A police officer saved the life of a bicyclist who was hit by an SUV on Monday, officials say. Officer Paul Carpenter responded to the crash at Park Place and Columbia Circle and found a witness trying to administer CPR to the 50-year-old man. The…
A bailiff at the Kootenai County courthouse lost his job recently after he was arrested on child sex abuse charges. Jack David McPike, 31, of Athol, is accused of sexually abusing a girl from 2006 until this month, when the girl told a school counselor…
Spokane police released this photo of the March 29 crash. A Deer Park man pleaded guilty today to a hit-and-run crash earlier this year that injured three people in Spokane. Christopher L. Smith, 52, told Superior Court Judge Maryann Moreno that he blacked out when…
A man accused of burglarizing a Spokane County deputy prosecutor's garage was arrested for another burglary just eight days after he left jail. Chance Karl Occhipinti, 42, was free on $3,500 bond when he and a friend broke into a garage in the 1000 block…
A man suspected in a Boise home-invasion robbery was arrested recently near Spirit Lake. The Kootenai County sheriff's SWAT team took Bryson G. Smith, 27, into custody Wednesday at 28128 N. Highway 41. A confidential source told detectives Smith was hiding at the address and…
By KASEY JONES,Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — A 21-year-old college student accused of killing a housemate told police he ate the victim's heart and part of his brain after he died. Alexander Kinyua hid the head and hands of the dead man in his family's…
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Motorists have reported a sharp-dressed pig running loose on a highway just outside of Pittsburgh. State troopers also spotted the animal but failed to catch it before it scurried off into the woods. The pig is wearing a scarf. The sightings were…
SANTA MARIA, Calif. (AP) — Police say a drug dealer mistakenly sent messages to a California central coast police officer in an attempt to sell methamphetamine. The Santa Maria officer notified Santa Barbara County sheriff's detectives about the errant text messages early Tuesday. The officer…
ELYRIA, Ohio (AP) — Police in suburban Cleveland say a woman who owns a cleaning service broke into a house and washed the dishes, took out the trash, and vacuumed before leaving a handwritten bill with her name on it. And police say it might…
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