A Hayden man died Wednesday after shooting himself in the face during a traffic stop in Dalton Gardens, according to the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Department. Robert J. Kilborn, 48, was driving a red Chevrolet Blazer when a deputy tried to stop him at 1:45 p.m.…
After crashing into another car during a police chase in 2001, Spokane resident Lisa Orvis served eight months in jail and was ordered to pay $24,000 restitution. A decade of accrued interest later, she owes the county $70,000 and has spent seven or eight stints…
A baby sitter who pushed a 3-year-old Post Falls boy, resulting in a fatal head injury, pleaded guilty Tuesday to voluntary manslaughter. Amanda L. Skogen, 26, faces up to 15 years in prison when she’s sentenced early next year in Kootenai County District Court. Skogen…
The Chattaroy couple found dead in a trailer home Friday tried to commit suicide in mid-October by overdosing on medication, Spokane County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Sgt. Dave Reagan said. The couple, Warren A. Fugitt, 78, and Harriet A. Fugitt, 72, both died from gunshot wounds…
Friends say a man accused of shooting his girlfriend to death before attempting suicide on the Gonzaga University campus is a former U.S. Marine who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder. Tristen N. Jordan, 24, remains at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. Angela Gilbert, of Spokane,…
A Spokane County sheriff's deputy's quick actions may have saved the life of a 16-month-old girl who had stopped breathing Saturday.Deputy Philip Pfeifer was responding to another call when he heard a medical call for a "child not breathing" in the 4900 block of East…
A drug and stolen property suspect already sought by Crime Stoppers rammed a sheriff's patrol car Tuesday while successfully eluding a deputy, authorities said. Michael S. Wheeler, 36, sped away from Deputy Jeff Shover in a white Chevrolet pickup after Shover spotted him pulling out…
A 20-year-old Spokane man is in jail on charges that he broke a young boy's left arm.Andrew J. Long told Spokane police that the boy, who is less than a year old, fell off a couch at 4925 E. Commerce Ave. on Saturday, but doctors…
Three men suspected of trying to steal fuel from a commercial van were arrested early Tuesday. Frank Millard Fry, 48; Cash L. Fry, 46; and Douglas Lee Curtis, 48, were jailed on theft charges after Spokane County sheriff's Deputy Darin Powers drove past Twilight Bedding,…
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