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Sirens & Gavels archive for Dec. 2010

THURSDAY, DEC. 2, 2010

Snowy footprints lead to fleeing suspect

A teenager already targeted by Crime Stoppers was arrested Wednesday night after a Spokane County sheriff's deputy followed his footprints through snowy north Spokane County woods. Anthony Deshon Fuerte, 18, was reported to have broken an acquaintance's car window and threatened to kill him while…

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Jury acquits felon in deputy assault case

A jury recently cleared a Spokane man of an assault allegation stemming from an altercation with a Spokane police officer last fall. Tvar L. Jackson, 30, acknowledged he was "acting like a jerk," said his public defender, Kevin Griffin. "But police are trained to deal…

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Trial begins in attempted murder case

Breaking up may be hard to do, but a Deer Park man is facing substantial time in prison for the way investigators say he ended the relationship with his wife: by trying to throw her new lover off the Wandermere Bridge. Trial started Wednesday for…

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Prosecutor: DUI case lacks evidence

The Spokane County deputy prosecutor who didn’t file a felony drunken driving charge against a man with a history of dangerous crashes said she’s not sure she has enough evidence to make the charge stick. James L. Crabtree, 49, appeared in court Tuesday and was…

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WEDNESDAY, DEC. 1, 2010

Video shows Zip Trip bear spray assault

Spokane police are looking for a man who assaulted a Zip Trip store clerk with bear spray early Sunday morning. Surveillance video shows a masked man in a hooded, brown and tannish plaid jacket spray the cashier in the face at 2:47 a.m. Police say…

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Tips sought on accused armed robber

UPDATE 12/2: Morris was arrested based on an anonymous tip.A man accused of robbing a Spokane pharmacy of OxyContin last May is wanted by police after failing to show up for a court date. No charges were filed against the unsuspecting driver of Robert K.…

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Child porn possession gets 70 months

A 32-year-old man was sentenced to five years in federal prison this week for receiving child pornography over the Internet.Brian Scott Fellman, formerly of College Place, Wash., will be on probation for five years when he gets out and must register as a sex offender…

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In a frame grab from video obtained by The Associated Press, an inmate attacks fellow inmate Hanni Elabed at the privately-run Idaho Correctional Center just south of Boise, Idaho. Elabed suffered brain damage and persistent short-term memory loss after he was beaten by inmate James Haver while multiple guards watched at the Idaho prison operated by Corrections Corporation of America.  ((AP Photo))

FBI probing assault at Idaho prison

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The surveillance video from the overhead cameras shows Hanni Elabed being beaten by a fellow inmate in an Idaho prison, managing to bang on a prison guard station window, pleading for help. Behind the glass, correctional officers look on, but no…

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No charge means DUI suspect can drive

A Spokane man with a history of DUI crashes was allowed to walk out of court Tuesday with his driving privileges intact after a prosecutor failed to file paperwork on time in his latest arrest. James L. Crabtree, who worked as a Spokane County sheriff’s…

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