Sirens & Gavels archive for June 20, 2012
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 2012
No stranger to controversial rulings
U.S. Magistrate Judge Cynthia Imbrogno is no stranger to controversial rulings. Imbrogno is the judge who released suspected cop shooter Charles R. Wallace from jail to attend drug treatment while awaiting trial on his latest heroin trafficking charges. Wallace almost immediately left the treatment program…
3 Oregon men admit to Idaho pot grow
Three Oregon men have pleaded guilty to growing large amounts of marijuana in Boundary County, Idaho. Robert Wayne Baucum, 56, of Scio (left), Ronald Clifford Underwood (right), 55, and Raymond Earl Hogle, 50 (bottom left), both of Albany, grew marijuana in barns on property owned…
Kevin Ellison to stay in jail without bail
A pro football player who claims God told him to start a fire at his apartment complex in Liberty Lake will remain in jail amid concerns about his mental health. Kevin Marcus Ellison, 25, who was dismissed from the Spokane Shock arena football team after…
Cop shooter robbed woman, 87, of car
A suspected heroin trafficker believed to have shot two sheriff's deputies stole an 87-year-old woman's car before he fatally shot himself during a police pursuit Tuesday. Police said late Tuesday that the woman chased Charles Robert Wallace, 41, out of her house and hit him…
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