A Spokane jury will likely decide this week whether a 56-year-old man with a criminal history of indecent acts with minors will spend the rest of his life in prison. The trial of Richard Payne, accused of inappropriately touching and exposing himself to a five-year-old…
The 19-year-old Spokane man suspected in a June fatal shooting has been implicated in a series of computer armed robberies originating on Craigslist and dating back to March. Issiah Schauman appeared in Spokane County Superior Court on Friday facing two counts of first-degree robbery for…
A Wenatchee lawyer was nominated Thursday to become Eastern Washington’s newest federal judge, the White House announced Thursday. Stanley A. Bastian, managing partner of Jeffers, Danielson, Sonn & Aylward law firm, will replace U.S. District Judge Edward Shea, who has been placed into the federal…
A Spokane teenager has been missing for ten days. Carolyn JoAnn Toner, 17, was last seen on Sept. 3, according to a Washington State Patrol report. She is a white female, about 5-feet-9-inches and 125 pounds. She has blue eyes, red hair and wears glasses.…
Clad in a white Spokane County Jail jumpsuit and sporting a long, black beard, the Spokane man accused of sending ricin-laced letters to a federal judge and President Barack Obama appeared in court Wednesday to set a tentative timeline for his legal proceedings. Matthew Ryan…
Remember: Just because your little one is back in the classroom, it doesn't mean they all are. Here's a gem from yesterday's Pullman police log. 13-P07307 Juvenile Problem 12:02:24 09/04/13 Aaron Breshears ACT Reaney Park, PULLMAN, WA 99163 RP reporting a child at the park…
The Spokane County Sheriff's Office is hosting an eight-week citizen's academy designed to provide an overview of what law enforcement officers do and some of the issues they face. The program is scheduled to begin Oct. 7 with sessions each Monday from 6 p.m. to…
Investigators discovered fingerprints linking two teenagers to an 88-year-old World War II veteran murdered two weeks ago. Police say Demetruis Glenn and Kenan Adams-Kinard, both 16, beat Delbert “Shorty” Belton to death Aug. 22 while he sat in his car, according to an affidavit. Investigators…
Spokane Police detectives need the public's help identifying a man who ran from a security guard last month, abandoning a backpack full of drugs as he fled. The suspect was seen in the downtown area on Aug. 1 at 2:30 p.m., according to a news…
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