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Sirens & Gavels archive for Nov. 28, 2011

MONDAY, NOV. 28, 2011

2nd man arrested in porn shop robbery

A fingerprint found on merchandise at a Spokane porn store helped police identify a second suspect in a gunpoint robbery earlier this month. Clinton James Smith, 50, (right) was arrested Wednesday on first-degree robbery and first-degree kidnapping charges. He's accused with James A. Turnipseed, 32,…

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An armed robbery suspect, John Castro, talks with police and Spokane S.W.A.T team members from a roof on E. Gordon Avenue after barging in the home, kicking out the residents and daring the police to shoot him on Nov. 14, 2003.  (Jed Conklin / The Spokesman-Review)

Accused killer has long criminal history

In this Nov. 14, 2003, photo, John Castro talks with police and Spokane SWAT members from a roof on East Gordon Avenue after barging inside, kicking out the residents and daring the police to shoot him. (SRPhoto/Jed Conklin) A 27-year-old man suspected of shooting another…

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Faith Gallinger stands in the kitchen of her North Side bungalow. The contractor has yet to do the $2,500 worth of work she paid for. (Jesse Tinsley)

Man in '95 Idaho fraud charged again

Faith Gallinger stands in the kitchen of her North Side bungalow. The contractor has yet to do the $2,500 worth of work she paid for. (SRPhoto/Jesse Tinsley) Faith Gallinger had long wanted custom cabinets for her early 20th-century home in northeast Spokane. Ronald Glen Stratton…

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