For the week of March 22 through March 29, here’s snippets of scanner chatter between law enforcement, dispatch and first responders. 3-23-13 @ 5:30 p.m. - A couple of kids were seen lighting pieces of paper on fire and then playing basketball at Longfellow Elementary.…
A Spokane Valley young couple with a license to wed are instead in Spokane County Jail on charges of residential burglary and trafficking of stolen property. Vyacheslav Znovets, 21, and his girlfriend Marina Florianovich, 25, were arrested by Spokane Valley detectives after they allegedly sold…
A Coeur d’Alene man who attempted to strangle his girlfriend last year has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for attempted murder and multiple felony convictions. An ex-girlfriend told authorities she feared for her life when Kenneth E. Schleining, 38, choked her until she…
A felon arrested on outstanding warrants threatened a Spokane County Sheriff’s deputy during his ride to jail and told him “the knife’s coming out” next time, according to court documents. Deputy Nathan Bohanek found William L. Moore loading items onto a trailer behind a business…
A man with a history of lewd behavior has been arrested by Spokane Police for allegedly masturbating in River Park Square. A security guard caught Dean H. Meginniss, 55, masturbating in front of a female employee on the third floor on March 14, according to…
A Colville Police officer is on paid-administrative leave because of allegations of sexual misconduct, according to Stevens County Sheriff’s Office, who is investigating the matter. Investigators began looking into the allegations against Officer Rex Newport earlier this month, but no criminal charges have been filed,…
For the week of March 15 through March 22, here’s snippets of scanner chatter between law enforcement, dispatch and first responders. 3-15-13 @ 8:46 p.m. - Dispatch tells officers there’s a “very intoxicated” 11-year-old at Post and Riverside. Medics responded to the young boy. 3-16-13…
It’s almost like the time scanner traffic said there was a pot belly pig running around the streets of Spokane on Thanksgiving, but that was never confirmed. But this is: BEAVERTON, Ore. (AP) — It’s not the usual thing in the Portland suburb of Beaverton,…
A bold cat made his presence known to a Spokane Police officer’s patrol car this evening after a SWAT standoff came to an end. He sniffed around the scene near Princeton Avenue and Monroe Street looking for news and ducked under the patrol car for…
Several Spokane Police officers and Sheriff’s deputies have been awarded by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for protecting the community from a bomb planted by Kevin W. Harpham during the MLK Unity March in 2011. (Pictured from left to right in front row: Lt. Matt…
Not only did a burglar steal away with a Newport homeowner’s truck early Thursday morning, he cooked a meal in the victim’s kitchen. The homeowner woke up around 2:30 a.m. to investigate a noise downstairs when he saw the truck driving away with the burglar…
Police seized four machetes from an out-of-business Hillyard skateboard shop after the arrest of 39-year-old Glen M. Fisher during a seven-hour standoff with authorities Wednesday (SR photo pictured left). One of the machetes appeared to have drops of blood on the blade, court documents show.…
Perks of prison? How about guitar lessons and Civil War history. Those activities are keeping former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich busy while his attorneys work on an appeal, AP reports said (AP photo left). Blagojevich is teaching the history course, writes his wife, Patti Blagojevich,…
A man connected to thefts in the Lincoln Heights area has been arrested by Spokane Police officers for driving a stolen vehicle, according to a news release. Police found Thomas M. Clement, 39, on Wednesday near Ralph and Riverside, driving a vehicle reportedly connected to…
For the week of March 8 through March 15, here’s snippets of scanner chatter between law enforcement, dispatch and first responders. 03-08-13 @ 12:50 p.m. - A man tells 911 he’s being chased by someone in “an invisible suit” near Freya. 03-12-13 @ 8:05 p.m.…
The escapades of “Strollin’ Nolan” lives on through the Internet. The online community Reddit discovered the repeat offender, properly known as Fred W. Nolan, Jr., after sharing tales of freedom through escape. Nolan’s infamous escape from a Public Safety Building interrogation room earned him the…
Police caught suspected burglar Richard W. Denman shortly after he was shooed out of a West Central home by a rather surprised homeowner. He appeared in court today for his residential burglary charge and Judge James Triplet issued a $5,000 bond although the state requested…
Murder suspect Jonathan Ritchey appeared in court again on Thursday afternoon with an additional charge of kidnapping. Both the state and prosecutor reserved on changing Ritchey's release terms, so his bond remained the same at $100,000, Judge James Triplet said. His charges now match his…
Here's a tip: If you're driving to the local jail to pick up a friend who's getting released, you might want to avoid taking a stolen car. Police in Chehalis, Wash., arrested two women for possession of a stolen vehicle Saturday night after they arrived…
Public safety news from the Inland Northwest and beyond.
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