Reward for gun information
A $500 reward is being offered for information that leads police to a shotgun used in a violent home robbery last month.
Two men used the 12-gauge Mossberg single-barrel pump shotgun to severely beat a man in his home in Post Falls.
The men fled and a woman, Deborah K. “Angel” Dutcher, took the shotgun. She told police that she gave it to another person. Dutcher and the two men have been arrested.
Anyone with information on the gun can call Secret Witness, a nonprofit organization, at (509) 327-5111. Callers are asked to use a code name or number and don’t have to give their name to be eligible for the cash reward.
Tons of food collected in drive
The Spokesman-Review’s newspaper carriers and volunteers collected at least 51,655 pounds of food Saturday in the ninth annual carrier food drive, said Ann Price, director of development and communications for Second Harvest Inland Northwest.
More donations are expected to come in throughout the week. Bags of nonperishable food can be dropped off at Rosauers supermarkets or at fire stations.
Price said Saturday’s food drive marked an increase over last year’s collection of more than 50,000 pounds of food.
Second Harvest’s partner food outlets help feed 16,000 people a month, about 7,000 of whom are children.
The FastKart Indoor Speedway, 1224 E. Front Ave. in Spokane, will feature 50 teams of racers today in a double-elimination motor cart contest called FastKart for Food. Teams contributed $500 to participate, and all proceeds will go to the food bank.
Suspect sought in slaying of ex-nun
Seattle Police are searching for a former hotel worker charged with killing his landlord and employer, an elderly ex-nun who stashed $100 bills around her home before she was found beaten and strangled to death last year.
Prosecutors charged Stephen McCandles Banks, 43, with first-degree murder Friday. He was last seen leaving a bus in Portland. Authorities say the bus left Seattle Nov. 17, the day Rose James was found dead in her home.
James, 79, was the longtime owner of the low-rent Alps Hotel in Seattle’s International District. Banks had lived at the hotel and worked the front desk for a few years, and police believe he may have known the location of James’ hidden money.