Bill Morlin

Robbers who bombed a Spokane Valley bank on April 1 shouted about the FBI's standoff with the Montana freemen as they fled, investigators say. "Tell the cops to free the people of Justus or we'll be back," FBI agents say one of the robbers yelled. The FBI now believes at least four men robbed and then detonated a bomb at the U.S. Bank at Sprague and Mullan.

Because of threats and intimidation, prosecutors are asking for an anonymous jury to hear a murder case against a Hells Angels motorcycle gang member. The rare procedure of picking jurors without divulging their names has been used in the O.J. Simpson murder trial and in high-profile Mafia cases. Now, protecting jurors' identities is needed in Spokane, says Deputy Prosecutor David Hearrean.

The 78-year-old founder and leader of the Aryan Nations says he's appointing a board to select his successor. The board will decide whether to keep the white supremacy church in North Idaho or move it elsewhere, Richard Butler said Friday at the outset of the annual Aryan Youth Conference.

Federal employee Garry Heilbrun pauses for a moment while standing next to the dogwood tree planted Friday. Photo by Christopher Anderson/The Spokesman-Review

A Federal Protective Police officer patrols the U.S. Court House in Spokane, which is under a "heightened state of awareness" as the anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing approaches. Photo by Dan McComb/The Spokesman-Review

Two Spokane teenagers who continued selling crack cocaine even after a double murder on their front porch must serve more than five years in federal prison. Eric Denny, 18, faces five years and 10 months in prison, and Ganyn Matthews, 19, will serve five years and three months. U.S. District Court Judge Fred Van Sickle on Wednesday gave the pair prison terms that are substantially lighter than sentences recommended by federal prosecutors.

It was either an elaborate hoax or another mysterious lead in the Unabomber case that took a team of FBI agents to the banks of the Spokane River. Agents dug up a spot on the riverbank on Tuesday after a man claiming to be the "fishing buddy" of Unabomber suspect Theodore Kaczynski called KHQ-TV late last week.

Investigators released this photo showing the damage caused by a bomb at U.S. Bank on Monday. Photo courtesy of FBI

Robbers got away with substantially more than $50,000 from a Spokane Valley bank after detonating two potentially lethal pipe bombs. The bombs exploded Monday within minutes of each other in a branch of U.S. Bank and an office of The Spokesman-Review. A task force of 30 federal agents is investigating several possible suspects throughout the region.

1. A gunman stands inside U.S. Bank on Monday in a photo released by authorities Tuesday. U.S. Bank photo 2. Getaway vehicle. Authorities believe the bombers were traveling in this 1991 Chevrolet van. The van was stolen in Ellensburg, Wash., and abandoned Monday afternoon in the Spokane Valley. It was equipped with a television, tinted side windows and a pop-up top. The Washington license plate number is 078ENU. SOURCE: Spokane County Sheriff's Department. 3. One of the suspects in Monday's bombings and U.S. Bank robbery. 4. Langan 5. Guthrie 6. (sketch) Suspect No. 1. Race/sex: White/male. Age: Approximately late 40s to early 50s. Height: 5-foot-10 to 6-foot-3. Weight: Approximately 200 pounds. Clothing: Olive drab fatigue jacket; blue jeans; white sneakers; ski mask - may have a beard or clean shaven. 7. (sketch) Suspect No. 2. Race/sex: White/male. Age: Approximately late 20s to early 30s. Height: 5-foot-7 to 5-foot-10. Weight: Approximately 150 to 160 pounds. Clothing: Olive green fatigues; black military-style boots; ski mask.

The twin bombings in the Spokane Valley on Monday resemble crimes carried out in Spokane and Seattle 12 years ago by a neo-Nazi group called The Order. On Jan. 30, 1984, two men with ties to the Aryan Nations planted what appeared to be a bomb outside the Two Swabbies, a clothing store on East Sprague. While sheriff's deputies and bomb squad technicians dismantled that device - only to learn it was a fake - Gary Lee Yarbrough and Bruce Pierce robbed a Washington Mutual bank on East Sprague of $3,600.

Ed LaStage, of Kamiah, Idaho, talks with reporters Monday during a rally of militia members. Photo by Dan McComb/The Spokesman-Review

1. Baucus with Jordan residents Sunday at QD's Cafe. Photo by Dan McComb/The Spokesman-Review 2. Matteucci

1. Richard E. Clark 2. A hastily erected barricade about 500 yards south of the freemen home of Richard E. Clark warns trespassers of imprisonment, Clark surrendered Saturday. Photo by Dan McComb/The Spokesman-Review

"There goes my Second Amendment rights," says Tad Silveira, a militia member from Oregon who retrieves his weapon from its hiding place Friday. Photo by Dan McComb/The Spokesman-Review

Montana officers allow FBI agents through a temporary road closure Thursday near Brusset, Mont. Photo by Associated Press

1. Standoff continues. Daniel Loomis, 76, lives next door to freemen. "We asked them (FBI) if we should move out, and they said it was up to us." He and his wife, June, stayed. Photo by Dan McComb/The Spokesman-Review 2. NBC-TV producer Tom Cheatham and his crew lost $52,000 in camera equipment when armed freemen robbed them along a county road.< 3. "There's a bad element out here," says an unidentified FBI agent who pulled over motorists traveling near the freemen enclave. Photo by Dan McComb/The Spokesman-Review

1. Freemen guard an approach to their ranches from a Chevy Suburban on Tuesday as negotiations with federal agents continued. Photo by Dan McComb/The Spokesman-Review 2. FBI agents warned motorists to avoid the area around the freemen compound near Brusset, Mont., after a TV news crew reportedly was threatened earlier in the day. Photo by Dan McComb/The Spokesman-Review

In the West, the quickest and trickiest wins. That became clear Tuesday as details surfaced about the arrests of freemen leaders LeRoy Schweitzer and Daniel Petersen.

1. A strongly worded sign warns all but the invited to stay away from the freemen enclave near Jordan, Mont. Photo by Dan McComb/The Spokesman-Review 2. Garfield County Attorney Nick Murnion has received death threats from the freeman. Photo by Dan McComb/The Spokesman-Review 3. Tim Phipps feeds cattle near the freeman ranch he bought at auction last fall. Photo by Dan McComb/The Spokesman-Review

LeRoy Schweitzer, seen with sidearm, conducts a workshop on freeman videotape.

Jordan, Mont., a town of 500 residents, has gotten a lot of attention since freemen took up residence nearby. Photo by Dan McComb/The Spokesman-Review

A significant figure in a cocaine pipeline that operated between Mexico and Canada was sentenced Friday in Spokane to 14 years in prison. The pipeline operated between 1990 and 1995 and is believed responsible for illegally smuggling more than a ton of cocaine into Canada. The smuggling occurred in north-central Washington, north of Oroville.

A state judge supports an earlier court ruling giving Spokane restaurants the right to refuse service to Hells Angels wearing their club insignia. Spokane County Superior Court Judge Neal Rielly, in a written ruling released Friday, says members of the biker gang aren't a "protected class" under state or federal discrimination laws. Reilly's decision completely supports an initial ruling made last June by District Court Judge Mike Padden.