Mon., Nov. 16, 2009
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…
Mon., Nov. 16, 2009
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…
Mon., Nov. 16, 2009
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…
Mon., Nov. 16, 2009
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…
Mon., Nov. 16, 2009
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…
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