A longtime fraud convict who robbed two Spokane banks in December 2009 is to spend a decade in prison. Michael R. Kent, 39, was sentenced to 129 months in prison Tuesday after pleading guilty to two counts of first-degree robbery. Kent also was ordered to…
A Spokane man who avoided prison as a teenager for his role in a murder because a judge believed he could be rehabilitated pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a second-degree burglary charge. If convicted, it would be his 10th felony since 2007. Nicholas Adam Limpert,…
Accused killer Cole K. Strandberg has done little during the two days he's spent in Judge Tari Etizen's courtroom. But on Monday, he made sure his marital status was clear. After his lawyer, Chris Bugbee, (left) asked a neuropsychologist about discussions of Strandberg's mystical world…
The retired judge who sentenced a Spokane-area sex offender now suspected of murdering a corrections officer said he's "just heartsick for that poor woman." Retired Spokane County Superior Court Judge Neal Rielly (above) said Tuesday that he remembers Byron Scherf (right) very well and said…
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