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Sirens & Gavels archive for Oct. 11, 2011

TUESDAY, OCT. 11, 2011

Supremacists wanted to 'kill more Jews'

By GENE JOHNSON,Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Authorities have recovered bloody clothing, a knife and stolen credit cards that they believe were in the possession of a couple accused of going on a deadly crime spree across the Pacific Northwest, according to an affidavit. Prosecutors…

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City Council limits ombudsman powers

Spokane’s police ombudsman on Monday lost the power to independently investigate misconduct allegations against the city’s law enforcement officers. The Spokane City Council voted 5-2 Monday to repeal police oversight rules it approved unanimously last year, blaming an arbitrator’s decision in July that determined the…

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Remains found in Rainbow disappearance

STEVENSON, Wash. (AP) — Searchers found skeletal remains and jewelry in an area of Gifford Pinchot National Forest where a California woman was last seen during a peace rally last summer, authorities said Monday. Information on when and where the remains were found was not…

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Spokane police on scene of an attempted murder/suicide at the green house, located in the 3100 block of East 5th Avenue, on Monday, Oct. 10, 2011. (Meghann Cuniff / The Spokesman-Review)

Man dead in suicide/attempted murder

A Spokane woman was wounded Monday in a shooting by her ex-boyfriend, who then fatally shot himself, police said. The man’s body was found slumped in a yard outside a home converted into apartments in the 3100 block of East Fifth Avenue, according to the…

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Troubled U-Hi school teacher to be jailed

University High School teacher Michael Cronin was placed on paid administrative leave in August and has been sentenced to serve nearly a year in jail after being found guilty of two criminal charges in September. Additional charges from a separate incident in Pend Oreille County…

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