Demetruis Glenn, the second of two teenagers accused of beating World War II veteran Delbert “Shorty” Belton to death in 2013, pleaded guilty to murder Monday morning, just hours before his trial was set to start. Prosecutors will recommend Glenn be imprisoned for 16 years.
A trip to San Diego rewarded Spokane County detectives with new leads in the death of a woman found last January in the Spokane River. But much about Maria Vega – including her real name – remains a mystery. Spokane County Sheriff’s Office detectives have been investigating Vega’s death as a homicide since the 58-year-old woman’s body was found in the Spokane River a little over a year ago near East Empire Avenue. The medical examiner said she drowned.
Inspectors who responded to the scene of a single-engine plane crash Sunday were concerned the plane may have been flying with the wrong type of fuel, according to a report from the state Department of Ecology. The pilot, Michael Clements, crashed his Piper Malibu Mirage north of East Sprague Avenue at Erie Street, near the Hamilton Street bridge over the Spokane River. He had just taken off from Felts Field.
Inspectors who responded to the scene of a single-engine plane crash Sunday were concerned the plane may have been flying with the wrong type of fuel, according to a report from the Department of Ecology.
When she first learned thieves broke into Chaps Diner and Bakery, manager Megan Shaw was shocked. “It’s emotional. It just feels like such a big hit,” she said.
The pilot of the single-engine plane that crashed in downtown Spokane was rescued from the cockpit within minutes of officers arriving on scene. But to the Spokane police officers who were there Sunday, it felt much longer.
Spokane police are no longer investigating the death of a woman found in her home last fall by a boyfriend she had a reported multiple times for assaulting her.
Spokane’s police chief says his department may not deploy the 220 police body cameras the city already has purchased until the state Legislature finalizes rules about publicly releasing footage. And some state legislators are suggesting they may take a pass on the issue until next year.
Spokane police say they found no evidence to support allegations that officers behaved improperly when responding to the assault of a transgender woman at Boots Bakery on Jan. 30. The victim of the assault, Jacina Scamahorn, said the police who responded referred to her as a man throughout the encounter and were disrespectful.
Spokane police say they found no evidence to support allegations that officers behaved improperly when responding to the assault of a transgender woman at Boots Bakery on Jan. 30.
The Spokane Police Department plans to create a second downtown precinct at the Intermodal Center, continuing a two-year push to focus on neighborhood-based policing. Chief Frank Straub said planting a precinct at the combined train and bus depot will help officers reduce crime in the surrounding areas, including East Sprague Avenue, and target the center itself, which has been a “magnet” for police activity.
A Spokane Valley woman faces assault charges after allegedly telling a dispatcher she cut her autistic son's throat with a knife because she was "desperate for help."
Jan Dobbs, the chief operating officer for Frontier Behavioral Health, will be the fifth member of a committee tasked with finding a new police ombudsman. The group will screen applications and interview candidates for the position before recommending three finalists to the police ombudsman commission.
Most members of Spokane’s Regional Domestic Violence Team weren’t present to see the ribbon-cutting for their new offices. Instead, they were in court, working to provide support to victims and hold abusive partners accountable.
A suspected motorcycle gang member is in the hospital and two others face eluding charges after the group allegedly fled from a Washington State Patrol trooper early Thursday morning. Tyler W. Dailey, 27, of Spokane Valley is in critical condition at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center after crashing his motorcycle on North Foothills Drive near Pittsburg Street shortly after midnight Thursday.
A suspected motorcycle gang member is in the hospital and two others face eluding charges after the group allegedly fled from a Washington State Patrol trooper early Thursday morning.
When a man came to his house looking to steal his wallet, 93-year-old Walter Carmack couldn’t do much to fight back. But Carmack, a World War II veteran who spent years working as a lineman for Pacific Northwest Bell, said that wouldn’t have been the case when he was a younger man.
Spokane County law enforcement and residents may soon be able to access real-time data about crimes in progress, thanks to a dispatch system upgrade in the works. Spokane County commissioners on Tuesday signed a $2.9 million contract with New World Systems to replace an aging city-county law enforcement dispatch and records management system at half the cost the county originally projected.
The Spokane Valley man arrested Sunday after a four-hour standoff with a Spokane County SWAT team barricaded himself in a shop with open acetylene tanks, court documents said today.
