A decision by Spokane County District Court to privatize the collection of all fines and fees, using the same company that handles its bad debts, is raising conflict-of-interest questions within the legal community. Defense lawyers and advocates for the poor worry that PAR Acceptance Corp.,…
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Thirteen Somalis and a man from Yemen pleaded not guilty to piracy, kidnapping and firearms charges today in the February hijacking of a yacht that left four Americans dead. They entered their pleas in federal court in Norfolk, where five other…
The smell of hot pizza helped police arrest a robbery suspect Monday. Marco Antonio Rocha, 23, is accused with Courtney R. Araiza, 21, and Augustin Tello, 17, of robbing a Domino's pizza delivery driver at knifepoint after arranging a delivery in northeast Spokane. The driver…
A Spokane woman faked a heart attack during her son's first court appearance on a drug charge Monday, court officials said. An ambulance rushed to the Spokane County Courthouse but did not transport the woman, who had fallen to the floor after Judge Michael Price…
EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — Snohomish County Prosecutor Mark Roe says he'll seek the death penalty if Byron Scherf is convicted of aggravated murder in the death of Monroe prison Corrections Officer Jayme Biendl. In announcing his decision Tuesday in Everett, Roe said jurors "should have…
A 27-year-old man was arrested on meth charges after he raised the suspicions of feed store employees by purchasing two pounds of a substance commonly used to cut methamphetamine. Suspect Henry P. Bevans' dental health apparently didn't help: The complaint noted that Bevans was toothless…
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