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Sirens & Gavels archive for May 29, 2009

FRIDAY, MAY 29, 2009

Grab bag 5.29.09

Who says no one reads the newspaper anymore? A watchful newspaper reader in Colville helped nab the Montana Department of Corrections escapee suspected in a Spokane Valley burglary today. Read the story here. Other public safety stories today include: Body found in Pend Oreille River…

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Courthouse watch: 5.29.09 

Friday's smorgasbord of suspects on the Spokane County Superior Court docket include an accused OxyContin robber, a teenager charged with attempted murder for a shooting spree in a motel parking lot and a man connected to Pinaccle Realty founder Joe Ward, who is the subject…

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Carroll D. Gray in 1981. (The Spokesman-Review)

Spokane legal community loses an icon

Carroll D. Gray, who worked in the U.S attorney's office in Spokane for more than 30 years, has died. The legend of the Spokane legal community, pictured above in 1981, died at his home Wednesday morning, the U.S Attorney's Office confirmed Thursday. Gray was a…

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Grab Bag 5.28.09

The HIV-positive man charged with assault may have had unprotected sex with as many as 80 people without telling them about his disease, health officials say. Zuriel E. Roush, 22, (left) declined to speak with The Spokesman-Review. That came after Deputy Prosecutor Rachel Sterett mentioned…

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