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Sirens & Gavels archive for Nov. 9, 2010

TUESDAY, NOV. 9, 2010

Dead killer's accomplice gets 27 months

An accomplice to the murder of a state witness in 2008 has been sentenced to just over two years in prison.Carl A. Hoskins, 58, will receive credit for time served in jail, where he was incarcerated from May 2008 until August 2009, when prosecutors allowed…

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Men admit to stealing dead people's IDs

Two Spokane men who used the names of dead people to create driver's licenses and pass bad checks are headed to federal prison. Alphonso Guster, 46, and Vladimir A. Bibas, 25, were arrested in December after passing checks at Walmart in Moscow, Idaho. The men…

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Suspect in fatal explosion leaves jail

A teenager accused of bringing bombs to a party that then exploded, killing a 28-year-old man, left jail Monday night.Judge Michael Price allowed Christapher A. Harris, 19, to leave jail on his own recognizance after appearing in Superior Court on a felony bomb charge. Cody…

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Man in Murray threat held without bail

A Spokane man accused of threatening to kill U.S. Senator Patty Murray will remain in jail without bail, a judge ruled Monday. John Jay Sieler, 50, is diagnosed with schizophrenia and bipolarity and was involuntarily committed to a psychiatric ward before he drove by a…

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Deputy Eric Johnson, left, creates distance between himself and a knife-holding fellow deputy, Mike Brooks, during a demonstration at the Spokane County Sheriff's Office Training Center.  (Dan Pelle / The Spokesman-Review)

Sheriff's Office stands by training 

Facing the muzzle of a gun, a Spokane County sheriff’s deputy said he had one immediate thought: death. Ryan Walter squeezed off eight rounds at the gunman, Donald J. Lafavor. His partner, Deputy Rustin Olson, fired three. Lafavor survived the gunshot wounds and faces two…

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