Couple arrested for warrant, drugs
Gang detectives from the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Spokane man Thursday on an escape charge and his girlfriend for a drug charge.
Stafone Nicholas Fuentes, 21, was arrested on an outstanding warrant for escaping from community custody after detectives spotted him and his girlfriend, Amanda E. Curry, 19, leaving her northwest Spokane residence by car Thursday afternoon, according to a Sheriff’s Office press release.
When detectives stopped the car nearby, they found crack and powder cocaine and more than $200 in cash in Curry’s purse and arrested her for felony possession of cocaine, according to the release.
Detectives also found a .22-caliber pistol hidden inside a speaker box in the trunk, according to the release.
Fuentes and Curry were booked into the Spokane County Jail.
Man arrested for spraying motorist
A 34-year-old Spokane County man was arrested for misdemeanor reckless endangerment early Wednesday morning after he sprayed a passing motorcyclist in the face with water, allegedly causing him to crash.
Earl D. Maine told a deputy that he sprayed the 38-year-old victim in the 7200 block of North Altamont Street at about 4:50 a.m. because he was annoyed with the motorcycle’s noise, according to a Sheriff’s Office press release.
The victim, who said he was traveling northbound on Altamont at about 20 mph, suffered road rash on his left knee, and the crash caused about $150 in damages, the release said.
Diabetes tests set for powwow
Native Health of Spokane is hoping to save some lives at the powwow in Riverfront Park this weekend.
As it has for the past four years, the urban Indian clinic will be screening for diabetes, a disease that has hit Native Americans particularly hard.
“We have astronomical rates,” said Toni Lodge, director of Native Health. “Between 30 percent and 50 percent of all Native people will get it in their lifetime.”
Toni Lodge, director of Native Health. said a drastic, high-carbohydrate change in the diet of Native Americans, who had eaten mostly protein until little more than a century ago, is partially responsible.
Last year, the clinic tested about 600 people under its tent in the park. Nearly 12 percent of those people received notices by mail advising them to seek a more thorough exam.
Native Health also sponsors a Diabetes Awareness Fun Run (or walk) around the park 8 a.m. today. Registration opens at 7 a.m. Cost is $5, which includes a snack. The Spokane Falls Northwest Encampment and Powwow continues at 1 p.m. today and Sunday.
Contest to decide the Strongest Man
Think you’ve got the brawns to pull an 8-ton semi-truck or flip a 700-pound tractor tire? Then test your muscles today at the Strongest Man Competition in Post Falls.
About 35 people are signed up for the competition, organizer Luke Patterson said, which is recognized by the North American Strong Man Society, an official organization for competitors.
In its second year, the competition is free to spectators and open to anyone, man or woman. There are teams and women’s divisions, as well as divisions for different weight classes. Anyone wanting to sign up for the competition today must pay $75.
Many of the men signed up have been in similar competitions many times before, Patterson said.
The top two winners in each division will go on to a national competition. The event begins at 9 a.m. today at the Hot Rod Café.