A former insurance agent and executive director of the Spokane Food Bank has been sentenced to two years in prison for fraud. James K. Sokolis, 56, is to be on probation for three years after his release and pay about $356,000 restitution, which is the…
DNA on a hat and gloves dropped by a man who robbed a Spokane Valley tavern owner last year has led authorities to identify a suspect. Isaiah P. Wandler, 32, is charged with first-degree robbery for a Feb. 13, 2011, attack outside Poppy's Tavern, 415…
When a man now charged in the 1992 shooting death of a Spokane Valley businessman left prison in the last few years, his brother attended a community meeting defending him. Patrick Kevin Gibson's neighbors had been notified of his status as a level 3 sex…
A judge has refused to reverse a decision about a marijuana search that local law enforcement says could hinder their ability to investigate pot cases. U.S. District Judge Frem Nielsen said Monday that his decision to prohibit prosecutors from using marijuana plants and other evidence…
A Spokane man has been charged with manslaughter after investigators say he neglected his elderly mother while in a drunken stupor last year. Glen Douglas Rosier, 67, left jail on $10,000 bond this weekend after his arrest on two felony charges for the death of…
A chronic drunken driving suspect who badly injured a sheriff's deputy in a crash about 10 years ago has been sentenced to two years in prison on drug charges. James Lee Crabtree, 51, is in the Spokane County Jail awaiting transport to prison after being…
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