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Pullman police sergeant arrested under suspicion of custodial sexual misconduct with WSU student

UPDATED: Tue., Oct. 30, 2018

A Pullman police sergeant was arrested Tuesday morning, seven months after an alleged sexual encounter with an 18-year-old Washington State University student.

News >  Spokane

Defendant denies any involvement in 2015 Newman Lake murder and dismemberment

Mon., Oct. 29, 2018

For more than an hour Monday afternoon, 28-year-old Colby Vodder took the stand in his own defense, stamping a close to a week-long murder trial nearly three years in the making.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Home invasion turns fatal as resident shoots and kills armed intruder near Post Falls

UPDATED: Mon., Oct. 29, 2018

A man was killed early Monday morning near Post Falls in what Kootenai County Sheriff’s deputies are describing as a home invasion that turned into a fatal shooting.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Spokane police investigating East Central stabbing

UPDATED: Mon., Oct. 29, 2018

A man was critically injured Sunday night in an East Central stabbing.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Deputies shoot suspect in Smelterville, Idaho

UPDATED: Mon., Oct. 29, 2018

A man was injured early Monday morning in an officer-involved shooting in North Idaho.

News >  Spokane

Spokane County Bar Association ranks Spokane County judge candidates

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 26, 2018

The Spokane County Bar Association has released its ratings for four candidates running for county judge positions.

News >  Spokane

Machete used to kill Spokane man at downtown 7-Eleven

UPDATED: Wed., Oct. 24, 2018

A man who was killed after a large fight broke out at a downtown Spokane 7-Eleven early Tuesday morning died from a machete wound to his heart.

News >  Spokane

Spokane County Superior Court Judge James Triplet dies; he was 55

UPDATED: Wed., Oct. 24, 2018

Spokane County Superior Court Judge James Triplet died Tuesday.

News >  Spokane

Man who died after SUV fell from High Drive died from gunshot; death ruled suicide

UPDATED: Wed., Oct. 24, 2018

The driver of an SUV that plunged down a High Drive embankment on Spokane’s South Hill earlier this week died by suicide.

News >  Spokane

Defense claims conspiracy in 2015 Newman Lake slaying

UPDATED: Tue., Oct. 23, 2018

The trial of Colby D. Vodder began Tuesday, with his attorney telling a jury his client is the victim of a conspiracy that saw him wrongfully charged in the kidnapping and slaying of Bret Snow after a drug deal gone bad.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Police arrest suspect in downtown stabbing

UPDATED: Tue., Oct. 23, 2018

Police arrested a man suspected of stabbing and killing another man early Tuesday at a downtown Spokane 7-Eleven after a fight broke out in the parking lot.

News >  Spokane

First of four suspects in alleged murder of Bret Snow to start week-long trial Tuesday morning

Tue., Oct. 23, 2018

Kidnapping and murder. As far as criminal charges are concerned, the allegations against Colby D. Vodder in the disappearance of Bret Snow are as serious as they come.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Cyanide leak at Spokane aerospace factory contained; no one hurt

UPDATED: Mon., Oct. 22, 2018

About a dozen workers at a West Plains aerospace plant that manufactures aircraft brakes were forced to evacuate Monday afternoon after sensors detected a poisonous gas leak.

News >  Transportation

Foggy conditions cause flight diversions from Sea-Tac to Spokane

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 19, 2018

A blanket of fog over the Seattle area was blamed for multiple flights being diverted to the Spokane International Airport, causing delays Friday for local takeoffs.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Coeur d’Alene school evacuated when explosives were found nearby

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 19, 2018

Ramsey Elementary School in Coeur d’Alene was evacuated Friday afternoon after reports that a person brought a large amount of explosive material to the nearby Coeur d’Alene Police Department.

News >  Spokane

Window washer who fell from downtown library had nearly 50 years experience cleaning Spokane’s tallest buildings

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 19, 2018

A window washer who died Wednesday after falling from the downtown Spokane Public Library was a business owner with decades of cleaning experience.

News >  Spokane

K9 Laslo, a prolific police dog that helped apprehend nearly 500 suspects, died early Friday morning

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 19, 2018

Laslo, the former police dog that apprehended more than 480 suspects in four years as a Spokane County Sheriff’s Office K-9, died early Friday morning after months battling intense seizures. He stopped working in early 2017 at the age of 7.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Window washer dead after fall from downtown library

UPDATED: Wed., Oct. 17, 2018

Spokane police say a window washer fell and died while cleaning the downtown branch of the Spokane Public Library.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Former Spokane chef admits to enticing teens for sexual images; likely to receive 20 year sentence

UPDATED: Wed., Oct. 17, 2018

A former Spokane chef is likely to spend the next two decades in prison after admitting last week that he enticed underage girls from Houston to Las Vegas into sending him explicit videos and photographs.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Man killed in Otis Orchards crash from Pennsylvania

UPDATED: Wed., Oct. 17, 2018

A man killed Tuesday afternoon in a head-on collision near Otis Orchards was from Pennsylvania.

News >  Spokane

DOJ report on Spokane Police reform shows improvement

Wed., Oct. 17, 2018

The Spokane Police Department released a final report on a years-long police reform initiative in partnership with the Department of Justice.

News >  Spokane

Spokane top law officers back reform of state’s deadly force law, but disagree over how it should be done

UPDATED: Wed., Oct. 17, 2018

Spokane’s top two law enforcement officials support reforming the state law governing how police officers could be charged in connection with using deadly force. But they don’t support the initiative on the state ballot to make the change.

News >  Spokane

Judge orders Spokane killing suspect to undergo more psychological treatment

UPDATED: Mon., Oct. 15, 2018

A judge ordered a man investigators say killed his ex-girlfriend outside of her Spokane Valley home late last year to undergo a third round of competency restoration treatment at Eastern State Hospital after twice being found not competent to stand trial.

News >  Spokane

Missing doughnut truck attracts plenty of police attention

UPDATED: Mon., Oct. 15, 2018

The Great Doughnut Heist of 2018 began Monday at about 5 a.m. at Casual Friday Donuts, the popular doughnut destination at 3402 N. Division St. on the corner of Division and Courtland Avenue.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Citing technological mishap, state will again seek to delay hearing for Freeman shooting suspect Caleb Sharpe

UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 11, 2018

By the time Spokane County decides whether alleged Freeman shooter Caleb Sharpe should be tried as a juvenile or an adult, he’ll have spent at least 16 months and two birthdays behind bars. After a delay in August, Spokane County Prosecutor Larry Haskell said Thursday the state will again be requesting another continuance, likely pushing the date of the declination hearing into the new year. Sharpe turns 18 next October.