A 19-year-old man accused of robbing an 88-year-old woman is suspected of targeting four other elderly women. Jonathan R. Crisler was charged Wednesday with Isaac J. Murphy, 19, for a string of purse snatchings between March 17 and March 19. In each case, an elderly…
A fugitive wanted in Spokane since 1983 has been arrested at the University of Nevada Reno. The Marshals Service says marshals and UNR police arrested 59-year-old Steven M. James on Tuesday as he arrived for class. He was booked into the Washoe County Jail, awaiting…
A judge has declared a mistrial in the case against a Spokane Valley man who was facing up to 50 years in prison following an attack on his ex-girlfriend and his former best friend. Superior Court Judge Jerome Leveque declared the mistrial Wednesday after a…
Two teenagers were arrested for breaking into vehicles at a Spokane Valley car dealership early today, police said. William Russell Kelly and Mecayla Ann Santjer, both 18-year-olds living at 8100 E. Appleway Ave., are due in Superior Court this afternoon on a second-degree burglary charge…
SEATTLE (AP) — The Justice Department today launched a formal civil rights investigation of the Seattle Police Department following the fatal shooting of a homeless woodcarver and other incidents of force used against minority suspects. Seattle U.S. Attorney Jenny Durkan and the assistant attorney general…
A man at the door of a Spokane Valley home pushed his way into the residence and robbed a couple in their 60s, police said today. The robber knocked on the couple’s door about 8:45 p.m. on Tuesday, asked for someone named Steve and then…
The sergeant at arms of the Washington chapter of the Hells Angels has been indicted by a federal grand jury. Ricky W. Jenks, 33, faces up to 10 years in federal prison after the jury indicted him in U.S. District Court for felon in possession…
A 41-year-old Spokane woman has been charged with vehicular assault for a crash on the South Hill last summer that severely injured her and the other driver. Maxine Kristen Tindle pleaded not guilty last week for a head-on collision that injured Molly P. Sutor at…
CHEHALIS, Wash. (AP) — The Lewis County, Wash., prosecutor won't be seeking the death penalty in the case of a man accused of killing three people last August in the town of Salkum. KOMO-TV reports that Prosecutor Jonathan Meyer has filed court papers indicating he…
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