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Sirens & Gavels archive for Aug. 24, 2009

MONDAY, AUG. 24, 2009

Robbie  Bishop ( front right ) appears via closed circuit video in the Superior Court of Judge Sam Cozza Monday August 24, 2009. CHRISTOPHER ANDERSON chrisa@spokesman.com (Christopher Anderson / The Spokesman-Review)

Courthouse watch: 8.24.09

The teenager charged with stabbing his pregnant girlfriend to death was released from jail in the spring because there was no room in mental health services, court documents show.Robbie W. Bishop, 19, appeared in court via video today, charged with second-degree murder for the brutal…

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Charge upgraded in fatal boat crash

A man accused of causing a fatal boating accident on the Spokane River in Coeur d'Alene Saturday was charged Monday with manslaughter. John F. Klinefelter, 45, of Coeur d'Alene, remains in Kootenai County Jail on $50,000 bond after a boat he was operating struck a…

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