A tip to Crime Check helped police identify a suspect in a burglary at the East Valley School District maintenance office recently. Christopher David Evans, 29, was arrested today by East Valley School Resource Officer Scott Streltzoff for the Jan. 27 burglary, according to the…
A Spokane man suspected of domestic violence was arrested on drug charges after a police chase late Sunday. Shane Patrick Wilson, 34, drove away from the 500 block of East Everett Avenue in a white Acura after officers were called to the area by a…
EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — A man pleaded guilty Monday to two counts of aggravated murder in the deaths of his father and stepmother after a prosecutor decided not to seek the death penalty. David"Joey" Pedersen, 31, is set to be sentenced Friday to life in…
Spokane Valley police are trying to identify an "aggressive panhandler" who threatened a store manager with a knife on Sunday. Officer Clay Hilton responded to Harbor Freight near Sprague Avenue and Sullivan Road, where the manager said a panhandler had opened a customer's vehicle door…
A sheriff's helicopter helped police track drunken partygoers in Spokane Valley early Sunday. Officers called in back up from other law enforcement agencies to help them control people at the part in the 16100 block of East Broadway Avenue, which they responded to about 1…
Jerry Allen and his family are facing the rekindled pain of losing their uncle, John G. “Jack” Allen Jr., who was killed in 2007 at the age of 74. Jerry Allen did odd jobs for his uncle, who helped raise him. (SR/Colin Mulvany) Water cascades…
In this Sept. 30 photo, Bayview hammer attack vicitm Yvonne Wallis says she wants Larry Cragun to receive the death penalty for the attack. (SR/Kathy Plonka) A North Idaho man who bludgeoned four people with a hammer in a brutal murder in Bayview last year…
Brooke Bear was surprised when several people stopped by her home interested in renting it. They referenced the ad she posted on Craigslist, but she isn’t renting out the house; she’s selling it, and she never posted an ad on Craigslist. Bear knew something was…
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Authorities in South Florida say a man is facing charges after he was seen in a photo on Facebook holding a judge's stolen nameplate. Twenty-one-year-old Steven Mulhall was arrested Thursday on violation of probation charges. Broward County Sheriff Al Lamberti…
A sheriff's dog tracked a car theft suspect who fled a crash in Spokane Valley early today. The K-9, Brax, located Justin C. Luce, 32, hiding near a tree about two blocks from the crash near 600 N. Walnut Road, which occurred after Luce fled…
In this 2008 photo, Kootenai County sheriff’s Sgt. Brad Maskell stands in the area where newspaper carrier Gary Loesch was murdered in November 1995. (SRarchives) A cable TV show on Saturday will feature the case of two fugitive North Idaho women who committed suicide in…
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Traffic officers along Interstate 84 in Oregon's Columbia River Gorge say a lead-footed driver was in such a hurry to make a court date on a meth possession charge that he racked up $2,000 worth of speeding tickets in an hour.…
ALIQUIPPA, Pa. (AP) — Police have charged a Pennsylvania man with hiding a remote listening device under his estranged wife's bed that he said he used to avoid overhearing her sex life in the house they still shared. Raccoon Township police say 66-year-old Wayne Comet…
An occupied home in north Spokane was recently listed for rent on Craigslist by someone in Africa. The owner earned about the ad when a couple arrived at her home asking about it. The woman is trying to sell he home - not rent it…
A man allowed to remain free pending the appeal of his sentence for robbing a store of a piece of tin foil is back in jail. David Lee Hickam, 26, was found to have violated the terms of his release when he was identified recently…
A man accused of shooting a young girl Sunday night confronted a group with a gun after hearing gang-related insults, Spokane police allege. Abubakar "Abu" Samura, 21, is wanted on two counts of first-degree assault. A $500,000 warrant was issued Tuesday. Police say several bullets…
Two men will spend at least 25 years in prison for killing a 63-year-old homeowner last July near Colville. Jesse J. Fellman-Shimmin, 27, (left) pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and Eric L. Booth, 26, (right) pleaded guilty to first-degree murder Wednesday in connection to the…
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Governor Chris Gregoire has signed into a law a bill to help victims of online impersonation pursue lawsuits in civil court. The bill, signed by the governor Wednesday, passed through both the Washington state House and the Senate unanimously. Under the…
“It was weird. We were in the middle of the game and he got up and said ‘Oh, I gotta go,’ ” Preston Kahanu said of triple-murder suspect Dustin Gilman. (SRphoto/Colin Mulvany) Preston Kahanu was asleep when Dustin Gilman called him that Friday morning, looking…
A 20-minute police chase through northeast Spokane led to arrest of a 40-year-old Spokane woman Monday. Henrietta Allice Wynne is accused of fleeing a traffic stop by a Washington State Patrol trooper who spotted her driving erratically about 5:13 a.m. as she left the Royal…
Six stolen portraits of old movie stars led to a Spokane woman's arrest on drug and burglary charges Monday. A resident in the 3600 block of East 21st Avenue arrived home about 8:40 a.m. to find a silver Toyota parked in his driveway, according to…
A man was arrested for a hate crime Monday for allegedly throwing a glass at a downtown Spokane bartender and yelling slurs against homosexuals. Two customers at Irv’s bar held Sean D. Slechta, 38, on the ground until officers arrived to arrest him, Spokane police…
Godzilla, a wild turkey, walks around the front yard of the home belonging to Edna Geisler, 69 of Commerce Township, Mich. (AP Photo/Detroit Free Press, Eric Seals) COMMERCE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — An Oakland County woman says she's become a prisoner on her own property,…
A suspect has been identified in a shooting that injured a 6-year-old girl and a 23-year-old man in east central Spokane. Abubakar "Abu" Samura, 21, is wanted on two first-degree assault charges for the shooting at a home Sunday in the 1800 block of East…
A report of attempted shoplifting at a Spokane Valley department store led to a felony drug arrest after police searched the suspect's car. Employees at Kohl's, 16301 East Broadway Ave., called 911 Monday and said a woman was inside placing items by the door as…
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