Reward offered for tip on fugitive
The Secret Witness organization is offering a reward for the location of a 36-year-old man who absconded from probation for first-degree robbery.
The fugitive is David L. Harwood, who sometimes goes by Scott L. Fore.
Harwood is white, 5-foot-10, 170 pounds, with brown eyes and black hair.
Tipsters may report information anonymously, using a code name or number, by calling (509) 327-5111.
Shooting suspect pleads guilty
One of the suspects charged in connection with the Jan. 1, 2005, shooting at Crazy 8’s bar pleaded guilty Friday.
Deric “Shank” Burton, 18, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit first-degree assault and two counts of second-degree assault in connection with the shooting that killed a rival gang member from Arkansas.
Burton, who faces eight to 10 years in prison, will be sentenced at 8:30 a.m. May 10 by Superior Court Judge Neal Rielly.
According to court records, Burton was among several people charged in connection with a shooting that started as an altercation inside Crazy 8’s bar when a gang member asked the girlfriend of a rival to dance.
Demetrius Route pleaded guilty earlier this year to shooting 24-year-old Calvin Banks in the heart following an altercation.
Originally charged with conspiracy to commit first-degree assault were Route’s cousin, Christopher J. Route, 19; Cedric Burton, 19; Eric Burton, 20; and Edward L. Thomas, 20.
Crystal Bumpas, 22, was charged with first-degree rendering criminal assistance after she helped hide gang members in her home on East Nebraska.
Deric Burton was arrested last year in Los Angeles and was extradited back to Washington.
Spokane Valley
Carjacking suspect arrested at bar
An alleged carjacker was quickly apprehended Friday night in Spokane Valley with help from a passing motorist.
Sheriff’s spokesman Sgt. Dave Reagan said the incident occurred when one of the owners of Concrete Works, 205 S. Pines Road, paused to check for traffic as she was leaving the business about 7 p.m.
Before she could pull onto Pines Road, 39-year-old Brian K. Kaatz got into the passenger side of her vehicle, Reagan said.
The frightened woman jumped out of her 2000 Nissan Maxima and ran to a nearby convenience store to call for help, and Kaatz drove away with her car, according to Reagan.
A man who saw what happened followed Kaatz to the rear of Dave’s Bar & Grill, about a half-dozen blocks away at 12124 E. Sprague, and confronted him briefly until Spokane Valley police arrived.
Kaatz, who was on probation, was arrested on suspicion of first-degree theft and second-degree robbery. No information on his criminal history was immediately available.
Moscow, Idaho
UI student hurt in fall from window
A 21-year-old University of Idaho student, Gawain “Dewey” Neighbor, was in satisfactory condition Friday night at Deaconess Medical Center in Spokane after falling out of a third-floor window of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity house.
The incident occurred about 4:30 a.m. A Boise resident, Neighbor was taken to Gritman Medical Center in Moscow with leg fractures before being transferred to Deaconess.