Level 3 offender living downtown

Wed., March 29, 2006

The Spokesman-Review

Spokane police said a level 3 sex offender has moved into 327 1/2 W. Second Ave.

Harley J. Quiroz, 24, was convicted of first-degree rape of a child in 1992, Spokane police spokesman Cpl. Tom Lee said. One victim was a 4-year-old boy, and the other was a 2-year-old girl. He was a juvenile at the time of his conviction.

Quiroz is described as 5-foot-7 and 190 pounds with brown hair and hazel eyes.

He will be supervised by community corrections officer Jill Volke.

Skate committee to get red carpet

Spokane’s figure skating promoter Star USA is rolling out the red carpet.

In recognition of the U.S. Figure Skating site selection team’s visit, Star USA is lining a portion of Post Street with a red carpet Monday morning.

Star USA, headed by Toby Steward and Barb Beddor, is bidding on the 2009 World Figure Skating Championships. The red carpet treatment will be given to officials from the U.S. Figure Skating Association, who plan to arrive on Sunday night. The carpet on Post Street will run from one block south to one block north of River Park Square. The public is encouraged to attend a ceremony at 11:30 a.m.

“The whole objective is to show that the entire community is supporting them in a very visible way,” Beddor said.

The site visit originally was planned for today and Thursday. Because of the rescheduling, Gov. Chris Gregoire will not be able to attend, Beddor said.

U.S. Figure Skating will decide which city to recommend to the International Skating Union on April 15.

Star USA is the promoter of next year’s U.S. Figure Skating Championships, to be held at the Spokane Arena and Convention Center from Jan. 21 to 28.

Teen arrested after car chase

A Spokane teenager was arrested Tuesday night after leading law enforcement officers on a two-state pursuit.

The chase began in Benewah County when sheriff’s officers tried to stop a motorist who was driving recklessly. Benewah County officers abandoned the pursuit at Rockford in Spokane County, but the Washington State Patrol picked it up when the driver reached the Palouse Highway.

Officers said the chase proceeded along Madison Road and Dishman-Mica Road, where Spokane County sheriff’s deputies halted it about 10 p.m. with a spike strip.

State troopers arrested the 17-year-old suspect, whose name was not released because of his age, on suspicion of drunken driving, felony eluding and five counts of reckless endangerment.

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