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Sirens & Gavels archive for June 27, 2011

MONDAY, JUNE 27, 2011

Tips sought on suspect in fatal crash

A reward is being offered for tips that help arrest a man accused of causing a one-car crash in February that killed a passenger. Lyle David Eutsler, 26, was intoxicated and speeding when he crashed his red Mazda MX6 into a pine tree while eastbound…

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Drunk posing as bull arrested in CdA

Dave Oliveria over at the Huckleberries blog regularly posts reports detailing the drunken antics of the downtown Coeur d'Alene bar scene. Here's a gem from today that was reported June 16 at 10:40 p.m. at North Fourth Street and East Sherman Avenue: "Officers arrested a…

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Woman gets 15 years for fatal shooting

SANDPOINT, Idaho (AP) — A 45-year-old Clark Fork woman has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for the shooting death of her boyfriend during an argument in a recreational vehicle north of Priest River last fall. Lorraine Kathryn Kenitzki was sentenced Thursday in 1st…

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Budget cuts end WSP car theft unit

Car theft investigations in the Spokane area will drop beginning next month as the Washington State Patrol eliminates its auto theft unit. The July 1 closure comes just after a national study was released showing the Spokane area was fourth in the nation for the…

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Federally led force arrests 174 fugitives

Two Spokane women wanted on federal counterfeit money charges, an Oregon resident sought on a strangulation warrant and a New Mexico fugitive working at a mixed martial arts center in Kettle Falls: Those are among the 174 suspects throughout Eastern Washington arrested this week in…

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Child molester sentenced to treatment

A Seattle man was sentenced Friday to a treatment alternative for sexually assaulting two girls in February while visiting a family in north Spokane County. James E. Norby, 67, had pleaded guilty to first-degree rape of a child and first-degree child molestation. Superior Court Judge…

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