A felon suspected of stealing a handgun from a Spokane County sheriff's detective's squad car last April has been indicted by a federal grand jury. James W. Peterschick, 29, faces up to 10 years in federal prison for felon in possession of a firearm, unlawful…
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The city of Olympia has agreed to pay $260,000 to a woman strip-searched and zapped with a stun gun in the city jail. Cynthia Brown's lawyer Edwin Budge calls the agreement "vindication to some degree." While settling, the city denies liability.…
A state trooper who accidentally shot an unarmed pregnant woman during a drug raid in Spokane last fall was emotional in interviews with investigators and was overheard asking why the shot couldn’t have missed. Washington State Patrol Sgt. Herbert Lee Slemp recently returned to work…
A fight outside a party Friday left a man with a cut on his throat from ear to ear, police say. Izaac Jermel Innes, 30, (right) who was on prison work release after being convicted of second-degree murder in 2003, was arrested on suspicion of…
A fight between two roommates at the Carlyle Apartments in downtown Spokane ended with one arrested and the other receiving staples for to close his stab wounds. Scott P. McGuire, 43, remains jailed for first-degree assault after police say he stabbed his roommate in the…
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