Identity of robber at Albertsons sought
Spokane police are seeking help identifying an armed robber who held up the pharmacy at a South Hill Albertsons on Sunday morning.
OxyContin was among the drugs the robber took from the store at 37th Avenue at Grand Boulevard. The suspect is a white man, 50 to 60 years old, 6-feet tall, with a medium build and gray beard. He was wearing a light-colored ball cap, a gray sweatshirt with a design on the front and a purple scarf around his head, hiding his face.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Check at (509) 456-2233, or 911. View surveillance photos at www.spokesman.com/tags/ albertsons/photos.
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Freeman, Wash.
Veradale man killed in Tuesday collision
The driver killed in a two-car collision near Freeman on Tuesday night was a 36-year-old Veradale man, Washington State Patrol said Wednesday.
Bryce T. Skinner was driving north on Highway 27 when his 1991 Chevrolet Lumina crossed the centerline near milepost 74, crashing into a southbound 1998 Dodge Caravan about 8 p.m. and injuring its occupants, a family from Plummer, Idaho, according to WSP.
Cynthia Ladeaux, 52; Michael D. Ladeaux, 59; Toni D. Ladeaux, 33; Sophia Ladeaux, 8; and Lily A. Ladeaux, 5, are expected to survive their injuries, state troopers said.
Skinner was wearing a seat belt, but one of the children in the van was not, troopers said.
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Ephrata, Wash.
Quincy man survives crash with train
A Grant County man escaped a crash with a train Tuesday without serious injuries, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
Ramon Simental Valles, 33, of Quincy, Wash., was approaching a private railroad crossing while northbound on an access road three miles southwest of Ephrata when he tried crossing the railroad tracks “apparently unaware” of a westbound BNSF freight train traveling about 50 miles per hour, a news release said.
The crash, which pushed Simental Valles’ 2006 Chrysler Town & Country van into a ditch, was reported about 6:05 p.m. Simental Valles was wearing a seat belt, the release said.
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spokane
Penalties imposed on two care facilities
Washington’s Department of Social and Health Services has taken action against two Spokane home-based care facilities, due to “numerous violations that jeopardized the safety and well-being of residents.”
La Casa Marchese, an adult family home at 5405 N. Belt St., had its license revoked after violations that included missing narcotics, lack of caregiver background checks and failure to treat residents with care and respect. The home is licensed to Joseph Marchese.
The state also stopped admissions to Memory Lane Home, 1724 W. 9th Ave. The home was cited for failing to keep kitchen and bathrooms clean and for lack of mental-health training and background checks for caregivers.
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