Coeur d'Alene lawyer Scott Reed was handcuffed in his office last month after police mistook him for a possible bank robber. This case of mistaken identity prompted Reed to commend the department's handling of the situation. It also prompted his son, who was President Clinton's…
The teenage roommate of a murdered marijuana dealer was sentenced to time served in jail on a drug dealing charge last week. But Miguel A. Rodriguez-Barbosa won't be getting out of jail anytime soon. He was in the country on a work VISA and faces…
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The Washington state Supreme Court has a new chief justice. Barbara Madsen was sworn in to the top administrative role on the state's high court Monday morning.She replaces Gerry Alexander, who has served as chief justice since 2001.Alexander, who is set…
A reputed drug runner who leased the helicopter flown by the young man who committed suicide in Spokane County Jail has been indicted in U.S. District Court in Seattle. This came after Colin Martin reportedly tried negotiating U.S. protection for his smuggling ring in exchange…
Trial for the man accused of killing two people in north Spokane nearly two years ago has been delayed again. Justin W. Crenshaw will go to trial in May on two counts of aggravated first-degree murder for the February 2008 deaths of Tanner E. Pehl…
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