In brief: Drug investigation ends in six arrests
Spokane police arrested six people Wednesday night as the culmination of a weeks-long undercover drug investigation in north Spokane.
Detectives began their operation after neighbors reported drug activity at 817 W. Kiernan Ave.
Those neighbors saw the fruits of their efforts just before midnight as they watched police arrest the homeowner and five others.
Homeowner Neil B. Richardson, 52, was arrested on suspicion of unlawful use of a building for drug purposes and possession of a controlled substance.
Police also arrested Gary G. Meiser, 34; Eugene M. Stillwell, 55; Robyn L. Kubes, 46; and Chadwick J. King, 31, on suspicion of possession of a controlled substance.
Kubes and 49-year-old Robert G. Passmore were also arrested on Department of Corrections warrants.
King was arrested a month ago by sheriff’s deputies during a raid on a suspected methamphetamine lab and identity theft operation.
Driver hits work-zone flagger
A driver apparently frustrated by street crew workers blocking her way hit one of the flaggers with her car Thursday afternoon, police said.
When she backed up to do it again, another construction worker at 29th and Regal streets was able to get the keys out of the car’s ignition, said Spokane police spokeswoman Officer Jennifer DeRuwe.
The street crew worker suffered minor injuries in the incident that occurred about 4:30 p.m., DeRuwe said.
Tina Higgenbothem, 29, faces charges of second-degree assault and driving under the influence, DeRuwe said.
St. Maries
Car rolls down embankment
Two people were injured Thursday after their car rolled down an embankment on Highway 3.
The 1991 Pontiac Sunbird went off the road near a sharp corner north of St. Maries at 12:45 p.m., according to the Idaho State Police. One of the occupants, Lateaya L. Collins, 18, of St. Maries, was ejected from the car.
Vicky L. Mcneely, 53, of Spokane, was also injured in the wreck.
State police officers said they were not sure who was driving the vehicle during the crash, and it also wasn’t clear whether either was wearing seat belts.
Collins was in critical condition Thursday night at Kootenai Medical Center, while Mcneely was in fair condition.
The crash is under investigation.
Boise
Suspect said he met victim online
A man charged with killing a 25-year-old Boise State University student met him on Internet gaming sites and then used the Web to track him down, according to court records.
John Delling, charged with two counts of first-degree murder and another count of grand theft, told an FBI agent that he used the Internet to find out that 25-year-old Bradley Morse, of Meridian, worked at the Idaho Parks and Recreation office in Boise.
Morse was found shot to death April 3 in a pond where he worked.
Delling, 21, is accused of killing Morse on April 2 and taking his car, and of killing David Boss in Moscow on March 31. He is also suspected in the March 20 wounding of University of Arizona student Jacob Thompson in Tucson, Ariz.