OLYMPIA — Gov. Chris Gregoire on Wednesday signed into law a measure that makes Washington the second state in the nation to have a law granting some legal immunity to people who call to report a drug overdose.The measure, passed by the Legislature last month,…
A cross-state manhunt is underway for the suspect in a fatal shooting in Hayden today. The suspect, Chad Lee Moore, 35, (left) was last seen northbound on Government Way in a blue Toyota pickup with a white stripe, Idaho license plate K433586. He is believed…
A teenager will spend about five years in prison for a violent home invasion robbery last fall that targeted the mother of his alleged accomplice’s child. Cocaine addiction drove Darius D. Toussiant, 18, to join a group of friends in a Nov. 16 attack that…
A Spokane man accused of assaulting his infant daughter pleaded not guilty to the charge Tuesday. Daniel S. O'Brien, 23, was arrested Feb. 10 after he and his girlfriend, Jordan Calvert, brought their 2-month-old daughter, Tristan, to a Spokane hospital with bruises and fractured bones,…
A man who donned a black wig to rob two Spokane pharmacies of OxyContin last year donned a jail jumpsuit today after he was sentenced to about a year in prison. Dustin J. Rockstrom, 26, was taken into custody after pleading guilty to two counts…
BALTIMORE (AP) — Prosecutors in former Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon’s perjury case are putting the spoils of their efforts on eBay.An Xbox 360 video game console seized during a raid on Dixon’s home is for sale. As of Tuesday afternoon, the highest bid was $660.…
A church pastor helped detectives identify a suspect in a robbery Monday night at a North Idaho pharmacy. Egan B. Logan IV, 39, of Twin Lakes, was arrested today on charges of robbery and possession of a controlled substance. Detectives say demanded anxiety medicine from…
A would-be customer without a prescription demanded anxiety medicine from a North Idaho pharmacy Monday night, then left money on the counter before fleeing with the drug.The man asked a pharmacist at Walgreens, 260 W. Honeysuckle Ave. in Hayden, for Adderall about 8:45 p.m., then…
Carole DeLeon, the foster mother blamed for starving Tyler DeLeon to death, gets out of prison Wednesday after serving about half of the sentence she received in a 2007 plea agreement. DeLeon, 55, has lost all parental rights of the other adopted and foster children…
Witnesses to Spokane’s only homicide this year share a common theme, police say: All were there, but all say they know nothing about the early morning shooting that left a man dead in an alley. Six weeks after John S. “Q” Williams, 38, was killed…
A main witness against a Spokane Valley man accused of running a check fraud ring agreed to cooperate with police after ending a sexual relationship with the suspect and his wife, according to court documents. The woman told police she used methamphetamine with Ronald R.…
A gunman pushed his way into an elderly man's home Sunday evening, KHQ reported today. Nicholas Lawson, 21, was arrested after a 20-minute standoff with police at Fred Megerth's Spokane home that began about 7 p.m. Lawson claimed to have been chased and asked Megerth…
A Missoula man is accused of threatening to kill a Spokane judge with the state Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals.Brian G. Corntassel, 49, appeared in Superior Court Monday on one felony charge of intimidating a judge for threats allegedly made to Judge John D. Fairley.…
A 22-year-old Spokane man will serve more than six years in prison for raping a woman more than a year ago.Brandon S. Coristine was sentenced to 78 months in prison last week after a jury of five women and seven men convicted him Jan. 19…
A Grant County teenager was killed Sunday in a drive-by shooting that also injured another boy in the ankle.Carlos D. Leyva, 17, of Beverly, was shot to death about 6:18 p.m. on a road about 5 miles north of Mattawa. Investigators haven't identified his killer…
Police are warning of a scam targeting the elderly after a conman nearly bilked an 89-year-old Spokane Valley woman out of $2,500 last week. The man called and said he was reviewing employees at a Spokane financial institution "to see if they were handling her…
A convicted methamphetamine maker accused of masterminding a multi-state check fraud ring that bilked Spokane businesses out of thousands of dollars denies the allegations“I understand what they’re accusing me of,” said Ronald R. Foreman in Spokane County Superior Court Friday. “I just think it’s preposterous.”The…
A Colbert-area man was arrested Thursday evening at home after Spokane County sheriff’s deputies traced the registration of a car whose driver had been chased by deputies earlier in the evening. Bryce Kottke, 20, was booked into Spokane County Jail for reckless driving and attempting…
Neighbors saw the carnage firsthand.Older dogs ganged up on younger dogs. Dogs mauled each other regularly, sometimes leading to death.This scene, detailed over three days of testimony in a Stevens County courtroom, led to a Deer Park woman’s recent conviction on four charges that sent…
A multi-state check fraud ring police say was masterminded by a convicted methamphetamine maker led to the SWAT-team arrest of the suspect Thursday night. Ronald R. Foreman, 43, is to appear in Superior Court today on one charge of leading organized crime via video feed…
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A monkey that has eluded capture in the Tampa Bay area for more than a year has again escaped from Florida wildlife officials. Authorities were called to a neighborhood in St. Petersburg on Wednesday when the rhesus macaque monkey was…
The woman accused of trying to bring a loaded gun into the Spokane County Courthouse said she never meant to harm anyone and simply forgot she had the weapon with her."I would never purposely take a weapon into a courthouse," said Stacey L. Atkins, 22.…
Detectives think the gunman who robbed a Northwest Boulevard bank last month also robbed a bank in December, the Spokane Police Department announced today. Photos released today show a masked man in a red hooded coat with black trim robbing the Sterling Savings Bank, 3000…
The bicyclist killed Monday in downtown Spokane was an electrician and father of six known for his sense of humor.David L. Squires, 56, was known as "The Sheik" at his electrician job according to his obituary. His family said Wednesday they’re not ready to talk…
Spokane attorney Mike Ormsby was nominated Wednesday to be the next U.S. attorney for Eastern Washington. The White House announced that Ormsby, a partner at K & L Gates LLP who works with local governments and public entities on municipal finance matters, is being nominated…
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