Spokane County prosecutors will not pursue the dozens of attempted murder charges filed against four men arrested after shots were fired at Hoopfest. Deputy Prosecutor Steve Garvin said in court documents filed this week that he will instead seek assault charges against the men, whose…
A convicted child molester already on probation for failing to register as a sex offender is wanted by police for failing to register again. Joshua J. Wilson, 18, was convicted of second-degree child molestation in 2006.He pleaded guilty to failure to register as a sex…
In a 16-page affidavit prosecutors suggested may have originated with her jailed husband, alleged murder plot target Cyndi Steele rails against a plea deal arranged with FBI informant Larry Fairfax and accuses the U.S. Attorney's Office of violating her rights as a victim. The document,…
Spokane County Sheriff’s Deputy Brian Hirzel said he ordered Pastor Wayne Scott Creach to drop his gun multiple times, struck the 74-year-old man in the leg with a police baton and fired only after the property owner began to draw the gun out of his…
A plea hearing for the hit-man-turned-informant in an alleged North Idaho murder plot was postponed Tuesday because the suspect was reluctant to acknowledge that the pipe bomb he’s accused of placing under the would-be victim’s car could have exploded. The move to delay the approval…
A rash of vandalism in Spokane has involved people wielding BB and pellet guns, and police say they’re taking the problem seriously. From about Aug. 18 through the end of the month, the Spokane Police Department saw a surge in cases of malicious mischief –…
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