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News >  Spokane

Sheriff Calls For An End To Hatefulness

Those preaching hatred of government are making police the most visible targets, Spokane County Sheriff John Goldman said Saturday at an observance for slain officers. The sheriff called for an "end to the hatred and divisiveness which threatens to destroy our nation." "All too often, that hatred is blindly aimed at government," Goldman said, later making reference to last month's bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building.
News >  Spokane

Gun Advocates Want Civilian Training Continued Senators’ Proposal To Unload Marksmanship Program Blasted

Two Spokane gun-training advocates are critical of a plan by two Democratic senators to halt a nearly century-old firearms program. Sens. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., are urging Congress to rescind the $2.5 million in taxpayer money for this year's Civilian Marksmanship Program. The Pentagon-funded program, administered through the Department of Civilian Marksmanship (DCM), provides firearms training to civilians.
News >  Spokane

Drug Dealer Ordered To Pay For Prison Time

A Spokane cocaine dealer arrested in Operation Doughboy must serve 68 months in federal prison and pay half the cost of his imprisonment. Gregory S. Brebner, 38, will pay the federal government $60,497 for the time he spends in prison, U.S. District Judge Frem Nielsen ordered Tuesday. Brebner pleaded guilty in January to eight counts of distribution of cocaine and possession with intent to distribute the drug.
News >  Spokane

Man Faces Cocaine Charges Federal Grand Jury Indicts Former Restaurant Owner

The former owner of an Italian restaurant in Spokane faces arrest on a multiple-count federal indictment accusing him of selling cocaine. Michael A. Godwin, 38, who operated Ristorante Spezia on West Francis, is charged with conspiracy to distribute more than a pound of cocaine. He also is charged with distribution of cocaine and possession with intent to distribute cocaine.
News >  Nation/World

April 19 A Key Date For Militia

April 19, the date of the Oklahoma City bombing, is an important day among some factions of the militia movement. A flier circulated among militia supporters last month reported that Richard Snell, a white supremacist who murdered two people, was scheduled for execution April 19 in Arkansas.
News >  Nation/World

Bombing Mirrors Novel Plot White Supremacist Story Strikingly Similar To Real Events

The deadly terrorism in Oklahoma City closely matches a story line from a novel used in the past as a game plan by white supremacists. The FBI hasn't connected any group to the bombing, but investigators are scrutinizing white supremacists among hundreds of leads. Supremacists who formed The Order in the Pacific Northwest in 1983 followed ideas from the novel, "The Turner Diaries," written under an assumed name by the leader of the former American Nazi Party.
News >  Spokane

Attorney Ordered To Court For Delaying Start Of Trial

A Spokane attorney must appear in Superior Court on Friday to explain why he shouldn't be found in contempt for failing to appear for a repressed-memory sex trial. Attorney Bill Strzelec Jr. was ordered Tuesday to appear before Superior Court Judge Robert Whaley.
News >  Spokane

Spokane Man Admits String Of Robberies

A Spokane man confessed Monday to a string of robberies that ended when his cohort was shot in the eye and critically wounded. Ryan D. Bartlett confessed to five Spokane armed robberies during a three-week period in late 1993 and to attempting a sixth holdup.
News >  Spokane

5 Felonies Precede Man’s Next Trial Convictions Come A Week Before Trial For 5 Armed Robberies In ‘93

A man who faces trial next week for five Spokane-area holdups and a bungled sixth attempt was convicted Monday of five unrelated felonies. Ryan D. Bartlett, 25, was found guilty of residential burglary, second-degree robbery, two counts of vehicle theft and attempting to elude an officer. He was convicted by Superior Court Judge Harold Clarke, who reviewed police reports after the defense and prosecution agreed to the facts of the Feb. 16, 1993, incident.
News >  Spokane

8 Bars Won’t Face Liquor Board Action

Eight Spokane-area bars and lounges identified in a major cocaine investigation won't face action against their state liquor licenses, officials say. The State Liquor Control Board reviewed investigative files from the Operation Doughboy case, which revealed that cocaine was sold repeatedly at 10 Spokane-area bars and lounges.