Crime/Public Safety

Sheriff’s deputies arrested a 53-year-old man suspected of stabbing his roommate in the stomach.

Former corrections officer Drew Seiffert was sentenced to six months in jail after pleading guilty to a second -degree custodial sexual misconduct.

Mark Fuhrman, a Los Angeles police detective who in the 1995 murder trial of O.J. Simpson went from being the prosecution’s star witness to its disastrous liability when defense lawyers used his past racist language to discredit him, died last week in North Idaho. He was 74.

Among the most unpredictable parts of a trial is voir dire – the jury selection process. It provides attorneys some insight into the people available to hear their case and render a verdict.

A federal defense attorney and her client claim a Spokane Sheriff’s Office deputy was caught on body -camera footage vocalizing how much he wanted to “hit someone with a stick” during last year’s mass protest against immigration crackdowns that led to arrests.

A federal judge sentenced a 78-year-old man to 2½ years in prison for a fraudulent scheme spanning more than 25 years where he stole a Vietnam War veteran’s identity to obtain Veterans Affairs benefits even after the Marine Corps veteran died in 2018.

A 22-year-old man admitted to drinking and using marijuana prior to slamming a car into a pole, killing a 21-year-old man and seriously injuring himself and two others inside the car last week near the Spokane International Airport.

Spokane Valley deputies are looking for the public’s help in locating two runaway 12-year-old girls.

The Spokane County Medical Examiner’s Office has identified the bodies of two men who were pulled from the Spokane River within a week from each other this month.

A redacted Rathdrum Police report gives little insight into the alleged domestic violence investigation into the city’s former mayor, Mike Hill.

A Post Falls woman is suing security workers, including Kootenai County Sheriff Robert Norris, who forcibly removed her from a legislative town hall in February 2025.

A 32-year-old man who fired two rounds at a Garland District bartender before fleeing the scene last year was sentenced to nearly two years in prison.

A semitruck tipped on its side, spilling cargo onto the Interstate 90 downtown and snarling traffic for miles Wednesday afternoon.

A 74-year-old Spokane man, accused of threatening a large Florida retirement community President Donald Trump had recently visited, called his case an “unfortunate misunderstanding” in a jailhouse interview with The Spokesman-Review Thursday.

The Spokane Police Department arrested a driver in connection to a deadly crash near the Spokane International Airport last Friday, the agency said in a news release.

Police believe speed and alcohol contributed to the single-vehicle crash that killed a passenger and seriously injured three others Friday near the Spokane International Airport, according to search warrant documents filed in Spokane County Superior Court.

Federal defense attorneys are seeking for a Spokane reporter to testify on behalf of their client, who is charged with conspiracy against immigration agents.

A semitruck tipped on its side, spilling cargo onto the Interstate 90 downtown and snarling traffic for miles Wednesday afternoon.

An 18-year-old man is accused of firing into a Mercedes, striking another 18-year-old man in the face in an apparent gang shooting last week near the North Division “Y” in north Spokane.