A main witness against a Spokane Valley man accused of running a check fraud ring agreed to cooperate with police after ending a sexual relationship with the suspect and his wife, according to court documents. The woman told police she used methamphetamine with Ronald R.…
A gunman pushed his way into an elderly man's home Sunday evening, KHQ reported today. Nicholas Lawson, 21, was arrested after a 20-minute standoff with police at Fred Megerth's Spokane home that began about 7 p.m. Lawson claimed to have been chased and asked Megerth…
A Missoula man is accused of threatening to kill a Spokane judge with the state Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals.Brian G. Corntassel, 49, appeared in Superior Court Monday on one felony charge of intimidating a judge for threats allegedly made to Judge John D. Fairley.…
A 22-year-old Spokane man will serve more than six years in prison for raping a woman more than a year ago.Brandon S. Coristine was sentenced to 78 months in prison last week after a jury of five women and seven men convicted him Jan. 19…
A Grant County teenager was killed Sunday in a drive-by shooting that also injured another boy in the ankle.Carlos D. Leyva, 17, of Beverly, was shot to death about 6:18 p.m. on a road about 5 miles north of Mattawa. Investigators haven't identified his killer…
Police are warning of a scam targeting the elderly after a conman nearly bilked an 89-year-old Spokane Valley woman out of $2,500 last week. The man called and said he was reviewing employees at a Spokane financial institution "to see if they were handling her…
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