Police seized more than six pounds of methamphetamine and $60,000 from a trailer near the Fairchild Airforce Base on Thursday. Gerardo S. Miramontes, 35, and Rigoberto Ayala, 32, face drug and gun charges after a search warrant was served at 15610 W. Highway 2. A…
Two men accused of threatening people with guns at Underhill Park told police they did so in an effort to rid the park of drugs. Police say Joel D. Nelson, 26, said he and Joshua L. Schmidt, 29, (right) went to the park to make…
Jonathan Wade Ellington and his girlfriend leave Kootenai County District Court during a break in the opening day of his trial Thursday. (SRPhoto/Meghann Cuniff) Ellington is pictured below in 2006. Prosecutors say he used his vehicle as a weapon against two sisters and their mother…
Two of 24 suspects named Thursday in a long-term gun and drug investigation by the Spokane Violent Crimes Gang Task Force already are in jail on murder charges. Edward L. "TD" Thomas, 26, (left) already faces life in prison under Washington's three-strikes law if convicted…
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