Brian Coddington

Large white scars left by road flares were all that remained Thursday, a day after police converged on a house to investigate the first shooting here in nearly two decades. Daniel Leitz, 38, was shot at least three times early Wednesday with a handgun, said Rathdrum police Lt. Alex Carrington. Leitz was listed in good condition Thursday.

Thumping noises outside the bedroom window woke Jarrod Schaper about midnight on Christmas Eve. He pulled open the blinds to investigate and an ax crashed through both panes of glass.

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Coeur d'Alene police Capt. Carl Bergh flipped through a 10-page list of officers killed in the line of duty. U.S. Forest Service officer Brent Jacobson, 41. Shot to death Jan. 2, 1989, near Sandpoint while tracking two robbery and kidnapping suspects. Married. Two children. Osburn Police officer Chuck Ashton, 23. Shot to death Aug. 17, 1976, during a traffic stop on Interstate 90. Married. One child.

1. Pet peeve. Carol Browning holds Sparky, an elderly terrier mix. Browning has filed suit against neighbors with wolf-hybrids, saying the animals have attacked her dogs. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review 2. Tom and Paula Evans raise wolf-hybrids, such as Sheihk and two newborn puppies, at their home near Wolf Creek Lodge. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review

Spontaneous rage, not a murderous plan, prompted John Whipple to bludgeon his wife to death with a hammer, an attorney for the man said Wednesday. Whipple, 46, does not deny beating his wife, rolling her body onto a sleeping bag and stuffing her into the trunk of the family car, said Val Siegel, Whipple's public defender. He never intended for it to happen and does not remember doing it, the attorney said at the opening of Whipple's murder trial.

A 57-year-old shaft repairman died early Tuesday in an accident at the Sunshine Mining and Refining Co. Tom Huff, an experienced miner, and about 15 other workers were nearing the end of their shift when the accident happened, said Harry Cougher, the mine's senior vice president and chief operating officer.

An area garbage hauler has asked a judge to intervene in its dispute with Kootenai County officials over how it collects landfill fees. A complaint filed in 1st District Court asks a judge to decide what responsibility, if any, Coeur d'Alene Garbage Service has to report irregular, unscheduled collections to the county.

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Firefighters try to cool down a gutted garage at the Star Motel in Coeur d'Alene on Friday afternoon. There were reports of a small explosion in the garage around 3:30 p.m., followed by a fire. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review

John and Edith Clark lived a middle-class life in a quiet Coeur d'Alene neighborhood. Both earned college degrees, although a back injury has kept John Clark, a 54-year-old Vietnam veteran, out of work for more than four years. Edith Clark, 41, works as a loan processor for a local mortgage company.

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Hauser Lake neighbors talk in front of the house of convicted child molester Mario Rios on Friday. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review

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Danger in their midst Coeur d'Alene school psychologist David Hunt speaks to a crowd of parents at Borah Elementary School on Wednesday night. Photo by Craig Buck/The Spokesman-Review

Prosecutors charged a Post Falls teenager Wednesday with shaking his girlfriend's infant son to death. Court papers filed in 1st District Court charge John D. Franzatti, 18, with first-degree murder. He is accused of killing the 4-month-old son of his live-in girlfriend. Blake Kitchen died Monday evening at a Spokane hospital, said Deputy Prosecutor Traci Post. The infant had been on life support in the pediatric intensive care unit at Sacred Heart Medical Center since Saturday afternoon.

Rathdrum firefighters extinguish the last of the hot spots on a fire that tore through the roof of Charlotte and Dale Haubensack's home on Wednesday morning. Photo by Craig Buck/The Spokesman-Review

A petition filed by a former teacher's aide asking that his firing be reviewed was dismissed Tuesday. The ruling in Idaho's 1st District Court prohibits Jerry Roth from refiling his request. He could, however, file a lawsuit seeking damages, said Craig Vernon, Roth's attorney.

A woman whose husband is charged with killing a Spokane Valley man said Monday a property dispute led to Jeremy Moore's shooting death. Edward "Alan" Burrow and Moore had known each other for about a year and became good friends last summer, said Burrow's wife, Laura Burrow. The two had been roommates as recently as early December, she said.

A Wallace man who helped his stepson hide the body of a man who had been beaten to death was sentenced Monday to five years in prison. Clifford Hicks received the maximum penalty for being an accessory to murder following a guilty plea last year, said Lansing Haynes, chief deputy prosecutor.

Two men charged with the fatal shooting of a Spokane Valley man were arrested here Friday morning at a home on the city's east side. Christopher C. Gober, 19, and Edward Burrow, 22, were arrested about 6:45 a.m. when a team of sheriff's deputies converged on a home where the men had been staying. The Post Falls men are charged with first-degree murder in the Dec. 23 shotgun slaying of Jeremy Moore, 20, at a Spokane apartment.

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