A teenager arrested in connection with a shooting at Hoopfest on Saturday will need to pay an additional $50,000 bond to get out of jail, and if he does get out, he'll be on home detention. Prosecutors requested the additional bond for Adam Doe for…
A convicted killer's lawyer called a judge's comments to the victim's family "one of the most moving statements I've ever heard a judge give" in a sentencing Tuesday in Spokane County Superior Court. Judge Jerome Leveque urged the family of Timothy Eby, who was stabbed…
Almost a year after he was hired, Spokane’s police ombudsman on Monday was granted the power to investigate cases of officer misconduct. The Spokane City Council voted unanimously to increase the ombudsman’s authority after the third hearing on the topic in two months. Kiondra Bullock,…
A woman who stole money from a children's football league will repay nearly $13,000 and perform community service, a judge ruled this week. Diann L. Brown, 50, was sentenced Tuesday to 30 days in jail with credit for one day served, but the sentence was…
When a judge ruled that a 19-year-old man arrested after a shooting at Hoopfest Saturday deserved a substantial bond, she noted that his mother has said he isn't welcome at home. "She stated she does not want the defendant to stay with her if he…
NORFOLK, Neb. (AP) — Police have issued an arrest warrant for a teen burglar known as "The Barefoot Bandit" after surveillance cameras apparently captured images of him at a northeast Nebraska airport the same day that an SUV was stolen from there. Police have also…
Two federal convicts accused of trying to extort a Spokane County jailer told police they'd heard of the plan and were checking to see if the jailer was OK when they were arrested in a sting Monday. But investigators didn't believe Stephanie A. Strong, 28,…
A bank robbery suspect who used a carjacked vehicle as his transportation was arraigned on two felonies Tuesday as police continue to search for his getaway driver. Police still haven't determined who was driving the stolen Buick Lucerene when Gorder got into the car as…
(AP) A 29-year-old Montana man accused of fatally shooting a Grant County man has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder. David Emerson Nickels appeared in Grant County Superior Court on Tuesday and remains jailed on $5 million bail. He was arrested in Helena last week…
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