Spokane police seized meth, heroin, cash and a handgun from an apartment at 406 E. Montgomery on July 14. (Spokane Police Department photos) Spokane police seized heroin, methamphetamine, a handgun and nearly $800 from a suspected drug home last week. Penni L. Cornwell, 46, was…
A man who backed out of an agreement to testify at a fellow gang member's murder trial has been charged with two felonies for his alleged involvement in the slaying. Antonio E. Cook, 29, appeared in Superior Court Monday on charges of conspiracy to commit…
An ongoing dispute between a man and his son-in-law culminated a knife attack at a north Spokane home Friday, police say. Vernon Ray Zielinski, 57, was arrested for first-degree assault after his son-in-law, Tad Howard, and witnesses said Zielinski stabbed him in the hand as…
A Spokane man who injured a state trooper in a crash on Interstate 90 three years ago is wanted on a felony drunken driving charge. William David Zink, 32, was charged last month, nearly one year after a sheriff's deputy pulled him over for speeding…
Two men have been charged with a series of fuel thefts that damaged Spokane-area businesses. Richard Lee Trower, 38, (pictured) and David A. Sitton, 34, are accused of burglaries at industrial properties between October 2009 and January 2010 Trower is to be arraigned this week…
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