Man, 64, found dead in driveway was killed
Detectives are investigating the homicide of a 64-year-old man found dead in his driveway Sunday afternoon.
David T. Buchanan was discovered in the 1900 block of Marble Valley Basin Road in Addy, said Stevens County Sheriff Craig Thayer. The home is about a quarter-mile down a private road.
An autopsy is planned, Thayer said. Police refused to comment about how the man was killed. The FBI and Washington State Patrol are assisting in the investigation. Anyone with information is asked to call (800) 572-0947 or (509) 684-2555.
– Jody Lawrence-Turner
Spokane
Tire slashing spree reported on North Side
More than 30 tires were slashed during a vandalism spree late Sunday or early Monday in a North Side neighborhood.
And business shot up for some Spokane tire dealers Monday.
“We had probably about six sets (of slashed tires),” said Poor Boys Tire and Automotive owner Nancy Masingale.
A knife thought to have been used to damage the tires was recovered and was being checked for fingerprints, said Spokane Police Department spokesman Officer Paul Taylor.
Taylor reported that the damaged vehicles were in a wide area, from the 2400 block of North Atlantic to the 2100 block of West Gardner.
Anyone with information is asked to call (509) 242-8477.
– Jessica Meyers
Scraps wags way onto MySpace site
Beyond ex-girlfriends, estranged high school buddies and favorite pop singers, it’s now possible to add animals to that growing MySpace list.
The Spokane County Regional Animal Protection Service has created a profile for Scraps, the agency’s “spokes-dog,” on the popular social networking site. Through a blog and a “pet of the month” feature, organizers say they hope to target a young audience more accustomed to interactive Internet sessions than hardback pet manuals.
The goal, they say, is to instill an understanding of pet ownership.
And it’s one more friend for the list.
– Jessica Meyers
Kingston, Idaho
Crash into river leaves driver seriously hurt
A Portland man was seriously injured when his vehicle crashed into the Coeur d’Alene River north of Kingston on Sunday evening.
Bystanders told the Shoshone County Sheriff’s Department that the driver, Israel Seth Mudder, 26, was speeding down Old River Road and shouting at people on kayaks and inner tubes in the river.
“He was hanging out the window, yelling at the floaters and screaming at the girls,” Sheriff Chuck Reynalds said.
Mudder’s truck hit the side of the roadway and then crossed the road into the river. The vehicle dislodged several boulders into the water and narrowly missed several floaters, the Sheriff’s Department said. Mudder was airlifted to Kootenai Medical Center, where he was listed in good condition Monday.
Charges are pending the results of Mudder’s blood alcohol tests, Reynalds said.
– Melissa Pamer