Alexandra Duggan

Current Position: Cops and Courts reporter

Alexandra Duggan came to the Spokesman-Review in 2023 and is the daytime crime and courts reporter. She is a graduate from the University of Idaho and came to Spokane from Boise where she was a print reporter for the Idaho Press and a TV reporter at KTVB. Alex covers just about everything, including cold cases, criminal trials, the opioid crisis, police accountability and more.

Email: alexandrad@spokesman.com
Phone: (509) 459-5469

Most Recent Stories

News > Crime/Public Safety

Spokane police waited hours to respond to the ICE protest, upsetting federal agents. Here’s why

UPDATED: Wed., June 3, 2026

Almost a year ago, immigration agents looked out their Spokane office window and saw a group of around 20 protesters sitting in front of a white bus meant to transport a group of detained immigrants to Tacoma. They called police searching for help.

News > Crime/Public Safety

House fire displaces 7 in Logan Neighborhood

UPDATED: Tue., June 2, 2026

An early -morning house fire in the Logan Neighborhood displaced seven people Tuesday.

News > Crime/Public Safety

‘At your peril’: Current, former federal prosecutors critical of outrage over guilty verdicts of Spokane ICE protesters

UPDATED: Fri., May 29, 2026

A day after three Spokane protesters were convicted of conspiracy against federal agents, current and former U.S. attorneys voiced their two cents on the outrage about the verdict: that the law isn’t optional.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Former leader of federal prosecutors in Spokane criticizes outcome of ICE protest trial, the first of its kind locally

UPDATED: Fri., May 29, 2026

The push to pursue, charge and later convict three Spokane residents of federal conspiracy against a government officer during a protest is the first-known case in Eastern Washington’s history, concerning supporters and the former acting U.S. attorney in the district about the future of the U.S. government and its pursuit of justice.

News > Crime/Public Safety

3 Spokane ICE protesters found guilty in conspiracy case

UPDATED: Fri., May 29, 2026

Three Spokane protesters accused of conspiring against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were found guilty Thursday by a federal jury after an eight-day trial that examined the boundaries between First Amendment rights and when protesting turns into a federal crime.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Jury begins deliberations in Spokane ICE protester case

UPDATED: Wed., May 27, 2026

An Eastern Washington federal jury has begun deliberations to decide whether to convict or acquit three Spokane protesters accused of conspiring to impede or injure U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents last year.

News > Crime/Public Safety

An uncomfortable and explicit morning: Some notes from Spokane’s ICE protester trial

UPDATED: Sat., May 23, 2026

The trial of three protesters accused of conspiring against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents during a summer protest in Spokane was riddled with unexpected and explicit up s and downs Friday.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Spokane ICE agent scrutinized over racist and transphobic social media posts in federal trial

UPDATED: Fri., May 22, 2026

A Spokane U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who pushed and shoved people during a protest last June was called to the witness stand for a second time Friday, this time to explain social media posts calling Black people “ghetto garbage” and transgender people “mentally ill.”

News > Crime/Public Safety

Moving, shoving, cussing, negotiating: Law enforcement tactics takes center stage in Day 4 of Spokane’s ICE protest trial

UPDATED: Fri., May 22, 2026

When Spokane police officers arrived at a mass protest at the city’s U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility on June 11, their tactics appeared far different than the tactics of the federal agents who interacted with that crowd before them.