ISLANDIA, N.Y. (AP) — The tipoff was the sunglasses.A New Yorker faces a $135 traffic fine for using a mannequin as her plus-one in the high-occupancy lane of the Long Island Expressway.An alert sheriff's deputy on Long Island became suspicious when he saw the "passenger"…
A Deer Park man accused of murdering a witness in an assault case against him will avoid the death penalty because of prosecutors mismanaged the case, a judge ruled today. Spokane County prosecutors failed to disclose for months pertinent statements from suspect Christopher H. Devlin’s…
Changes to a state law put a fired Spokane police sergeant in a new class of drunken drivers: first-time offenders required to drive with an ignition interlock device.That new requirement led to Brad Thoma’s dismissal from the Spokane Police Department after the department said public…
A high school gym teacher and local cheerleading coach is accused of sexually abusing a teenager. Darin J. DeBolt, 26, a teacher at Lakeside High School in North Idaho, appeared in court today on one count of sexual battery of a minor child ages 16…
Fortunately no one was severely injured in this pileup this morning, and the suspect was apprehended, but it makes you wonder how many times the words "oh crap" or similar variation on that phrase were uttered.Here's the initial coverage out of Everett from speed wire:EVERETT,…
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