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Sirens & Gavels archive for Dec. 15, 2011

THURSDAY, DEC. 15, 2011

Sex offender gets 10 years for child porn

A Cheney man who already went to federal prison for distributing child pornography using his former co-worker's stolen identity is to return for a 10-year sentence for another child porn charge. John Alan Harmon, 58, is to serve 120 months in federal prison and will…

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Skeleton's poor teeth could be clue to ID

Grant County detectives are asking for help identifying a man found dead with a single gunshot wound last month. The man's skeletal remains were found Nov. 23 near O'Sullivan Dam in southeast Grant County. Detectives believe he may have been there for more than a…

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Docs can't reattach ear in hatchet attack

SEATTLE (AP) — The brother of a Longview, Wash., security guard who was attacked by a shoplifter with a hatchet says doctors weren't able to reattach his ear. Police arrested Adrian Kramer (pictured) on Wednesday for investigation of assault, robbery, burglary and theft. Authorities say…

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Man gets 5 years to life for sex abuse

A Coeur d'Alene man will spend five years to life in prison for lewd conduct with a 14-year-old girl, a judge ruled this week. Nicholas James Ryan, 32, was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison with eligibility for parole after five years. He'll serve the…

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CPS report led to father's murder arrest

A 4-year-old boy’s nightmares about “a dead lady” and his description of how she died led homicide detectives to arrest his father in the slaying of an elderly Stevens County woman, according to new court documents. The boy’s mother contacted Child Protective Services on Nov.…

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Manslaughter conviction in fatal explosion

After the first jury decided 9-3 to acquit him of first-degree manslaughter, a second jury handed down a unanimous second-degree manslaughter conviction against the man who built a homemade bomb that killed a Spokane man at a belated Halloween party in 2010. Christapher A. Harris,…

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