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…
Detectives investigating the case of a woman found seriously injured on a Whitman County road have secured evidence and questioned several people, including the victim’s boyfriend. Kristen E. Grindley, 23, remains in critical condition at Sacred Heart Medical Center. She’s been unconscious since she was…
A suspected car prowler crashed into another driver during a police chase Wednesday, injuring the woman but not her 2-year-old child, Spokane police said. Michael L. Bridges, 24, fled in a black Chevrolet Caprice after officers spotted him walking near Everett and Stone, according to…
Investigators are seeking a vehicular homicide charge against the father of a 4-year-old boy who died near Mount Spokane last summer. Gerrin P.R. LaFleur died Aug. 19 during a family firewood-gathering trip in the foothills near North Wallis Road and East Elliot Road. His father,…
Spokane's Hamburglar apparently has a drug problem. Christopher M. Webber, 38, stole steaks from stores across Spokane as part of theft ring that hawked the stolen meat in black market deals with bars and taverns. He pleaded guilty to a slew of crimes today but…
The person who robbed a convenience store on the edge of Browne's Addition Sunday night wore what appears to be a gas mask and carried a rifle, video released today shows. The 9 p.m. robbery at Sunset Grocery lasted about a minute, with the gun-toting…
The men pictured may be responsible for car thefts in northeast Spokane, police said today. The surveillance photos could help solve what authorities describe as a surge in vehicle thefts in the city. The number of auto thefts is the highest it has been in…
A brazen daylight burglary at the home of a man described as the Walter Cronkite of Spokane netted a a 37-year-old man his first felony conviction this morning. Frank D. Baxter pleaded guilty to second-degree burglary and received credit for three days served in Spokane…
To be filed in the "you can't make this stuff up" category, Moscow police are looking for a man described as having a "dirty complexion" and living in a shingle-sided cabin in the woods. An alleged sketch artist produced the above drawing of the man,…
A former Spokane elementary school parent teacher organization treasurer pleaded innocent to six felony charges Monday, more than a year after police say she sat in the principal’s office as the PTO president exclaimed, “We have no money; it’s all gone.” 'Theresa L. Dewitt, 42,…
A man described by friends as suicidal told his girlfriend the morning he was shot by police that something was going to happen "and it will be on the news," according to court documents filed today. David J. Glidden, 27, remains in stable condition at…
As far as crime goes, there is low, there’s downright dirty and then there’s the grandparents scam. An 82-year-old Spokane woman was bilked out of more than $17,000 of her savings last month by swindlers who persuaded her to wire the money to bail her…
Spokane police released video Friday of a weeks-old robbery for which two men have already been arrested. Police say Christopher R. Walinski, 25, robbed the Zip Trip at 3030 E. Euclid at gunpoint Sept 29 at 11:12 p.m. as Justin J. Ellery, 24, waited in…
More six months after losing her daughter in a motorcycle crash, a Spokane mother sobbed as she pleaded with a judge Friday to keep the driver - her son - out of prison. “I’m just lost without my kids. Not only have I lost one,…
Only some statements accused double murderer Justin Crenshaw made to detectives can be used as evidence at his February trial, a judge ruled today. Judge Tari Eitzen said Crenshaw's interview with sheriff's investigators turned into an interrogation once a patrol car was called to take…
A police cruiser crashed into a truck on the Sunset Bridge last week, part of a three-car crash that totaled at least one vehicle. The crash closed the bridge and surrounding streets for hours last Friday night as investigators tried to determine what led the…
A man accused of robbing a Spokane pizza place is now thought to have helped rob a convenience store the next day. Spokane police say Justin J. Ellery, 24, (left) waited in a car as Christopher R. Walinski, 25, (bottom right) robbed the Zip Trip…
Vehicle thefts are at an all-time high in Spokane, police say. As the Spokane Police Department works to get the word out about - and solve - the problem, an arrest yesterday provided a glimpse at tools typically used in car heists. Brendon T. Kaluza-Graham,…
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