Stories by Emma Epperly for the Spokesman-Review

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Rathdrum father and 2-year-old daughter found safe, police say

UPDATED: Sun., July 12, 2020

Franky L. Cheyney is drinking a green and silver 1996 Chevrolet 1500 Z71 truck with Idaho license plate 3B62214. A blue off-road motorcycle was in the bed of his truck.

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Police look seek suspect who shot elderly woman in leg

UPDATED: Wed., July 8, 2020

Police are seeking information about a Friday incident in which an elderly woman using a walker was shot in the leg.

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2nd suspect charged with murder for killing at Mead homeless camp

UPDATED: Thu., July 9, 2020

A second man was arrested and charged with murder Tuesday for the killing of James H. Peterson, 41, at a homeless camp in Mead last weekend.

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Suspect arrested in theft of elderly woman’s purse from grocery cart

UPDATED: Wed., July 8, 2020

A felon snatched an 85-year-old woman’s purse Tuesday evening in the Browne’s Addition Rosauers parking lot, police say.

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Six bodies recovered from planes that collided over Lake Coeur d’Alene

UPDATED: Tue., July 7, 2020

A team of technical divers Monday night recovered the bodies of three more of the eight people killed in an airplane collision over Lake Coeur d’Alene on Sunday.

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Man accused of murder after body found at homeless camp in Mead

UPDATED: Fri., July 10, 2020

Deputies found a man lying partially on a couch inside a tent with severe damage to his mouth and a hole in his head near his left temple, according to court records.

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Man, 22, arrested for stabbing aunt during argument in Spokane Valley

UPDATED: Mon., July 6, 2020

A 22-year-old Spokane Valley man was arrested last week on suspicion of stabbing his aunt in the chest during an argument over child care arrangements. The man's mother also was arrested for allegedly striking and obstructing sheriff's deputies who were attempting to aid the bleeding victim.

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Spokane man, 37, drowns in Pend Oreille River

UPDATED: Mon., July 6, 2020

The Pend Oreille County Sheriff's Office identified the man as John A. Nelson in a news release Monday.

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Man suspected of breaking into ex’s house with ax arraigned on assault charges

UPDATED: Thu., July 2, 2020

A Spokane man pleaded not guilty to assault and burglary charges after allegedly breaking into his in-laws’ home the day she filed for divorce and attempting to strangle his father-in-law.

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Man who died in house fire Monday identified

UPDATED: Thu., July 2, 2020

The man who died in an early morning house fire on Monday near Liberty Park has been identified at Greg Burford, 72.

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Thousands sign petition to cancel ‘Killology’ training; Knezovich says opposition disingenuous

Thu., July 2, 2020

Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich said this week he won’t cancel a controversial “Killology” police training session planned later this year even as public backlash against it continues to mount.

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2 men who drowned in separate incidents at Corbin Park identified

UPDATED: Wed., July 1, 2020

Two men who drowned at Corbin Park over the weekend have been identified by the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office.

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Police, medical examiner investigate death of Black Spokane woman

UPDATED: Tue., June 30, 2020

The Spokane Police Department and Spokane County Medical Examiner’s Office are separately investigating the death of a 23-year-old Black woman who died in the Cliff Cannon Neighborhood on Sunday.

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Man missing from Fernan Saddle area since Sunday found alive

UPDATED: Tue., June 30, 2020

A man who has been missing from the Fernan Saddle area near Coeur d’Alene since Sunday was found alive in a ravine Tuesday afternoon.

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Ohio man will face vehicular homicide charge in Trent crash that killed Montana resident

UPDATED: Tue., June 30, 2020

A man from Ohio is expected to face a vehicular homicide charge in a crash that killed a man from Montana Monday evening in Spokane Valley.

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Native American activist keeps the peace at Black Lives Matter demonstrations

UPDATED: Tue., June 30, 2020

James Nason Roundstone always answers the call to stand against what he opposes or push for what he believes in , whether it’s trying to stop an oil pipeline in North Dakota at the Standing Rock reservation or to bolster the Black Lives Matter movement in Spokane.

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Couple point guns at woman accused of shoplifting

UPDATED: Tue., June 30, 2020

Video of a couple holding a shoplifting suspect at gunpoint at Manito Shopping Center goes viral.

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Body discovered at early morning house fire near Liberty Park

UPDATED: Mon., June 29, 2020

The body of a 72-year-old man was found inside a house near Liberty Park in East Central Spokane damaged in an early-morning fire Monday.

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Jury trials to resume in July for Spokane County

UPDATED: Mon., June 29, 2020

Spokane County Superior, District and Municipal courts will resume jury trials in July after trials were canceled in March due to COVID-19.

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Spokane Police arrest man who set off explosive device in Bemiss neighborhood

UPDATED: Sun., June 28, 2020

Titan A. Bennett, 18, faces a charge of felony malicious explosion of a substance in the second degree. He was arrested Sunday afternoon near Rogers High School after multiple witnesses reported a loud explosion in the vicinity.

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Vigil held to remember people killed in law enforcement custody in Spokane

UPDATED: Mon., June 29, 2020

The names of people who died after law enforcement intervention were painted on the skate ribbon in Riverfront Park on Sunday, an effort by organizers to remind city lawmakers of the need for independent oversight of the Spokane Police Department in advance of a planned contract vote Monday.

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Two new COVID-19 deaths and 25 positive cases reported Sunday

UPDATED: Sun., June 28, 2020

The first deaths of the novel coronavirus in Spokane County in nearly three weeks were reported Sunday, amid warnings that the area is primed for a surge in cases over the next several weeks.

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