A 46-year-old registered sex offender is accused of molesting a teenage boy Friday while posing as a psychiatrist, according to sheriff's officials.
Larry Leombruno of Harrison, Idaho, was charged Monday with sexual battery of a minor.
Shoshone County needs more foster homes.
Twenty-nine children were placed in Shoshone County foster care during 1994, said Dennis Coe, Health and Welfare human services supervisor.
Larry Jenkins was enjoying a quiet evening around the campfire Saturday when two men carrying a rifle wandered onto his campground.
Shivering and shocked, they told Jenkins, a Spokane respiratory therapist, they had just shot their good friend and needed help.
A man accused of covering up an arson fire in exchange for $10,000 will spend at least six months in prison, a judge ordered Wednesday.
Randell E. Williams pleaded guilty to accessory to arson after a fire destroyed his friend's Harrison, Idaho, home.
A 22-year-old Plummer, Idaho, man who is accused of shooting and killing his ex-girlfriend June 10 has been indicted by a federal grand jury on second-degree murder charges.
Don Houser also has been indicted for possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, according to the U.S. Attorney's office.
Kootenai County public defenders face a double whammy - or maybe it's a triple.
First, the office's chief defender announced his resignation in May. Then two deputy public defenders handed in their resignations last week.
A Post Falls man is suing a former police officer, after being hit with a baton during an arrest two years ago.
Patrick Clancy, 40, filed suit Thursday against former officer Daniel G. Finn, who left the Post Falls Police Department shortly after the incident.
Sheriff's officials are not sure why a 2-1/2-year-old Kootenai County boy died Wednesday, but officials are calling his death suspicious.
Alexander Buss, son of Donald and Michelle Buss, died Wednesday at Sacred Heart Medical Center.
Sheriff's deputies evacuated a Huetter neighborhood Thursday after a man holding a shotgun to his chin threatened to kill himself.
Officers spent the evening negotiating with the man, whose name was not released, as he repeatedly refused to come out of the boarding house where he lives. The standoff remained unresolved as of 10:30 p.m.
A man accused of participating in an illegal moneymaking scheme which swept through Kootenai County will spend a year on probation.
His wife, who also was accused of involvement in the "pyramid" scheme, will go free, according to court records.
An armed naked man driving a pickup truck led officers on a high speed chase through Kootenai County early Friday, according to a sheriff's report.
Kootenai County Sheriff's deputies, with the help of their dog, captured Ronald H. Cole, 52, of Rathdrum.
A man accused of beating up his roommate wants the charge against him dismissed because his roommate's body was cremated.
James N. Moen of Coeur d'Alene was charged with aggravated battery in January after his motel roommate, Mark Jones, died from a lacerated spleen.
Cindi Cavallini of the Carson and Barnes Circus takes care of one of her Friesian horses Thursday. Cavallini performs as an aerialist and animal trainer for the show and also drives the truck in the background. It's the home away from home for her husband and child. Photo by Christopher Anderson/The Spokesman-Review
A 15-year-old Spokane Valley boy who was driving a boat Saturday afternoon accidentally hit his older brother with the engine propeller, slashing the youth's leg and foot.
Russell D. Bastian, 19, was taken to Kootenai Medical Center.
A man whose boat ran up onto a beach and smashed into a woman is facing criminal charges, Kootenai County sheriff's officials said Sunday.
Gye St. Louis, 40, of Coeur d'Alene, will be cited for gross negligent operation of a vessel, said Sgt. Dan Soumas.
A Hayden firefighters looks at what's left of a rental car in which four people died Friday afternoon on U.S. Highway 95. Photo by Christopher Anderson/The Spokesman-Review
The 21-year-old Hayden man told sheriff's deputies that all he wanted to do was express himself.
The problem was, he did it dressed in pink high heels, a golden spandex body suit and a blond wig while dancing to the tune of a Madonna song.
The song - "Express Yourself."
Struck by runaway boat
Laura, 10; Brian, 8; and Samantha, 3, visit their mother, Dawn, at Kootenai Medical Center the day after she was hit by a runaway powerboat on NIC beach. Photo by Kristy MacDonald/The Spokesman-Review
An 18-year-old Clayton, Wash., man died early Wednesday after his car ran off the road and smashed into several mailboxes.
William C. Palmer was driving his Volkswagen bug north on Atlas Road about 12:15 a.m., according to an Idaho State Police report.
1. Fire drill. Gwenn Stone, who runs the educational program for the Hayden Lake Fire District, tells children at day care in Hayden how to stop, drop and roll if their clothes catch on fire. Photo by Christopher Anderson/The Spokesman-Review
2. June Zabel and her son Zachary went through fire education class. Photo by Christopher Anderson/The Spokesman-Review
