By GENE JOHNSON,Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Following the strangling of an officer at the state prison in Monroe this year, national correctional experts made a simple suggestion for improving safety at Washington's prisons: Eliminate meal breaks for corrections officers. The idea to have the…
A new website has been launched to help combat gang activity in Spokane County. The website, developed by the Greater Spokane Substance Abuse Council and the Spokane Violent Crime Gang Enforcement Team, allows citizens to submit antonymous tips about gang activity. Tipsters are given a…
Investigators have released the names of the law enforcement officials involved in the pursuit that ended with a diabetic man dying in a head-on crash with a semi truck. Deputies Jennifer Wrotenbery and Mike Northway were in separate patrol cars when they saw Daniel J.…
Murder victim Jamie Lynn Drake is pictured in 2006 with her prized 1993 Mustang. (File photo) A Spokane man serving 45 years for the murder of a 19-year-old woman in 2006 was shot and killed today in what prison officials describe as an apparent escape…
A suspected chop shop under investigation in Bonner County caught the attention of Spokane County authorities last winter when they heard a car thief used the property to dispose of a vehicle. Washington State Patrol investigators were helping U.S. Marshals look for a felon at…
Idaho attorney Edgar Steele won’t be representing any Washington clients from his jail cell. The Washington Supreme Court suspended Steele Wednesday from practicing in the state pending disciplinary proceedings that could result in disbarment. Steele faces at least 30 years in a federal prison for…
By GENE JOHNSON,Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A man wearing a shock sleeve to control outbursts and hand mitts to prevent him from stuffing dangerous items into his mouth testified Wednesday that he committed the horrific rape and stabbing of a lesbian couple in Seattle…
Assistant U.S. Attorney Tom Rice was nominated today by President Barack Obama for a federal judgeship in Spokane. Rice, a 1986 magna cum laude graduate of Gonzaga School of Law, was among two judicial nominees announced by the White House Wednesday. The other is David…
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