A second suspect in a burglary and stabbing late last month was arrested Friday after police said he tried to steal raspberry extract from a Spokane grocery store. Tony N. Hairston, 42, (right) was wanted on burglary, assault and attempted robbery charges when security at…
A young man accused of bringing explosives to a party that killed a 28-year-old man is due in Spokane County Superior Court this afternoon. Christapher A. Harris, 19, is facing a felony charge of possession or manufacture of an incendiary device. Detectives are searching his…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A man captured in a vacationing family's photograph as he stole their bag in front of the Wisconsin State Capitol received a five-day jail sentence and a nearly $500 fine. The Wisconsin State Journal reported Saturday that Glenn Lambright was given…
JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — Officials in Wyoming want people to be on the lookout for a black box with white lettering that says "METH," after a deputy lost a stash used to train police dogs.Teton County sheriff's Sgt. Lloyd Funk says the deputy accidentally left…
HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) — A Maryland jury has convicted a woman of burglary, assault and reckless endangerment for breaking into her neighbor's house wearing nothing but a bridal skirt and veil on a snowy night in February.Thirty-three-year old Melissa Wagaman testified Thursday that a combination…
A Grant County woman accused of sexually abusing children and broadcasting it on the Internet has pleaded guilty. Pamela K. Ortega, 30, of Warden, pleaded guilty Tuesday to four counts of first-degree rape of a child.. Each count carries a possible sentence of 20 years…
CINCINNATI (AP) — A judge has granted early release to an inmate who was fired from a jail's kitchen for handing out too many pancakes — earning himself the nickname Mr. Pancake. Heriberto Rodriquez was fired while serving a 180-day term for stealing money from…
A Spokane man arrested outside a U.S. senate candidates debate with knives and a meat cleaver has been charged in federal court. John Jay Sieler, 50, is accused of threatening to kill U.S. Senator Patty Murray on Oct. 14 as he drove by her supporters…
A Kettle Falls man who collects historic artifacts will be banned from Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area and serve three years probation for removing archaeological resources worth about $2,000. Sandie Rae McNeil, 45, also will be on home detention for 30 days and will pay…
A sex offender has been jailed on child rape charges after three children told Cheney police he'd assaulted them. A forensics technician and a Cheney police detective searched a trailer belonging to Bruce L. Austin, 55, at 2225 1st St. in Cheney Tuesday, where they…
A man who knocked over a stoplight, a three-story light pole and a tree Sunday when he crashed his 1983 Chevrolet El Camino in downtown Spokane was cited for reckless driving, possession of marijuana and for having no insurance, police said. Anthony J. Casados, 23,…
DEER LODGE, Mont. (AP) — A Montana judge today scheduled a Jan. 31 execution date for the only known Canadian on death row in the United States.District Judge John Larson's order for Ronald Allen Smith's execution came two days after a Helena judge issued an…
Kathleen Smith was a sweet, 52-year-old woman whose body aged but her mind did not. She lived in state care from age 14 until her death at the Lakeland Village Nursing Facility in Medical Lake in 2006. Smith drowned after she was left unattended in…
SEATTLE (AP) — Washington voters overwhelmingly decided Tuesday to give judges more power to deny a suspect bail, after last year's brutal slaying of four Lakewood police officers by a gunman who had recently been released.The Legislature approved the measure in the spring, but it…
Spokane County Prosecutor Steve Tucker was reelected Tuesday night. Tucker (right) was leading defense lawyer Frank Malone 33,111 to 28,322 with 37 percent of ballots counted.Meanwhile, Kootenai County Deputy Prosecutor Jim Reierson campaigned for write-in votes despite the fact that he wasn't eligible to win…
A Spokane man called trick-or-treaters demons while threatening them with a large stick during a Halloween night melee in the area of East Central Avenue and North Regal Street, according to police. John M. Gouveia, 52, alias John Sweet, remains in jail on $7,500 bond…
A murder suspect who is a person of interest in at least three other Spokane slayings in the mid-1980s is fighting extradition from Montana. Gary L. Trimble, 62, is in jail in Teton County, Mont., charged in Spokane County with first-degree murder for the Dec.…
Update: The marijuana possession charge against Chilcott was dismissed on Oct. 10, 2012; she pleaded no-contest to a charge of delivery of marijuana. A Chewelah man was arrested in Oregon on Halloween with 12 pounds of marijuana. Kristopher Lewis Sasse, 24, was a passenger in...
A Spokane man sought on a car theft warrant faces an additional felony charge for allegedly attacking a police dog. Cephas W. Parham, 34, choked Spokane police Officer Paul Gorman’s K-9 Maximus during a pursuit in the Shadle Park area.(Gorman and Max are pictured.)Parham appeared…
A Spokane Valley man accused of assaulting his neighbor during a revenge-seeking break-in last week remains in jail on $50,000 bond. Roger D. Holmes, Jr., 39, appeared in Superior Court Monday on first-degree burglary and first-degree assault charges Holmes was hospitalized Wednesday night along with…
A former federal immigration agent was sentenced today to two years of probation for importing steroids.Sean Patrick Ganley was a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement special agent based in Blaine. He pleaded guilty to the felony in June, acknowledging that he ordered human growth hormone…
Spokane police recovered 50 stolen vehicles in a recent crack down on repeat car thieves. Nearly 70 Hondas from the late 80s to early 90s had been stolen since Oct. 19 - nearly twice the average - when police targeted several known car thieves as…
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