A former jail deputy on the Spokane Indian Reservation has been acquitted of accusations that he raped an inmate. A jury found Clifford Arlen Matherly not guilty of two rape charges Thursday in U.S. District Court in Spokane. Matherly was arrested in June after a…
Colton Harris-Moore, left, also known as the "Barefoot Bandit," talks with his attorney, John Henry Browne, right, in Island County Superior Court today in Coupeville, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) By GENE JOHNSON,Associated Press COUPEVILLE, Wash. (AP) — The youthful thief who rocketed to international…
A gunpoint robbery at a Spokane ice cream shop in the middle of winter has been solved nearly a year after the crime, prosecutors allege. Michael W. Robison, 24, was arraigned this week on a first-degree robbery charge for the Jan. 9 hold-up at Basin…
Crime Stoppers is offering a reward for tips that lead to the arrest of a Spokane man accused of ramming a repossession officer's car in Spokane Valley last month. Cullen Joe Gibson-Snodgrass, 31, didn't show up for hearings in Spokane County Superiro Court for the…
A man who officials say escaped capture after trying to fire a gun at a Spokane police officer is wanted by Crime Stoppers. A reward is being offered for information that leads to the arrest of Chase J. Earl-West, 22, who was wanted on a…
This Dec. 13 photo released by the Oregon State Police shows the interior of a car driven by two men arrested Monday night after throwing marijuana out the window during a high-speed police chase. EUGENE Ore. (AP) — An Oregon state trooper says he was…
In this Feb. 11, 2010 file photo provided by the Islands' Sounder newspaper, chalk drawings of bare feet are shown on the floor of the Homegrown Market on Orcas Island, Wash., after Colton Harris-Moore broke in overnight. (AP Photo/Courtesy Islands' Sounder, Meredith Griffith, File) By…
Investigators work the scene where a day earlier Steven Stanbary used a gun to hold off police and firefighters while a house burned to the ground in Washougal, Wash. on Dec. 8. (AP Photo/Zachary Kaufman, Pool) VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — A white supremacist with Idaho…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Police in Wisconsin's capital city barely had to try to catch a pair of unlucky suspected thieves. Madison police say two men in their late 20s stole DVDs and computer games from a Target store Tuesday and discussed their plans to…
A Cheney man who already went to federal prison for distributing child pornography using his former co-worker's stolen identity is to return for a 10-year sentence for another child porn charge. John Alan Harmon, 58, is to serve 120 months in federal prison and will…
Grant County detectives are asking for help identifying a man found dead with a single gunshot wound last month. The man's skeletal remains were found Nov. 23 near O'Sullivan Dam in southeast Grant County. Detectives believe he may have been there for more than a…
SEATTLE (AP) — The brother of a Longview, Wash., security guard who was attacked by a shoplifter with a hatchet says doctors weren't able to reattach his ear. Police arrested Adrian Kramer (pictured) on Wednesday for investigation of assault, robbery, burglary and theft. Authorities say…
A Coeur d'Alene man will spend five years to life in prison for lewd conduct with a 14-year-old girl, a judge ruled this week. Nicholas James Ryan, 32, was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison with eligibility for parole after five years. He'll serve the…
A 4-year-old boy’s nightmares about “a dead lady” and his description of how she died led homicide detectives to arrest his father in the slaying of an elderly Stevens County woman, according to new court documents. The boy’s mother contacted Child Protective Services on Nov.…
After the first jury decided 9-3 to acquit him of first-degree manslaughter, a second jury handed down a unanimous second-degree manslaughter conviction against the man who built a homemade bomb that killed a Spokane man at a belated Halloween party in 2010. Christapher A. Harris,…
A judge has sealed search warrants regarding a possible person of interest in the murder of a Deer Park mother of five. Warrants filed this week in Spokane County Superior Court are sealed for at least 30 days because of what prosecutors, detectives and Judge…
Prosecutor Steve Tucker said Tuesday that he sees nothing in a petition to recall him except “rumors and hearsay, and ‘facts’ that are not true.” The petition for a recall election was organized by Shannon Sullivan, who led the successful recall drive against Spokane Mayor…
A UPS driver and two watchful residents helped police identify two suspects in a burglary this week. The driver and a neighbor in the 12500 block of South Madison Road on Monday spotted two men at a home acting suspicious. The men drove away in…
This is a screen shot of a video vehicle prowling suspect Nathan Calvert posted on his Facebook page. View the video here. Spokane Valley police say a video posted by a car prowling suspect on his Facebook page that features suspected stolen loot will be…
Spokane County sheriff's detectives are asking for help identifying a woman pictured in these store surveillance photos. Police believe the same woman on Nov. 21 used a passport stolen in a vehicle prowling to pawn two rifles stolen in a burglary on Nov. 20. Anyone…
A woman who lives as a man and grows a beard as a symbol of her activism for human rights is back in jail after being wanted on a felony warrant since February. Paula K. Reynolds-Eblacas, 45, alias Joseph Muhammad, was ordered to stay in…
The trial began Tuesday of a Spokane man who pleaded guilty to a Hillyard slaying in 2007 but was allowed to withdraw the plea after a mistake was made on his sentencing paperwork. Michael D. Coombes, 31, faces a charge of first-degree murder in connection…
Missoula police say a gang member from Washington state is a suspect in the June beating death of a Spokane man. A nationwide extradition warrant with a $250,000 bond was issued Tuesday for David Sekou Hylton, 39, of Tacoma, Wash. Hylton (pictured) wanted on suspicion…
A Moses Lake man who was shot by a Coeur d'Alene businessman nearly two years ago in what a grand jury ruled was self defense is suing his civil attorney for malpractice. Brandon R. Burgess alleges Spokane lawyer Lloyd Herman directed him to speak with…
Closing arguments are underway in the second trial of a man charged in the explosion of a homemade bomb that killed a Chattaroy man. Christapher A. Harris, 20, (pictured) is charged with manslaughter for the Nov. 6, 2010, explosion that killed Cody R. Hathaway, 28,…
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