A man who wanted to prove to his ex-girlfriend that he wasn't a child molester instead was arrested on a child sex abuse warrant after contacting a Spokane County sheriff's deputy Tuesday in Deer Park. Jesse A. Smith, 20, apparently did not know of a…
Police in Spokane Valley remarked on the honesty of a man after he admitted he had a glass pipe and bag of methamphetamine in his pocket. Christopher Joseph Nordby, 47, was standing next to a car holding a screw driver near East Valleyway Avenue and…
A Spokane Valley homeowner spotted two suspected prowlers looking at his car early today, leading police to arrest a suspect. The man opened the front door to his home in the 2800 block of South Davis Road after seeing two men - one with a…
A 30-year-old man has been arrested for robbing a north Spokane pharmacy of Oxycodone. Paul Raymond Hunt, Jr., was arrested Monday for the June 5 robbery at Rite Aid, 12420 N. Highway 395. Pharmacy employees identified him as the man who showed up at the…
A wild car chase on Sunday ended in a father and son's vehicles crashing off railroad tracks into trees and a suspected thief getting away, police said Tuesday. Authorities are asking for tips on the car thief, who they say stole a car from a…
In this file photo, Doug Snarski, 55, stands at the top of the stairs where he shot an intruder in his home last month. (SR/Jesse Tinsley) A Newman Lake homeowner did nothing wrong when he shot his girlfriend’s ex to death after being threatened by…
A second jury in nine months failed to agree Tuesday whether a Deer Park man’s marijuana use caused a fatal crash, highlighting the lack of accepted standards to determine when motorists should be considered too stoned to drive. A Spokane County jury deliberated only about…
A jury of seven men and five women found a Spokane man guilty Tuesday of attacking a refugee from Iraq with a tire iron during a gruesome attack that left the victim with severe head injuries. Sentencing has not yet been set, but 25-year-old Grant…
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