Spokane police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick and four members of the Police Department Honor Guard will attend the funeral of slain Seattle police Officer Timothy Brenton this week. Brenton was shot to death Saturday following a routine traffic stop. He was in the passenger seat of…
More than two weeks after a major marijuana dealer was found dead near Green Bluff, detectives are working with few leads. "It's not a case that we don't think we can solve," Sgt. Dave Reagan said today. "We just don't know how long that's going…
From now until Thanksgiving, Crime Stoppers is giving its usual cash reward along with a grocery store gift card for tips that help arrest the eight accused or convicted burglars pictured below.Sgt. Dave Reagan described the eight as a "a bevy of baddies who like…
Two Canadian men are due in U.S District Court Thursday after being caught near the border this week with what federal agents described as eight duffel bags of marijuana. William Richard Paterson, 50, and Jahrum David Oakes, 32, are in the Spokane County Jail. A…
A reportedly suicidal man shot by Spokane Valley police Friday was armed with a pellet gun that resembles a Colt .45 semi-automatic pistol, newly filed documents show. David J. Glidden, 27, was shot twice in the upper body after emerging from a Spokane Valley home…
A man accused of raping a woman in an interrogation room at Fairchild Air Force Base pleaded not guilty in Spokane County Superior Court today. Michael W. Fassbender, 32, is charged with first-degree rape after a woman told sheriff’s deputies that Fassbender choked her into…
The second trial of a Spokane man accused of murdering another man in a dispute near his home more than two years ago began today in Spokane County Superior Court. Allan L. Turnipseed, who was 51 when a jury couldn't reach a verdict in April,…
Spokane police released an audio recording today of a recent robbery at a northwest Spokane Subway store in hopes someone will recognize the voices of the two robbers. The men held an employee of the store at 1103 W. Northwest Blvd. at knife point about…
A sheriff’s helicopter used infrared radar to locate an Airway Heights driver whose speed topped 100 mph early Saturday. Jared H. Horton, 22, was arrested after abandoning his still-running 1998 Chevy Malibu in a driveway along Lewis Road and running from a home into a…
A big marijuana bust last month started in March when drug detectives grew suspicious of a man arrested with four pounds of marijuana, according to search warrants. That man, Frank Kimberling, has not been charged in Spokane County Superior Court, but two men arrested Oct.…
A man who eluded federal agents for nearly a month was due in Spokane County Superior Court today, accused of stealing his mother's car and filling it up with stolen gas while on the run this summer. Anthony E. Burke, alias Anthony Garver, was sentenced…
A man arrested on suspicion of trying to help hide an accused double murderer had his charges dropped because of a lack of evidence. But Mark H. Toner, 33, remains in jail on a drug charge for methamphetamine police say was in his car when…
A father of two with no criminal record, accused of bring 38 kilos of cocaine into the country from Canada, will go before a federal magistrate again this Thursday to ask for his release. Salmon Arm, B.C, resident Michael B. Yuill, 36, (left, dressed as…
A man accused of attempted murder was arrested Sunday after more than three months on the run.Michael "Mikey Mike" R. Gardner, 23, is due in Spokane Superior Court via video today after being booked into jail shortly before 10 p.m., according to jail records. Gardner…
The death penalty case against Christopher H. Devlin has turned into a legal mess in which prosecutors from two counties are squabbling over who should pay for the costly trial. Spokane County Superior Court Judge Jerome Leveque has twice ruled on where the case should…
The robberies in the Inland Northwest continued Thursday as three women foiled two attempts within minutes of each other by challenging the masked gunmen. Police don't know if the cases are connected. They occurred more than two miles apart within 12 minutes of each other,…
Three men arrested for an armed robbery Wednesday night are being questioned about a string of robberies in Spokane County in the last month. Nedzad Mesanovic, 20, (right) of Spokane; Miroslav Veselinovic, 22, of Spokane; and Reza Abghari, 26, of Colbert, were driving a dark…
Brazen thieves are targeting cash machines at Spokane-area convenience stores, using stolen vehicles to bash through locked doors and storefronts to grab and loot the secured ATMs.Spokane police hope someone recognizes the man pictured above outside the Conoco Station at 3125 E. Mission on Oct.…
The biker killed in a crash Wednesday had been a member of the Ghost Riders motorcycle gang and served time in prison for killing two people, news archives show.Michael W. Fraser, 51, died when his bike slid more than 200 feet into an oncoming car…
Here's Sara Leaming's report: The owner of a downtown Spokane night club says his employees stopped a gang “hit” outside of his business early Wednesday night, during which two men were sent to the hospital with minor stab wounds. Jordan Troutt, the owner of Uno…
A 24-year-old man has been identified as a suspect in a Spokane pizza place robbery last month. Justin J. Ellery is accused of handing a note demanding cash and stating he had a gun to a woman working at Papa John's Pizza, 920 W. Indiana,…
A teenager will serve 22 years in prison for helping his girlfriend kill her father with a sword and baseball bat. Edmund D. Washington, 19, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and was sentenced today by Superior Court Judge Michael Price. It's the same sentence given…
Two Franklin County corrections officers were released from the Spokane County Jail today after a bail hearing on federal drug charges. Kevin J. Still, 44, (left) and Sonya K. Symons, 31, (right) were arrested last week by members of the federal Drug Enforcement Agency and…
Spokane County’s top law enforcement officials made an impassioned plea Tuesday to spare their budgets from spending cuts next year, suggesting commissioners tap the “rainy-day” fund to help prop up public safety services during tough economic times. County commissioners said no and suggested county staff…
A pregnant woman due in June will spend more than 2 1/2 years in prison for robbing a pharmacy of OxyContin last year. Sunshine L. "Sunny" VanCleave, 35, pleaded guilty to first-degree robbery Wednesday for using a BB gun to rob the Bi Mart in…
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