A Plummer, Idaho, man who sexually abused a child then failed to register as a sex offender was sentenced this week to just over two years in federal prison. Jeremy Bohlman, 31, was required to live at the Port of Hope drug treatment facility in…
Eight years ago, Bassam Al Hayek left a little town near Bethlehem to start a new life away from the political and religious crossfire. He and his wife settled in Spokane, far away from the Middle East violence he saw as an Arab Christian in…
A felon who attracted federal attention for his contact with a jailed white supremacist leader is part of an ongoing investigation that includes a series of raids at Spokane County locations Tuesday.Wayde Lynn Kurt, 52, pleaded not guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court to a…
A man arrested in Spokane on suspicion of bank robberies in Omak, Wenatchee and Moses Lake is to be arraigned Thursday in U.S. District Court. A grand jury indicted Cameron Len Gaunt, 28, of Chelan, on three counts of bank robbery Aug. 25, more than…
Spokane firefighters were sent to the wrong address when responding to a fatal house fire early Sunday. Investigators believe James L. Stowell, 46, died of smoke inhalation, but they're still trying to determine what caused the fire at 1003 E. Ermina Ave., said Assistant Chief…
A Worley, Idaho woman will spend five years in federal prison for buying and selling methamphetamine on the Coeur d'Alene Indian Reservation. Jackie L. Moffitt, alias Jackie Allen, 44, also admitted to transporting about two pounds of the drug from the Tri-Cities, according to the…
CINCINNATI (AP) — Ohio police say a Toby Keith fan named Forrest Frankenstein threatened them and beat his head against a partition in their cruiser after his arrest. The 39-year-old Frankenstein appeared Monday before a judge who asked why he "went crazy" at the Aug.…
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