Search warrants are filed just about daily in Spokane County. Homes and cars are the most common targets, followed by cell phones, purses and backpacks. Sometimes there will be a search warrant to obtain a DNA swap from a suspect, but rarely do I see…
The attorney for accused double murderer Justin Crenshaw wants all statements Crenshaw made to detectives thrown out as evidence for his February trial, according to a motion to suppress filed this week. The legal question at hand: Were the statements from Crenshaw given during a…
A Spokane man accused of shooting two men to death over a car trade says the slayings were in self-defense. Merle W. Harvey, 27, shot Jack T. Lamere, 41, and Jacob J. Potter, 45, after “three guys surrounded my truck with guns,” Harvey told a…
An Iraq war veteran who robbed a pharmacy of OxyContin while undergoing drug abuse counseling will stay in jail for three more months. Terran D. Schatz, 24, was sentenced to six months in jail Friday after pleading guilty to second-degree robbery. He'll be credited with…
A huge marijuana bust this morning uncovered an international operation that shipped duffel bags of pot down the Kettle River, according to the Spokane Police Department.About 40 pounds of marijuana, $70,000 and a grow room were found at a home in Stevens County in an…
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