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Sirens & Gavels archive for March 9, 2012

FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 2012

Deer Park house 'rental' actually a scam

Brooke Bear was surprised when several people stopped by her home interested in renting it. They referenced the ad she posted on Craigslist, but she isn’t renting out the house; she’s selling it, and she never posted an ad on Craigslist. Bear knew something was…

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Thief posts Facebook pic of judge's loot

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Authorities in South Florida say a man is facing charges after he was seen in a photo on Facebook holding a judge's stolen nameplate. Twenty-one-year-old Steven Mulhall was arrested Thursday on violation of probation charges. Broward County Sheriff Al Lamberti…

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K-9, 'copter catch car theft suspect 

A sheriff's dog tracked a car theft suspect who fled a crash in Spokane Valley early today. The K-9, Brax, located Justin C. Luce, 32, hiding near a tree about two blocks from the crash near 600 N. Walnut Road, which occurred after Luce fled…

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Kootenai County sheriff’s Sgt. Brad Maskell stands in the area where newspaper carrier Gary Loesch was murdered in November 1995. Two years later, his widow, Barbara, was found slain at her Post Falls home. (Christopher Anderson / The Spokesman-Review)

TV show to feature Post Falls murders

In this 2008 photo, Kootenai County sheriff’s Sgt. Brad Maskell stands in the area where newspaper carrier Gary Loesch was murdered in November 1995. (SRarchives) A cable TV show on Saturday will feature the case of two fugitive North Idaho women who committed suicide in…

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Driver gets 3 speeding tickets in hour

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Traffic officers along Interstate 84 in Oregon's Columbia River Gorge say a lead-footed driver was in such a hurry to make a court date on a meth possession charge that he racked up $2,000 worth of speeding tickets in an hour.…

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Man used transmitter to track wife's sex 

ALIQUIPPA, Pa. (AP) — Police have charged a Pennsylvania man with hiding a remote listening device under his estranged wife's bed that he said he used to avoid overhearing her sex life in the house they still shared. Raccoon Township police say 66-year-old Wayne Comet…

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