For police agencies, cameras that record officer encounters with the public can help prove suspects are guilty and set the record straight if officers are wrongly accused of misconduct. “It tells you the facts,” Post Falls police Capt. Pat Knight said. “It keeps us out…
A man who robbed a Spokane convenience store with bear mace was sentenced to a year in jail after pleading guilty to second-degree robbery. Daniel A. Sweetland, 21, was accused with Alexander J. Smith of robbing the Zip Trip at 1523 W. 10th Ave., of…
An Idaho State Patrol officer recently was interviewed about an officer-involved shooting that took place a month before. ISP Cpl. Dan Howard shot and killed Christie O’Leary Little on Feb. 7, but for weeks declined to be interviewed by investigators. Recently, however, Howard “agreed to…
The second trial for a Spokane stockbroker accused of killing a woman in a car crash has been postponed until May 31. A car technician recently downloaded data from Jon Strine's 2002 Mercedes that could regard speed and other information. Some of the information has…
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