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Sirens & Gavels archive for Oct. 2009

MONDAY, OCT. 5, 2009


Couple in $800,000 fraud get prison

A woman and her boyfriend who bought a trip to the Super Bowl and other luxury items with more than $800,000 in embezzled funds from a Spokane business will spend time in prison. Michelle A. Wing, 34, will spend more than six years in a…

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FRIDAY, OCT. 2, 2009


THURSDAY, OCT. 1, 2009

Nick Rook, center, is the new baseball coach for Coeur d'Alene High School. 3/11/09. KATHY PLONKA The Spokesman-Review (Kathy Plonka / The Spokesman-Review)

AG says coach owes for canceled camp

The baseball coach at Coeur d’Alene High School is accused of canceling a sports camp and keeping the money of four people who’d signed up. The Idaho Attorney General’s Office filed a lawsuit against Nicholas Rook Wednesday, asking that he pay a $20,000 fine over…

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Courthouse watch: 10.1.09

A man who robbed a pharmacy of OxyContin will spend nine months in jail. Tom E. Snell, 24, will be on probation for a year after he's released on a second-degree robbery conviction. Snell pleaded guilty to the charge Thursday, which was amended from first-degree…

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The Washington State Patrol raided real estate developer Joe Ward’s Long Lake home last January. (Colin Mulvany / The Spokesman-Review)

Details emerge in case against developer

A massive investigation into a suspected drug and stolen property ring has led to allegations of a methamphetamine- and sex-fueled criminal enterprise operated by a once-prominent Spokane land developer. The raid in January at Joseph G. Ward’s home along the shores of Long Lake (pictured…

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An employee at Walgreens, 706 E. Seltice Way, called 911 about 5:30 p.m. and said a man with a bandanna covering his mouth handed her a note saying he had a gun and demanding the prescription painkiller. (Post Falls Police Department)

Post Falls joins OxyContin crime club

Post Falls police have released photos of an OxyContin robbery Wednesday. An employee at Walgreens, 706 E. Seltice Way, called 911 just after 5:33 p.m. and said a man with a bandanna covering his mouth handed her a note saying he had a gun and…

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