Shoes are being sought as part of a vigil to remember homicide victims Thursday in Spokane County. The shoes are to be placed on the lawn Friday next to the Law Enforcement Memorial to reflect the number of people impacted by homicide. "I am in…
A convicted rapist who went back to prison because he continued to communicate with young girls is now living as a transient in Spokane County. Joseph M. Hamilton, 33, was released from prison in January 2008 after serving time for violating his parole on a…
The obstruction of justice trial began Monday against embattled former Spokane police detective Jeff Harvey. Harvey was fired this year after being charged with a gross misdemeanor following a confrontation with a state Department of Fish and Wildlife police officer who responded on Jan. 22…
A man ransacked a Pullman home at knife point Monday after attempting to strangle a resident, police said. Police responded to a home on Northeast Whitman Street about 3:20 p.m., where the victim said he was assaulted by a man but was able to free…
A young father arrested on a drug charge last month was arrested again Friday after allegedly firing a gun in Spokane Valley. No one was injured by the gunshot, which Benjamin Marcus Crocker-Beck, 21, told deputies he'd fired "just because," according to a probable cause…
The Spokane City Council on Monday agreed to hire a local attorney to help the city defend itself in a lawsuit filed by a Spokane police detective. The city will pay Milt Rowland, a former assistant city attorney for Spokane, up to $75,000 to assist…
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