An unpaid bar tab led to a woman's arrest on identity theft charges in Spokane Valley late Saturday. A man and woman left the Corner Club Bar, 2208 N. Park Road, with a $117 bar tab after their debit card was declined but said they…
An additional '1' on an OxyContin prescription didn't earn a Deer Park woman the pill haul police say she wanted. An employee at Medicine Shop Pharmacy in Deer Park called police Friday after Bowman attempted to fill a prescription for 160 Oxycontin pills. The prescribing…
A police cadet from Germany recently spent four weeks training with the Spokane Police Department. Jens Muth spent time with various units, including the SWAT team, drug unit and gang unit. Muth rode with officers during each patrol shift and also trained with the K-9…
A Canadian gangster who authorities say is responsible for major drug distributions in Eastern Washington faces eight years in prison under a plea agreement signed recently in Spokane. Joseph P. Curry, an associate of imprisoned B.C. drug lord Clay Roueche, pleaded guilty Thursday to importation…
The family of two boys who were rescued by a Spokane County sheriff's helicopter crew last month will be thanking the crew at a special ceremony this evening. Volunteer pilot Dave Valenti and Deputies Chad Ruff and Brandon Armstrong will be recognized at the North…
An Idaho State Police report confirms that Cpl. Dan Howard fired the shots that killed one person and injured another after two Montana fugitives rammed his patrol car on Feb. 7. Mark Marion Maykopet, 24, of Butte, was treated at Kootenai Medical Center then jailed…
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