Two Spokane Valley police officers stopped for a roadside chat caught a burglary suspect after watching him pilfer a storage building early today, officials say. Jeffery Allan Heatwole, 44, told police his seat belt was broken and refused to get out of his 1984 Datsun…
A man accused of stabbing his lover's estranged husband last week has been arrested for assault. Spokane police initially said Dumont P. Whitt, 35, may have stabbed Robert D. McQueen in self defense after McQueen confronted him and McQueen's wife, Alicia McQueen, in a home…
Crime Stoppers is targeting a suspected car thief with "some fairly visible tattoos," the organization announced. Zachariah Leonard Zech, 33, is wanted for second-degree taking a motor vehicle without permission. He was arrested Aug. 11 after police stopped him at Spokane Community College in a…
A convicted felon caught by Spokane police with a sawed-off shotgun last month has been indicted by a federal grand jury. James D. Bacon, 23, faces up to 10 years in prison for allegedly possessing the 12-gauge shotgun and ammunition when police officers chased him…
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine police investigating the New Year's Eve shooting death of a local councilman did not have to look further than the last photograph the victim took. That photo led to the arrest of one of two alleged gunmen and an accomplice,…
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