Friday. Brad Thoma also had a misdemeanor hit-and-run charge (failure to remain at the scene of an accident-attended vehicle or other property) dismissed under the misdemeanor compromise statute. He could have tried…
A Spokane teenager will spend 30 years in prison for shooting at two men in a motel parking lot a year ago, a judge ruled Friday.Anthony R. Covert, 19, was found guilty of attempted murder, first-degree assault, two counts of second-degree assault and two weapons…
That didn't take long. Assisted by a personalized license plate, Spokane County sheriff's detectives this morning arrested a man suspected of robbing a Spokane Valley bank on Thursday. Christopher J. Cook, 42, was booked into jail on one count of first-degree robbery for an incident…
A jury convicted a Spokane man of first-degree manslaughter today for the shooting death of a 24-year-old man more than two years ago. Allan L. Turnipseed faces at least 11 years in prison for the fatal shooting of Joshua A. Smith on June 14, 2007.…
A man convicted last week of stealing from an elderly woman was arrested after failing to show up for the jury's verdict. A jury convicted Thomas A. Sankey, 57, of first-degree theft last week for stealing about $1,600 from an 87-year-old woman. He and his…
Detectives started monitoring the inmate’s phone calls months ago. Jailed on assault and robbery charges, Michael L. Olson (left) had fled police after a fiery car crash that killed his girlfriend June 19. He was arrested that night, accused of stealing a car and assaulting…
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