Crime/Public Safety

A man who died in a motorcycle crash one week ago on Division Street has been identified by the Spokane County Medical Examiner’s Office as 19-year-old Jonathan Lew.

A 15-year-old boy was identified as the person who died in a car crash earlier this month near Mead.

Federal authorities arrested a Sandpoint man accused of threatening to kill former President Donald Trump because he blames Trump for the loss of his tribal land, federal court documents say.

The Spokane Fire Department canceled its fire training academy this year to alleviate the city’s budget woes, but it’s possible the move saved future layoffs, leaving officials comfortable with where the department stands.

Motorcyclists reportedly assaulted a pickup truck driver and fled the scene after the driver and a motorcyclist were involved in a crash that may have stemmed from road rage late Saturday morning on Interstate 90 between Liberty Lake and Idaho, according to the Washington State Patrol.

A 43-year-old registered nurse accused of fatally shooting a man while they were both stopped at a Millwood traffic light had videos on his cellphone that appeared to show him practicing shooting from his vehicle prior to the killing, according to new court documents.

A 46-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder in connection to a woman who was reported missing over five years ago to the Bonner County Sheriff’s Office.

A 67-year-old Granville, Ohio, man died after driving off the road and crashing into trees Wednesday night on State Highway 57 near Priest Lake.

A Spokane police officer put a “Let’s Go Brandon” sticker on his police car last year, drawing attention from members of the community and law enforcement, and leading to his firing and the reprimand of fellow officers.

The man who stabbed Crystal Olsen, beat another woman on a downtown Spokane sidewalk and murdered a woman 12 years ago along the Spokane River will continue to “brutally attack and murder women” when he’s released from prison, Olsen said in court Thursday.

A federal judge in Spokane sentenced a man to nearly six years in prison for attacking his partner with a knife last year and attempting to suffocate her.

A 21-year-old Stevens County man died in a motorcycle crash late Tuesday night on U.S. Highway 2 west of Airway Heights.

A Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office deputy shot and killed two dogs after they attacked him while he was delivering court paperwork Wednesday to a Post Falls home.

A former Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent will spend a decade in prison for trying to meet a 13-year-old girl for sex.

The two people killed in a north-central Idaho gas station explosion last week have been identified; two others remain hospitalized.

Daniel Reiner, an investor of companies worth billions of dollars, was found dead last month in a Pend Oreille County Lake he owned with his wife.

A 38-year-old Spokane woman was identified as the pedestrian who was struck and killed last month on U.S. Highway 2 near Fairchild Air Force Base.

CARDIFF, Idaho – Investigators located two bodies while searching the rubble of a remote gas station in north central Idaho that burst into flames Wednesday in a violent explosion.

A motorcyclist who was struck and killed earlier this month between Spokane and Cheney was identified as 44-year-old Rick Paetow.