COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) — The mother of twin 2-year-old girls found living in squalor in their Coeur d'Alene apartment pleaded guilty Monday to one count of felony injury to a child. Elisabeth Crossley, 27, (right) entered her plea as part of a deal with…
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A few days after a state corrections officer was killed in a state prison, prison guards lobbied for a change in law that would allow them to collect money from the inmates who assault them. Supporters of the bill say it's…
A multi-agency marijuana investigation led to the seizure of two cars and 3 1/2 pounds of marijuana in Spokane County recently. Cheney resident Brandon M. Collins, 27, is believed to have led the operation, which detectives say distributed more than five pounds of pot each…
The suspect in the murder of a prison guard had served as a chapel volunteer after a decade of good behavior. Byron Scherf, a serial rapist with ties to Spokane , told officers he was trying to escape but had changed his mind when he…
A Spokane man suspected of burglarizing South Hill retirement homes has been charged with burglarizing another center in Spokane Valley. Pavel V. Altukhov, 23, faces three counts of residential burglary and one count of second-degree burglary for break-ins at apartments at the Park Place Retirement…
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A Boise mother pleaded guilty Monday to aiding the killing of her 8-year-old son, whose disappearance in the summer of 2009 set off a massive, week-long search across the city. A plea agreement was reached with Melissa Sue Jenkins that could…
A Canadian Hells Angel who fought extradition to Spokane for two years has pleaded guilty to a federal marijuana charge. Brian Lee Hall faces up to five years in prison when he's sentenced April 6, but his lawyer said he'll ask that his client receive…
EPHRATA, Wash. (AP) — A 25-year-old man who pleaded guilty to three counts of second-degree murder for a 2009 shooting in Mattawa faces more than 38 years in prison when he is sentenced Feb. 14 in in Ephrata. The Columbia Basin Herald reports Grant County…
Public safety news from the Inland Northwest and beyond.
