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Sirens & Gavels archive for July 11, 2011

MONDAY, JULY 11, 2011

Chronic DUI suspect arrested again 

A chronic drunken driving suspect was arrested on new drug charges early today. A warrant already had been issued for James L. Crabtree after he was caught driving on July 3, which violates his release conditions on drug and DUI charges from his last arrest…

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Cash for tips on drug robbery suspect

A drug robbery suspect who failed to report for electronic home monitoring pending trial now has a warrant out for his arrest. Crime Stoppers is offering a reward for tips that lead to the arrest of Bradford C. Thayer, 20, (right) who is charged with…

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Mistrial after juror blasts defense lawyer

PORT ORCHARD, Wash. (AP) — A mistrial has been declared in a Kitsap County drug case after a juror was overheard expressing a desire to punch prominent Seattle defense attorney John Henry Browne in the nose. The Kitsap Sun reports that Browne, whose high-profile clients…

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Large jail population limits bookings

UPDATE: The jail was downgraded to emergency status as of 3 p.m. with the population dropping below 620. That means staff will book all charges in the general bail order and will book and release all other gross misdemeanors and misdemeanors. It was a busy…

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Absconder in chase returns to prison

A Spokane man who triggered a weeks-long federal manhunt and a wild police chase in Montana is going back to federal prison. Anthony E. Burke, 23, was sentenced to a year in prison last week for escaping from a halfway house last spring. After he…

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