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Sirens & Gavels archive for Sept. 1, 2011

THURSDAY, SEPT. 1, 2011

Guns seized in Valley SWAT team raid

A theft investigation led to a SWAT team raid at a Spokane Valley home Wednesday, where detectives seized several suspected stolen firearms. Donald Jay Patterson, Jr., 42, was arrested as a search warrant was executed at a home in the 3300 block of East 35th…

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Man killed in Moses Lake shooting

MOSES LAKE, Wash. (AP) — The Grant County sheriff's office says deputies who responded to a report of a disturbance Wednesday night found a man on the ground in the Larson Housing area near Moses Lake with a gunshot wound to the chest. He died…

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Suspect at large in trailer park fight

Spokane police are looking for a 24-year-old man after a fight at a trailer park that involved a gun early today. Julian D. Morrison (right) is wanted for first-degree burglary and is considered armed after an incident at the Wishing Well trailer park, 4911 N.…

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Elderly-abuse suspect arrested again

The man charged with mistreating and stealing retirement funds from a 106-year-old Kettle Falls woman was arrested Wednesday and charged with witness tampering. John H. “Herb” Friedlund, 78, was arrested early this morning at a residence in Deer Park. Stevens County prosecutors said that Friedlund…

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Spokane police are asking for help identifying this truck, which was photographed near where homicide victim Evon Moore's body was discovered. (Spokane Police Department)

New truck probed in murder case

Police are asking for help identifying another pickup truck that may be connected to the homicide of a woman found dead behind an east Spokane warehouse. Investigators released two photos of a red late 90s to early 200s Chevrolet pickup with an extra cab today…

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