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Sirens & Gavels archive for Aug. 31, 2009

MONDAY, AUG. 31, 2009

Crime Stoppers mug shot matchup

Crime Stoppers is offering a reward for information that leads to the capture of these four people. Can you match the mug shot with the allegation? Click the link below for the answers.Alleged crimes: second-degree theft, nine counts of forgery, first-degree possession of stolen property…

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SpoCannabis founder pleads innocent 

The legal battles brewing in the city over medical marijuana continued today as Darren McCrea pleaded innocent to seven drug-related felonies.Police raided McCrea’s home last year after months of investigation triggered by a tip that McCrea, the founder of the medical marijuana support group SpoCannabis,…

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Barry Buchmann, 57, faces 10 counts of possession of child pornography. (The Spokesman-Review)

Pinehurst man charged with child porn

A North Idaho man man was arrested today on suspicion of possessing child pornography. Barry Buchmann, 57, is in Shoshone County Jail after a raid at his apartment at 610 Lewiston Ave. in Pinehurst, according to the Shoshone County Sheriff's Office. The sheriff's office and…

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Courthouse watch: 8.31.09 

A woman who stole OxyContin from a pharmacy where she worked - and that closed after being inundated with prescription drug crime - will be on probation for the next year.Lisa A. Roth pleaded guilty to three counts of conspiracy to deliver a controlled substance…

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