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Sirens & Gavels archive for March 14, 2011

MONDAY, MARCH 14, 2011

Gun, meth, bong lead to woman's arrest 

A pistol-packing St. Maries, Idaho, woman was arrested in Spokane Valley Sunday after an officer found methamphetamine in her 1993 Mercury Cougar during a traffic stop, police said today. Brenna Ann Haynes, 21, told Officer Juan Rodriguez her driver's license might be suspended and that…

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ederal agents and local authorities raid a medical marijuana operation on Monday, March 14, 2011 in Helena, Mont. Authorities from the Drug Enforcement Administration, the FBI, Lewis and Clark County sheriff's office and Helena police watched over at least eight people in handcuffs outside Montana Cannabis west of Helena Monday afternoon. The greenhouse is the length of half a football field and packed with marijuana plants.  (Eliza Wiley / (AP Photo/The Independent Record, Eliza Wiley))

Feds raid medical pot shops in Montana 

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Federal agents with guns drawn raided at least 10 medical marijuana operations across Montana on Monday, the same a day that a bill to repeal the state's medical marijuana law stalled in the Legislature. Agents near Helena burst into Montana Cannabis'…

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State bar to honor Clark posthumously

Spokane lawyer John Clark will be honored posthumously this week by the Washington State Bar Association. Clark's wife, Superior Court Judge Ellen Kalama Clark, and son, Steven Clark, will accept Local Hero Award on his behalf Friday during a meeting of the WSBA Board of…

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Cops' crash damages 5th car in 2 weeks

Two patrol cars were damaged in a chase over the weekend - the fourth and fifth police cruisers taken out of service in the last two weeks. The latest crash occurred when Spokane Valley police Officers Scott Bonney and Todd Miller slammed into each other…

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Scott Shupe of Change, a medical marijuana dispensary in Spokane, was arrested in Oregon in August with  4 pounds of weed and more than $18,000 in cash.

Marijuana dispensary trial begins today

A groundbreaking trial for the area's medical marijuana dispensaries is set to begin today in Spokane. Scott Q. Shupe, 56, faces felony drug charges stemming from a 2009 police raid at Change, a pot dispensary he operated on Northwest Boulevard, near Maple Street. Prosecutors have…

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