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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883
Alexandra Duggan

Alexandra Duggan

Current Position: Cops and Courts reporter

Alexandra Duggan came to the Spokesman-Review in 2023 and is the daytime crime and courts reporter. She is a graduate from the University of Idaho and came to Spokane from Boise where she was a print reporter for the Idaho Press and a TV reporter at KTVB. Alex covers just about everything, including cold cases, criminal trials, the opioid crisis, police accountability and more.

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Questions remain across Inland Northwest after Trump federalizes D.C. police department

President Donald Trump’s announcement Monday that he will take control of Washington, D.C.’s police department and deploy the National Guard in the nation’s capital – and his suggestion that he could take similar actions in other Democratically controlled jurisdictions – has stirred questions about what the move means for cities across the country.
News >  Crime/Public Safety

Two Okanogan County homicide suspects arrested

Law enforcement responded Thursday morning to a report of a man face down and beaten along North Pine Creek Road, a mile outside the city of Tonasket, the sheriff's office said in a news release. The Washington State Crime Lab was able to identify the man from his belongings as Joseph Dagnon. 
News >  Crime/Public Safety

Spokane ICE protesters accused of assault released pending trial, but not without a fight

Mikki Hatfield, 34, and Bobbi Silva, 38, are two of nine people who were indicted by a federal grand jury earlier this month and charged with crimes of violence against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement during a chaotic Spokane protest last month. The first seven people charged with conspiracy to impede or injure federal officers were released Tuesday pending trial, while Hatfield and Silva remained in jail based on their additional charges of assault against a law enforcement official.