When a gunman shot and killed a 63-year-old retiree in a quiet Colville-area neighborhood, detectives say he left behind a crucial piece of evidence: The suspected murder weapon. A handgun located near Gordon R. Feist, who was found in the wreckage of his utility terrain…
Federal prosecutors for the first time today revealed that domestic terrorism suspect Kevin W. Harpham took pictures of himself at the Martin Luther King Jr. Unity March, where he is charged with leaving a bomb along its route. Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas Rice said in…
AUBURN, N.Y. (AP) — Police say a 43-year-old central New York man entered a woman's home, stole her parrot, computer and dryer knobs and unplugged her refrigerator. Lee L. Baker Jr. of Auburn, near Syracuse, is accused of burglarizing the home of the woman who…
San Francisco Police chief Greg Suhr speaks at a news conference next to undated booking photos of Kenneth Harding in San Francisco on July 18. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) By TERRY COLLINS,Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A police shooting that stirred community outcry and street…
Authorities say vandals broke 80 sprinkler heads off the irrigation system at Trentwood Elementary School, 14701 E. Wellesley Ave., sometime during the weekend. The vandals had “no respect for lawn order,” Spokane Valley police spokesman Sgt. Dave Reagan said in a news release. An employee…
An Elk man was arrested this morning in Spokane Valley after authorities discovered the vehicle he was in was stolen. Officers responded to the River Rock Apartments at 12700 E. Shannon Ave. about 10:30 a.m. for a report of a “suspicious male ducking down inside…
A convicted burglar who escaped Friday from Benewah County Jail has been recaptured, thanks in part to Kootenai County’s cross-deputization agreement with the Coeur d’Alene Tribal Police. Tribal officers made the arrest working with Plummer city police and the Benewah County Sheriff’s Office, authorities said…
A woman who had $26,000 in her bra when booked into the Spokane County Jail is to repay another $7,500 after pleading guilty to first-degree theft. Lukeisha A. Harris, 25, was credited for three days already served in jail after her arrest in March 2010.…
THC Pharmacy owner Charles Wright the operator of a marijuana dispensary, gives a quick thumbs up to chanting cannabis activists outside his store during a raid by the Drug Enforcement Administration on April 28. Wright was indicted Wednesday on federal drug charges. The owners of…
Spokane County will pay $230,000 to settle a lawsuit over restrictions on jail inmates’ mail. County commissioners and Sheriff’s Office officials also agreed Tuesday to abandon a policy of requiring messages from friends and families of prisoners to be written on postcards. A consent decree…
In a case of be careful of who you cook pasta for, a Spokane marijuana grower faces a potentially longer prison term because of his culinary association with known members of the Hells Angels biker gang. Patrick D. Bozarth Jr., 31, pleaded guilty Wednesday in…
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A federal jury has unanimously convicted a former Coeur d'Alene-area developer of crafting a murder-for-hire scheme to kill a prosecutor and key witnesses in a North Idaho drug case. Kelly J. Polatis was found guilty Wednesday of 14 combined counts…
The family of slain Spokane Valley pastor Wayne Scott Creach has filed a $14.7 million wrongful death claim against Spokane County, which is the first step in filing a civil lawsuit. “A jury may come in and feel highly aggravated at what happened,” said the…
A federal jury in Salt Lake City on Wednesday continued to deliberate the fate of a former North Idaho developer accused of plotting to kill several witnesses and a federal prosecutor connected to a drug case filed against him in Idaho. Jurors began their second…
A 63-year-old retiree is dead after a weekend attack outside his upscale home near Colville, sheriff’s officials said Tuesday. Gordon R. Feist was shot twice late Sunday on Smart Way, a private cul-de-sac about four miles south of Colville, as he rode a small utility…
A man who robbed two Spokane banks will serve his 10-year prison sentence the same as a pending sentence for a Coeur d'Alene bank robbery. Michael Richard Kent, 39, pleaded guilty to bank robbery Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Coeur d'Alene for a Jan.…
UPDATE: Wilkenson was arrested early Wednesday in Kootenai County. Read more here. State authorities issued a warning that a convicted felon escaped Friday from Benewah County Jail after learning local officials failed to do so. “Anytime someone is running from the law, we consider them…
A member of the Colville Confederated Tribes pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to two counts of aggravated sexual abuse. Clarence J. Stensgar, Jr., was charged last September with sexually assaulting two different women in 2007 on the Colville Indian Reservation. The charges carry a…
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…
A Spokane police officer was treated for minor injuries after a driver ran a flashing red light and crashed into his patrol car early this morning. Officer Chris Bode was taken to a hospital as a precautionary measure, where he was treated for a bump…
TUPELO, Miss. (AP) — A Washington state Native American tribe is suing several Mississippi municipalities over allegations that their law enforcement officials illegally invaded tribal lands during an FBI-led raid earlier this year. The target of the Feb. 16 search was property that belongs to…
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