Two suspected burglars were arrested at a Spokane Valley home Monday after a neighbor called 911 because she didn't recognize them. Steven Edward Cunningham, 56, and Jasmine Owens, 37, were contacted inside a home in the area of 7100 E. 3rd Ave. Deputies saw a…
Reports of two burglars escaping in a 2004 Volkswagen Jetta led sheriff's deputies to arrest three people recently, including a convicted sex offender. Deputies located the Jetta parked outside a North Division Street pawn shop shortly after the burglary was reported Sunday in the 7800…
Prosecutors say the case against Brian Moore will include evidence of not just premeditated murder, greed and financial gain. "You're gong to hear about twisted love and manipulation."," Deputy Prosecutor Larry Haskell told jurors during his opening statement this morning. Haskell told the jury of…
A Spokane man with a history of fleeing police led a state wildlife officer on a chase in a stolen car while high on methamphetamine recently. Michael S. Wheeler, 38, remains jailed on stolen car and eluding police chases after he was arrested at gunpoint…
Shellye L. Stark is led into court on April 9, 2009. (SpokesmanReview archives) A murder trial nearly five years in the making begins today in Spokane County Superior Court as jurors begin to hear the case of a California man accused of conspiring with his…
Spokane law enforcement officials for the first time are compiling a list of officers and deputies who have a record of lying or who have been discredited while doing their jobs. The so-called “Brady list” is part of a legal requirement to notify defense lawyers…
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