A motivational speaker who once worked in Spokane and is now the subject of an FBI investigation was an adjunct instructor at the University of Oregon. William G. Hillar falsely claimed to have earned a doctorate from the university, according to this article from my…
A crime spree that included vehicle prowling, burglary and prescription fraud earned a 23-year-old Spokane Valley woman about two years in prison this week. Jenalee Jean Hall, who police say is a cousin of Eddie Ray Hall , was sentenced Tuesday to 25 months in…
A jury Wednesday exonerated a Spokane County Sheriff’s detective who has been the subject of several excessive force complaints. The jury found unanimously for Spokane County in a case that began with a traffic stop on Jan. 22, 2006 by Jeff Welton, who was a…
PORT ORCHARD, Wash. (AP) — The Kitsap County sheriff's office says the second of two deputies wounded during a deadly shootout in the parking lot of the Port Orchard, Wash., Walmart has been released from the hospital. The agency says 48-year-old Andrew Ejde (Eh-dah) was…
A juror was removed from a vehicular homicide trial today after falling asleep and telling a judge it was OK she'd missed testimony because she already knew the topic well. "I was marginally OK until she volunteered the last part," said Superior Court Judge Tari…
A suspected car prowler was arrested early today after a woman spotted him stash stolen property before he pilfered a neighbor's garage. Loren Camron Kintner, 31, was arrested near Trent Avenue and Ella Street following the report of suspicious activity in the 8100 block of…
One of Spokane's most notorious career criminals has pleaded guilty to a federal drug charge. Eddie Ray Hall, 46, (right) faces five to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty Thursday to distribution of 50 grams or more of a mixture of substance containing methamphetamine.…
Police now believe a Spokane man found dead and bound with a rope under the Sunset Bridge last June committed suicide. Detectives found a suicide note written by William P. Pickard, said Officer Jennifer DeRuwe, spokeswoman for the Spokane Police Department. The nylon rope used…
A panhandler tired to rob a man at knifepoint Monday after he agreed to give her a dollar, police say. Shayna L. Edens, 29, was arrested on a first-degree robbery charge outside Huckleberries market, 926 S. Monroe, after a man said she'd threatened him with…
A 42-year-old man is accused of stealing a monster truck from a Spokane Valley car dealership. Steven W. Dungan appeared in Superior Court on a car theft charge Tuesday after police say he crashed the stolen truck at an apartment complex about eight blocks from…
A man arrested in a police pursuit that damaged two patrol cars late Monday has been charged with robbery for an alleged incident at the Northtown Mall in November. Kenneth S. Crowston, 47, (pictured in 2003) is charged with second-degree robbery after a Sears security…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Taco Bell officials on Tuesday rejected claims made in a lawsuit that the meat in their tacos, burritos and other products is not all beef. Taco Bell President Greg Creed said in a statement that the lawyers who filed the lawsuit…
A suspect in a child pornography case previously allowed to leave jail on his own recognizance has been ordered held without bail after a federal indictment. Darrel W. Monzingo, 44, faces up to 30 years in prison for five charges that include two counts of…
(AP) — The grandmother of twin 2-year-old girls found with injuries and living in filthy conditions has reached a plea in the neglect case. Ruth K. Cassidy, 55, (left) entered an Alford plea to one count of felony injury to a child. Prosecutors agreed to…
A Spokane man's arrest last July on suspicion of reckless driving, resisting arrest and driving with a suspended license has led to a disagreement between the Spokane Police Department and police Ombudsman Tim Burns, who has refused to certify the department’s internal investigation into a…
A suspect in a home-invasion robbery in which a woman was shot told police he intended to steal two ounces of methamphetamine, according to court documents filed Monday. Bradley Bain Cooper, 36, is jailed on $250,000 bond after appearing in Superior Court Monday on a…
SEATTLE (AP) — Investigators face a difficult puzzle to piece together as they work to determine why a Utah man bolted and began shooting at sheriff's deputies in a Walmart parking lot, leading to a gunfight that left him and a young woman dead and…
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) — A St. Maries man accused of firing his shotgun over the car of a U.S. Census worker last year has rejected a deal from prosecutors that would have reduced the charge to disturbing the peace. Richard L. Powell, 54, is…
A 24-year-old Coeur d'Alene man has been charged in federal court with possession child pornography. Scott Tyler Aresvik faces up to 10 years and prison and lifetime probation for one count of possession of sexually explicit images of minors. The charge alleges he possessed the…
PORT ORCHARD, Wash. (AP) — Detectives are investigating why a man ran from deputies and then opened fire in a Walmart parking lot in Western Washington, sparking a shootout that killed him and a young woman who ran to him after he was shot. Two…
A Spokane Valley woman who admitted to housing drug users suffered a gunshot wound to her thigh and lost a tooth during an attempted home-invasion robbery early Sunday. One man remains at large, but, Spokane Valley police arrested suspect Bradley Bain Cooper, 36, a longtime…
Two longtime Spokane methamphetamine dealers have been indicted by a federal grand jury. Wheeler Joseph Paavola (left) and William Troy Tomblin (right) are charged with possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of pure methamphetamine. Both men face at least 20 years in…
The state of Idaho is responsible for the death of a Post Falls toddler, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court. Karina Janay Moore was 2 when she died Jan. 16, 2009, from injuries sustained 10 days earlier in her Post Falls foster home.…
The police officers involved in the fatal shooting of a domestic violence suspect Sunday were identified Friday as Sgt. Dave Overhoff and Officer Chris McMurtrey. McMurtrey, 31, has been with the Spokane Police Department for two years; Overhoff, 48, is an 18-year veteran. Investigators have…
A Spokane man arrested on child pornography charges in December has been indicted by a federal grand jury. Darrel W. Monzingo, 44, pleaded not guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court to two counts of production of child pornography, two counts of distribution of child pornography…
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