A Spokane man who police say would have killed a man had his gun not malfunctioned has been charged with attempted murder. Carlos Himminez "Atlanta" Hodges, 38, was armed with a handgun when he confronted Kenneth Watkins at Watkins' home in the 1000 block of…
A child molester who stopped participating in treatment and has failed to register as a sex offender is being sought by Crime Stoppers. Jeffrey M. Ines, 36, was convicted of three counts of first-degree child molestation in 2007. He could have gone to prison for…
A man who robbed a convenience store of a drink and beef jerky at knife point didn't get very far early Sunday, police say. In fact, Officer Scott Haney believes he found him passed out across the street with the stolen goods surrounding him. Haney…
Two sheriff’s deputies shot by a fugitive heroin trafficking suspect last week continue to recover as detectives continue to investigate the crime spree that ended in the shooter’s suicide. Deputy Matt Spink (left), who was shot once in his leg, was released on Friday. Deputy…
The Spokane police SWAT team helped arrested a domestic violence suspect on Sunday after officers learned he might be armed and have ties to a local biker gang. Jerry W. Clark, 40, was jailed on a second-degree assault charge. Police were investigating a report that…
Charles Robert Wallace, who shot two sheriff's deputies last Tuesday before leading police on a chase that ended with his suicide, had been to drug rehab long before a judge allowed him to leave jail to give it another chance last month. He completed "intensive…
Jesse Johnson scratches his head as he lies with a bandaged thigh in a hospital bed on Monday at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane. (SRphoto/Tyler Tjomsland) A man who was shot by a Spokane police officer as he confronted another man with what…
A heroin bust today at a Spokane home involves associates of cop shooter Charles Robert Wallace. Julie Ann Lewis-Rice, 38, was arrested during a SWAT team search at a home in the 900 block of East Bismark Avenue this morning. She was one of eight…
A sex offender sought by Crime Stoppers was arrested Thursday after leading troopers on a chase in the West Plains area. Phillip John Motyka, 45, pulled into a parking lot but just circled through and exited back on state Route 2 after Washington State Patrol…
A co-defendant in the heroin trafficking case involving cop shooter Charles Wallace also left a drug rehab center after being released from jail. Gary Erwin Douglass, 57, had second thoughts after leaving the center on Wednesday, so he contacted his lawyer and turned himself in…
A Spokane man shot in the leg during a home-invasion robbery last month was with a fugitive just before he opened fire on two sheriff’s deputies Tuesday. Robert Lee “Bo” Ruth, 42, is in jail, accused of helping suspected heroin trafficker Charles Robert Wallace hide…
Mary Rock waves her cane Wednesday as she stands in her backyard in front of a door, center, where she says Charles Wallace entered her home in north Spokane. (SRphoto/Tyler Tjomsland) Mary Rock, 87, moved from Los Angeles to Spokane 10 years ago to escape…
Spokane County sheriff’s deputies Matt Spink and Mike Northway have backed each other up on patrol in north Spokane County for six years, so it’s not too surprising the men were together when fugitive Charles Wallace opened fire on them Tuesday, wounding both. The deputies,…
The county’s top law enforcement officer expressed outrage Wednesday that a suspected heroin dealer facing his fourth stay in prison was released from jail just weeks before shooting two deputies in a gunbattle north of Spokane. Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich waved a thick packet…
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…
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…
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…
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…
A registered sex offender was sentenced to eight years in prison today for distributing child pornography. John Patrick McClaren, 46, of Hayden Lake, is to be on probation for 15 years after his release. The Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force began investigating McClaren…
A fourth suspect has been arrested in a gunpoint home-invasion robbery that occurred nearly three years ago. Travis J. Kulhavy, 28, is accused of robbing four people at a home in the 500 block of East Garland Avenue on Oct. 8, 2009. Co-defendant Brian L.…
A Spokane man arrested for violating his probation on a robbery conviction also is accused of a new assault. Christopher M. Prusch, 35, faces a second-degree assault charge for allegedly choking a woman and striking her during an argument at a home in the 5300…
Jesse Johnson scratches his head as he lies with a bandaged thigh in a hospital bed on Monday at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane. (SRphoto/Tyler Tjomsland) Jesse Hugh Johnson says he thought no one else was around when, armed with a BB gun,…
A Spokane man arrested for a May 31 home-invasion robbery had reportedly been bragging about his crimes, including to a woman who herself was a home-invasion victim. David F. Smith, 40, remains jailed on $150,000 bond after appearing in Spokane County Superior Court Monday on…
Three sex offenders classified as the least likely to reoffend are wanted by Crime Stoppers for failing to register. Jamie Bryantlee Sarazin, 25, (pictured left) was convicted in April 2010 of failing to register as a sex offender and was sentenced to 22 months in…
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