Sheriff's deputies arrested two men on suspicion of burglary Wednesday after a neighbor called to report two suspicious men in the backyard of a home. Jimmie Matthew Allen, 34, and Mark Alan Short, 41, were arrested in the 5200 block of North Kenney Road after…
Two suspected prescription drug forgers were arrested Monday night after a chase with police in Spokane Valley. Employees at a pharmacy in the 15700 block of East Broadway Avenue told police about 8:45 p.m. Monday that a woman attempted to fill an Oxycodone prescription written…
Brian Moore's lawyer Jeff Compton thanked jurors for their service and said when the trial ends, they'll go on with their lives. But, Compton said, "what happens here with Brian Moore stays with him for the rest of his life." Compton disputed testimony from private…
Coeur d'Alene police are asking for help identifying thieves who broke into storage units on North Atlas Road last month. Employees at Coeur d'Alene Place Self Storage, 5850 N. Atlas Road., reported April 28 that several locks had been cut from storage units throughout the…
Deputy Prosecutor Larry Haskell told jurors they've heard evidence of pre-meditated murder of Dale Stark as they hared testimony in the trial of Brian Moore. "You've also heard evidence of twisted love and manipulation," Haskell said. He said the actions of Moore and Shellye Stark…
A man scheduled to be sentenced to federal prison today for child pornography died in a one-car crash in Pend Oreille County this morning. Bruce R. Thompson was killed when his 2003 GMC pickup went off state Route 211 about 10 miles west of Newport…
An Oregon man already serving 22 years in prison for bank robbery is accused of robbing a North Idaho bank at gunpoint in August 2010. A grand jury on Tuesday indicted Bradley W. Monical, of Bend, for the Aug. 27, 2010, hold up of Wells…
Deputy Prosecutor Mark Cipolla didn't hold out when he began cross examination of Brian Moore. His first question touched on what authorities say is a pattern of deceitfulness and sordid behavior by Moore. Cipolla pointed to Moore's statement that he was very upset when he…
Brian Moore told jurors today that he never plotted with Shellye Stark to kill her husband and never planned to stage the shooting to look like self defense. He said he had no idea Shellye serving her husband with a restraining order would end in…
An early-morning shooting at a home in northeast Spokane led to the arrest of four teenagers Tuesday. Spokane police responded to reports of gunfire at a home in the 500 block of East Columbia Avenue about 2:20 a.m. The door to the home had been…
A body found Sunday is that of a 20-year-old Spokane woman reported missing April 2. Police are investigating Kala Williams’ death as a homicide but declined to release further details Tuesday, citing the ongoing investigation. Williams’ family told police she had recently been using drugs.…
A $1.67 million out-of-court settlement has been reached in the civil suit against Spokane police filed by relatives of Otto Zehm, the mentally ill janitor who died following a violent confrontation with officers after being mistakenly implicated in a possible theft. The deal also includes…
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