In brief: North Spokane fire damages apartments

Firefighters knocked down a two-alarm fire at the Crosspointe Apartments in north Spokane on Sunday evening. The apartment building is located at 539 E. Hawthorne Road. At least one unit was significantly damaged, and others had smoke and water damage, said Spokane Fire Department spokesman Brian Schaeffer. An unknown number of people were being assisted by the Red Cross on Sunday night.

Puyallup newborn believed at risk

PUYALLUP, Wash. – Puyallup police said the FBI has joined the search for a baby believed to be in danger since he was born a week ago.

Captain Scott Engle said Sunday that they’re still looking for Jeshua Taylor, who was born Aug. 9 at a home without medical personnel present.

Police believe the baby has not received medical treatment since he was born. They’re worried he may be suffering from drug withdrawal.

Engle said state child-protective services received reports about the baby’s condition and alerted police. A Pierce County Superior Court judge authorized police to take the baby into protective custody.

Police said the boy’s mother, Myra Aguilar, fled with him to keep him out of state custody.

Police believe the baby is with his mother and his alleged father, Levi Jerome Taylor, who has two felony warrants for his arrest.

String of alley fires may be connected

PASCO – Investigators said one suspect may be responsible for more than 50 suspicious fires that have broken out this summer in alleys around Pasco.

The Tri-City Herald reported the fires have burned fences, garages, cars, a mother-in-law house and other structures. No injuries have been reported.

Pasco Fire Chief Bob Gear said the fires appear to have similarities. Most have started in alleys north of downtown with materials or structures that are easy to ignite. Crews have stayed busy fighting the suspected arson fires.

Earlier this summer, officials began noticing that the fires may be connected. They have warned the public. A reward has been offered for information.

Gear said the department typically responds to between 10 and 20 such fires a summer.

Car thieves return stolen urn, ashes

EVERETT – Thieves who stole a man’s car last week – and with it an urn containing his father’s ashes – anonymously returned the urn to a cemetery in Everett.

KOMO-TV reported family members said workers at Evergreen Cemetery found the urn Sunday morning with a note explaining the ashes belonged to Richard Graham.

The urn was in Troy Graham’s car when the vehicle was stolen from a parking lot at his apartment complex in Everett. The ashes were taken on the same day memorial services were held for his father.

Troy Graham appeared on TV last week, telling thieves they could keep his car if they returned his father’s ashes.

The urn is now back with Richard Graham’s wife, Joyce.