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Sirens & Gavels archive for Nov. 9, 2011

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 9, 2011


Tire slashing halts police pursuit training

A vandal slashed tires on six sheriff's patrol cars used for pursuit training, officials said today. Sheriff's employees arrived at the Spokane County Raceway Park Tuesday to find all 24 tires slashed and flat. The vandal also stole six mounted tires meant to cover flats…

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Porn shop robbery suspect still jailed

A Spokane man accused of tying up an porn shop employee during a robbery early Tuesday remains jailed on $75,000 bond. James Allen Turnipseed, 32, appeared in Superior Court Tuesday afternoon on charges of unlawful imprisonment and first-degree robbery. Turnipseed was stopped on a bicycle…

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Phones probed in nail salon drug case

Spokane police are reviewing cell phone records to build a case against a couple suspected of selling crack cocaine out of a nail salon. Paul Lamar Rios, 29, and Krista L. Isaacs, 34, were arrested during a SWAT team raid at 8210 N. Lucia Court…

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