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Trial in WWII vet’s death nears, but mix-ups delay release of records

Errors in compiling and redacting more than a thousand pages and digital files of investigative material may keep the public from viewing records in the beating death of a World War II veteran until after a trial begins. Teenagers Kenan Adams-Kinard and Demetruis Glenn have been charged with first-degree murder in the death of Delbert Belton, 88, who was found battered in his vehicle in August.
News >  Spokane

Man arrested in alleged drug-deal shooting

A 19-year-old man was arrested Thursday morning after police say he shot a woman last week during a drug deal gone bad. Jahvory Kinard was booked into Spokane County Jail on assault and robbery charges, according to Spokane police. Kinard is suspected of shooting the 23-year-old victim more than once in the chest in the parking lot of a fast-food restaurant during what she told police was a robbery attempt shortly before 8 p.m. Friday.
News >  Spokane

Aryan Brotherhood may target teen suspects, police say

Two Spokane teenagers accused of killing a World War II veteran during a parking lot robbery may have been targeted by the Aryan Brotherhood, a California-based white supremacist prison gang. Court documents indicate Spokane police learned the supremacist group placed a $10,000 bounty on the teens, both of whom are black. The details are part of a court filing explaining why a judge moved Kenan Adams-Kinard, 16, to protective adult custody rather than returning him to juvenile detention before he and Demetruis Glenn, also 16, were formally charged in Spokane County Superior Court.
News >  Spokane

Police: Aryan Brotherhood placed bounty on heads of WWII vet murder suspects

The two Spokane teenagers accused of killing a WWII veteran during a parking lot robbery reportedly are being targeted by the Aryan Brotherhood, a white supremacist prison gang. Court documents indicate Spokane police learned the supremacist group may have placed a $10,000 bounty on the teens, both of whom are black.
News >  Spokane

Remembering Delbert Belton

Natasha Belton struggled to stay calm when a member of the United States Army Area Veterans Honor Guard handed her the American flag that had covered her great-grandfather’s casket. “I tried not to think about it,” Belton said, clutching the flag to her heart after Delbert “Shorty” Belton’s funeral. “I was trying not to cry. I didn’t know what to do.”
News >  Spokane

Slain veteran’s son fights cancer

Bill Belton won’t see his father, Delbert “Shorty” Belton, laid to rest with full military honors this afternoon. He can’t. The cancer destroying his body has left him bedridden, unable to leave the house except for rare special occasions and frequent trips to the hospital.