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With investigator Sandy Brewer's help, John Evans is trying to find out who killed his son, Russell, in 1989. Photo by Sandra Bancroft-Billings/The Spokesman-Review

"No American should have to live next door to a private army," Kenneth Stern said before Monday's talk at Gonzaga University. Photo by Christopher Anderson/The Spokesman-Review

Spokane welder John Evans is convinced his 13-year-old son died from gang violence in 1989. Police believe the death was a hit-and-run accident, but haven't ruled out other possibilities. No arrests have been made.

1. Dwyer 2. Justin Dwyer, left, appears with Richard Butler at the Aryan Nations compound in 1989. File/The Spokesman-Review

A Spokane man whose car blew up last month has passed a lie-detector test. William "Willie" Mitchell voluntarily took the polygraph test given him last week by a specialist with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms. ATF agents are investigating the car bombing because of violations of federal explosives laws.

A former Spokane bank teller, whose roommate committed suicide after a foiled robbery getaway, pleaded guilty Friday to embezzlement. Anthony B. Maze, 20, admitted being the mastermind behind the holdup Dec. 6, 1995, of the drive-up window at First Interstate, 2910 E. 30th, where he worked. The guilty plea was part of an agreement with prosecutors. Under its terms, the prosecutor will seek dismissal of a second charge, bank theft, that Maze faces.

Release conditions are being modified for an accused murderer who is a member of the Spokane chapter of the Hells Angels. Timothy G. Myers can now work at American Motorcycle, 3527 E. Sprague. He is scheduled to stand trial April 29 for assault and murder of two men who have ties to the rival Ghost Riders motorcycle gang.

(From For the Record, Thursday, February 8, 1996:) The attorney defending Genesis Counseling Service and co-owner Janice White is Dan Keefe. His name was misspelled in a Wednesday article. 1. O'Neil 2. Counselor Janice White leaves the stand after testifying Tuesday afternoon. Photo by Colin Mulvany/The Spokesman-Review

The founders of a Spokane children's charity face a federal trial March 4 on charges of stealing food subsidies for the poor. The trial was scheduled Monday after Letha Collins, 53, and her son, Darryl Hutchison, 32, backed out at the last minute of a plea bargain they reached with prosecutors.

Russell C. Boggs arrives in federal court Tuesday with his lawyer, assistant federal defender Steve Hormel. Photo by Colin Mulvany/The Spokesman-Review

The Hells Angels are tied to methamphetamine sold at a fashionable northwest Spokane home, a federal prosecutor said Tuesday. Drug dealers boasted of having access to "large quantities" of marijuana, cocaine and methamphetamine, the year-long investigation revealed.

Investigators got the last joke on a member of the Gypsy Jokers motorcycle gang: They used the outlaw biker's ex-wife to buy drugs from him. Kenneth "Maynard" Williams, a longtime member of the Jokers who served time for a 1983 murder, now must serve five years in federal prison for selling methamphetamine.

A Spokane man whose car was bombed last Sunday says federal agents want him to take a lie detector test. "Whenever they're ready, I'll do it," 25-year-old William "Willie" Mitchell said Tuesday. Agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms are pursuing various leads, but have made no arrests.

A former Eastern Washington University geology professor faces 122 counts of receiving child pornography by computer in one of the first such prosecutions in the region. Russell C. Boggs is accused of using a state-owned MacIntosh computer to down-load pornographic pictures of children last year in his EWU office. The 43-year-old Cheney man was indicted Tuesday on the charges of receiving child pornography by computer and one count of possessing child porn.

An obsessed former Washington State University student, just sentenced to federal prison for threatening two WSU professors, continues writing menacing letters, authorities say. Donald W. Petersen, 48, allegedly has written three letters since he was sentenced on Dec. 26 to two years in federal prison for mailing threats to WSU sociology professors Armand Mauss and Viktor Gecas. The latest letters were mailed from the Spokane County Jail, where Petersen awaits transportation to a federal prison. Court records show at least one letter was sent to Mauss.

A man caught with a homemade bomb as big as a cantaloupe faces at least two years in federal prison. Kelly R. Parr, 34, who owned a Spokane construction company, pleaded guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court to possession of an unregistered firearm, a bomb. U.S. District Judge Robert Whaley set sentencing for March 29.

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The Chrysler Corp. is being sued by a teenage boy who lost parts of both legs in a fiery car crash that killed his two friends in southeastern Washington. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Spokane, challenges the "vehicle crashworthiness" of a 1985 Chrysler LeBaron convertible. A manufacturing defect caused a fire to break out after the crash, severely injuring 15-year-old Robert J. Cram of Longview, Wash., the suit alleges.

1. "Mouldy" Marvin Gilbert, right, poses with founder and leader of the Hells Angels, Sonny Barger in this undated photo. 2. Gilbert's leathers contain the Filthy Few patch.

A federal appeals court is being asked to erase the lengthy prison sentence given to a primary figure in Spokane's Operation Doughboy cocaine conspiracy. The 14-year term handed to Clarence "Cip" Paulsen III is disproportionate to four- and eight-year sentences given to his co-defendants, argues attorney John Lundin of Seattle. A federal prosecutor says Paulsen's appeal doesn't have merit.

A Spokane espresso shop owner who failed to report to prison in 1994 got an extra jolt Monday. Darryl Hronek, 31, who owns Capone's Espresso, 6740 N. Division, now must serve 11 years and five months in prison.

1. Marvin W. Gilbert, 53, is led away from the Hells Angels' clubhouse on Friday. Photo by Christopher Anderson/The Spokesman-Review 2. Joan E. Johnston is taken from the clubhouse on Friday. Photo by Christopher Anderson/The Spokesman-Review

Tim Myers talks with his lawyer, Bevan Maxey, during a bond hearing Thursday. Photo by Dan McComb/The Spokesman-Review

Airport director John Morrison walks past the new $6.5 million fuel facility at the airport. Photo by Christopher Anderson/The Spokesman-Review