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David Woffenden, right, and Timothy Bailey arrive at the Kootenai County Courthouse for their first court appearance on Nov. 16. File/The Spokesman-Review

Liz Yarbrough is diving into a backlog of evidence for the Idaho State Police. Photo by Liz Kishimoto/The Spokesman-Review

CdA's Dave Dolan has covered tensions in the Middle East. Photo by Craig Buck/The Spokesman-Review

Two men broke into the Kootenai County Sheriff's impound lot Thursday morning, breaking the driver's side window on this 1985 Camaro. Photo by Craig Buck/The Spokesman-Review

Hungry puppy Kate Coan, the president of the Shoshone Humane Society, feeds one of a dozen puppies found in a Dumpster. Photo by Liz Kishimoto/The Spokesman-Review

A Silverton man wanted in connection with a burglary allegedly used a stolen minivan to ram two patrol cars early Wednesday in Osburn, sheriff's deputies said. Steven G. Faith, 42, was booked into Shoshone County Jail on two counts of aggravated assault on police officers, possession of stolen property, burglary, felony eluding of a police officer and driving without privileges. No one was injured.

John Franzatti must stand trial for murder. File/The Spokesman-Review

Whether Michael Hernandez stabbed Kip Richardson never was disputed. Hernandez admitted as much to a Coeur d'Alene police detective and testified Thursday that he repeatedly had plunged a knife into Richardson's back and neck.

A 45-year-old woman was jailed late Thursday after shoving an assault rifle in a man's face during a drunken confrontation, police said. The man, a former roommate, wrestled the gun away from the woman. She then grabbed him by the hair, pulled him to the ground and slammed his head into the pavement several times, police said. Cheryl D. Holland of Coeur d'Alene was arrested for aggravated assault and drunken driving.

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.

1. Chimenti 2. Garcia

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.

Christopher Gober, murder suspect

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.

Christopher Gober

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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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