A tip to Crime Check helped police identify a suspect in a burglary at the East Valley School District maintenance office recently. Christopher David Evans, 29, was arrested today by East Valley School Resource Officer Scott Streltzoff for the Jan. 27 burglary, according to the…
A Spokane man suspected of domestic violence was arrested on drug charges after a police chase late Sunday. Shane Patrick Wilson, 34, drove away from the 500 block of East Everett Avenue in a white Acura after officers were called to the area by a…
EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — A man pleaded guilty Monday to two counts of aggravated murder in the deaths of his father and stepmother after a prosecutor decided not to seek the death penalty. David"Joey" Pedersen, 31, is set to be sentenced Friday to life in…
Spokane Valley police are trying to identify an "aggressive panhandler" who threatened a store manager with a knife on Sunday. Officer Clay Hilton responded to Harbor Freight near Sprague Avenue and Sullivan Road, where the manager said a panhandler had opened a customer's vehicle door…
A sheriff's helicopter helped police track drunken partygoers in Spokane Valley early Sunday. Officers called in back up from other law enforcement agencies to help them control people at the part in the 16100 block of East Broadway Avenue, which they responded to about 1…
Jerry Allen and his family are facing the rekindled pain of losing their uncle, John G. “Jack” Allen Jr., who was killed in 2007 at the age of 74. Jerry Allen did odd jobs for his uncle, who helped raise him. (SR/Colin Mulvany) Water cascades…
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