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Sirens & Gavels archive for Oct. 19, 2009

MONDAY, OCT. 19, 2009

Bonnie and Clyde coin was in stolen Jeep

The Jeep allegedly stolen by a double murder suspect and his girlfriend in Coeur d'Alene this month contained a coin depicting the famous outlaw duo Bonnie and Clyde. "It's just kind of weird," said Julie Forsythe, a single of mother of three now out a…

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In this August 20, 2009 photo shows El Dorado County Sheriff's Sergeant James Byers dismantling a  marijuana garden in a remote area of El Dorado county, Calif. After overseeing a series of raids that destroyed more than 300,000  marijuana plants in California's Sierra Nevada foothills this summer, federal drug czar Gil Kerlikowske proclaimed, "Legalization is not in the president's vocabulary, and it's not in mine." (AP Photo/The Sacramento Bee, Randall Benton) (Randall Benton / Sacramento Bee)

Federal orders won't affect local pot cases 

New orders from the U.S Justice Department to end federal prosecution of state-authorized medical marijuana patients and dispensaries will have no effect on cases in Eastern Washington, prosecutors said Monday. The policy memo issued today calls for an end to prosecution of medical marijuana patients…

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Feds issue 'clarification' in cocaine case

An order order issued Wednesday by U.S Magistrate Cynthia Imbrogno stated Canadian cocaine suspect Michael B. Yuill's employer was being investigated "relevant to the pending charges." Not true, according to this document filed Friday. "The Government did not intent to assert that the Defendant's former…

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Spokane man arrested in July shooting

A man accused of attempted murder is due in court today after nearly three months on the run. Timothy "Stoney Boy" Lucious, 38, was booked into Spokane County Jail early Sunday morning in connection with a July 24 shooting in south Spokane that began with…

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