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Sirens & Gavels archive for Nov. 4, 2011

FRIDAY, NOV. 4, 2011

Alternate juror shocked by Zehm verdict?

This afternoon, Karl Thompson's lawyer, Carl Oreskovich, filed an emergency motion to get Thompson out of jail. He also filed a motion asking that he be allowed to contact jurors because of what he said was "an unsolicited email received by defense counsel from one…

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Snickers candy bars, flowers and 2 liter bottles of Pepsi Cola are left curb-side, Nov. 4, 2011 in front of the Zip Trip, on Division at Augusta, where Otto Zehm was beaten unconscious by Spokane police officers, in March 2006, who thought Zehm was a robbery suspect. Zehm died 2 days later.  (Dan Pelle / The Spokesman-Review)

Thompson supporters express outrage

Snickers candy bars, flowers and 2-liter bottles of Pepsi were left curbside today in front of the Zip Trip on Division at Augusta, where Otto Zehm lost consciousness during a March 2006 confrontation wth Spokane police officers, He died two days later. (SRPhoto/Dan Pelle) The…

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Samantha Moore, of Coeur d’Alene, talks Thursday about the death of her 2-year-old daughter, Karina, pictured at far left, while she was in foster care in Post Falls.  (Kathy Plonka / The Spokesman-Review)

N. Idaho couple in girl's death still jailed

Samantha Moore, of Coeur d’Alene, talks in March 2009 about the death of her 2-year-old daughter, Karina, pictured at far left. (SRPhoto/Kathly Plonka) Post Falls police arrested a Post Falls couple in the January 2009 death of 2-year-old Karina Janay Moore, who was fatally injured…

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Police seek DNA in pot theft shooting

Police this week obtained a DNA sample, injury photos and x-rays of a second suspect in a medical marijuana robbery that ended with the homeowner firing several shots. Detectives believe Joseph A. Gariepy, 41, (pictured) who was arrested on unrelated charges last week, was shot…

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2 arrested in armed robbery at Safeway

A robber threatened a customer with a knife during a robbery at a grocery store in west Spokane on Tuesday. The customer noted the license plate of the car the assailant left in, leading Spokane police detectives Neil Gallion and Tim Madsen to locate a…

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Dan Roberts, left, and Frank Thomas are shown in this artist rendering as he appear in a federal courtroom in Gainesville, Ga., Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2011. The two and two other men are accused of planning a terror attack. ( (AP Photo/Richard Miller))

Elderly men accused in Ga. militia plot

Dan Roberts, left, and Frank Thomas are shown in this artist rendering as he appear in a federal courtroom in Gainesville, Ga., on Wednesday. The two and two other men are accused of planning a terror attack. (AP/Richard Miller) By GREG BLUESTEIN and JAY REEVES,…

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