A Spokane Valley man was arrested Saturday after police investigating domestic violence allegations found him with a handgun. Rashad K. Harper, 29, was arrested for felon in possession of a firearm after police detained him near a convenience store. His girlfriend had called 911 about…
The city’s job offer to Brad Thoma came the same day a Spokane County sheriff’s deputy was sentenced in Spokane County District Court for drunken driving for an April incident. Darin M. Schaum (pictured with his lawyer in April) pleaded guilty to driving under the…
A former Spokane police sergeant fired after a drunken hit-and-run crash has been offered a spot as a detective after a change in state law lifted his driving restrictions. City officials notified Bradley N. Thoma on Friday that he can return at the demoted level…
Two caretakers have arrested and charged with assaulting a child in their home in Marcus, Wash., north of Kettle Falls. Brian D. Lembcke, 34, and Rebecca L. Pelissier, 37, were arrested on charges of third-degree assault of a child and booked into Stevens County Jail…
A well-known anti-death penalty lawyer tapped to represent alleged Tucson, Ariz., shooter Jared Loughner led child-killer Joseph Duncan's defense team during his 2008 trial in Boise. Judy Clarke, formerly federal defender for Eastern Washington and Idaho, has also defended Unabomber Ted Kaczynski, child-killer Susan Smith…
Kristin Bell had what she calls a moment of weakness that has turned into a 2 1/2-year legal nightmare and forced her to give up a dream of ever working as a grade-school teacher. Bell, 24, admits that she foolishly stole $163 worth of items…
Spokane County Prosecutor Steve Tucker said Friday that he is close to making a decision on whether Deputy Brian Hirzel will face criminal charges for shooting Pastor Wayne Scott Creach on Aug. 25 in Spokane Valley. Tucker said Chief Deputy Criminal Prosecutor Jack Driscoll needs…
A retired Spokane firefighter with a history of impaired driving and a conviction for vehicular homicide was arrested again Thursday after a state trooper smelled alcohol on his breath. David W. Batty, 55, of Elk, had a blood alcohol level of twice the legal limit…
In a 911 call released Thursday, a Taco Bell employee identified only as Shane asks for police to remove a man who had entered the store’s “employee area.” He said the man was not aggressive, violent or threatening. “He’s just really shaken up, but we’re…
A suspect in the 1986 murder of a Spokane woman remains in jail on $1 million bond after making his first appearance before a Spokane County judge Thursday. Police obtained new DNA samples from Gary Lyle Trimble, 62, that will be analyzed to see if…
A Spokane man suspected of shooting his 20-year-old girlfriend to death was transported back to Spokane Thursday after undergoing treatment at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle for a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Spokane police officers drove to King County Jail to take custody of Tristen Nebrae…
By DAVE COLLINS, Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Jurors in the trial of a former police chief watched video Thursday of an 8-year-old boy accidentally shooting himself to death with an Uzi submachine gun at a 2008 gun fair, a sight that prompted a…
PARIS, Tenn. (AP) — When a Henry County deputy finally stopped a speeding car on the wrong side of a highway, he found it had been driven by a 77-year-old grandmother. Not that the stop was easy, reports The Paris Post-Intelligencer. Barely an hour into…
JEROME, Idaho (AP) — Police in Idaho say a man who asked authorities to arrest and deport him to Mexico stole a squad car after his request was denied. The Idaho Mountain Express reports that 38-year-old Guadalupe Cruz-Vasquez went to the Jerome County Sheriff's office…
UNIONTOWN, Pa. (AP) — An attorney charged with stealing $99,000 from two elderly couples he represented has met a judge's deadline to appear in court for trial. Fifty-three-year-old Mark Morrison didn't appear for trial Monday after his attorney said he couldn't arrange for an ambulance…
ALBANY, Ga. (AP) — Police say a Georgia woman used a friend's baby to collect more than $1,600 in child support from an ex-boyfriend after she convinced him the child was his. Dougherty County Sheriff's Capt. Craig Dodd says Regina Thompson's ex-boyfriend paid the money…
Two Spokane Valley police officers stopped for a roadside chat caught a burglary suspect after watching him pilfer a storage building early today, officials say. Jeffery Allan Heatwole, 44, told police his seat belt was broken and refused to get out of his 1984 Datsun…
A man accused of stabbing his lover's estranged husband last week has been arrested for assault. Spokane police initially said Dumont P. Whitt, 35, may have stabbed Robert D. McQueen in self defense after McQueen confronted him and McQueen's wife, Alicia McQueen, in a home…
Crime Stoppers is targeting a suspected car thief with "some fairly visible tattoos," the organization announced. Zachariah Leonard Zech, 33, is wanted for second-degree taking a motor vehicle without permission. He was arrested Aug. 11 after police stopped him at Spokane Community College in a…
A convicted felon caught by Spokane police with a sawed-off shotgun last month has been indicted by a federal grand jury. James D. Bacon, 23, faces up to 10 years in prison for allegedly possessing the 12-gauge shotgun and ammunition when police officers chased him…
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine police investigating the New Year's Eve shooting death of a local councilman did not have to look further than the last photograph the victim took. That photo led to the arrest of one of two alleged gunmen and an accomplice,…
Two suspected burglars were arrested early today after they were tracked from the scene by both the business owner and a Spokane police dog. Travis P. Milhous, 26, (top) and Clifford N. Mayo, 31, (bottom) are accused of breaking into a RVs Northwest at 18919…
A murder suspect who is a person of interest in three other decades-old slayings could appear before a Spokane County judge as early as Thursday. Police said today that Gary L. Trimble, 62, should arrive in Spokane by tonight. He was ordered extradited to Spokane…
A Spokane County Sheriff’s detective who has been the subject of a number of use-of-force complaints appeared in court Tuesday as a civil trial began by a man who claimed that he was unnecessarily shocked by a Taser during a traffic stop. Daniel B. Strange,…
A Spokane man on probation for sexually assaulting a woman in a church basement last year is back in jail on a new assault charge. Michael J. Bosch, 48, (pictured) appeared in Superior Court this week, accused of trying to sexually assault a man at…
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