Task forces nab fugitive, girlfriend

The Eastern Washington Joint Fugitive Task Force got its man Tuesday night, but it also arrested the fugitive’s girlfriend on an unrelated felony drug charge.

Spokane County Sheriff’s Deputy Kris Thompson and Deputy U.S. Marshal Ralph Brock were in Spokane Valley on Tuesday looking for Lee A. Jackson, who is a 31-year-old man wanted on a federal probation warrant stemming from a robbery conviction.

While they waited for Jackson, they saw his girlfriend, 41-year-old Tina L. Glidewell, driving Jackson’s silver Nissan in the area of 7100 E. Ninth, sheriff’s spokesman Cpl. Dave Reagan said in a press release.

A deputy in a marked car attempted to stop Glidewell and she pulled into a grocery store parking lot, Reagan said.

Thompson and Brock spoke with Glidewell and determined that her driver’s license was suspended. In a subsequent search of the car, Thompson found four used syringes, electronic scales, four new syringes and a wooden box, Reagan said.

The box contained a metal spoon with residue of methamphetamine, three more used syringes and two glass pipes, Reagan said.

As a result,Thompson and Brock arrested Glidewell on a charge of possession of methamphetamine. Other Deputy U.S. Marshals arrested Jackson later Tuesday evening, Reagan said.