Spokane Police: Woman Thought To Have OD’d Found To Be Shot
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A Spokane police spokeswoman says a woman who appeared to be suffering from a drug overdose was later found to have a gunshot wound in the lower abdomen. Spokeswoman Monique...
View ArticleTransient Pleads Guilty To Campground Beating Death
DILLON, Mont. (AP) — A transient has admitted killing a Butte man at a southwestern Montana campground last summer. KWYB-TV in Bozeman reports 29-year-old Christopher Stiles pleaded guilty to...
View ArticleFeds: Washington Man Who Killed Brother Took His Identity
SEATTLE (AP) — A South Korean man who was deported after serving time for killing his brother in 1984 was charged with weapons violations after authorities said he used the dead man’s identity to buy...
View Article3 Charged In Pierce County Meth Bust
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Pierce County’s prosecutor says three men have been charged after a police investigation found 44 pounds of methamphetamine. Prosecutor Mark Lindquist says it was one of the...
View ArticleDefense Attorney Withdraws From Idaho Triple Homicide Case
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The preliminary hearing for a 22-year-old southwest Idaho man charged in connection with the killings of a former Arizona power company executive, his wife and their adult son has...
View ArticleBellevue Man Pleads Guilty To Fatally Stabbing Ex-Wife
SEATTLE (AP) — A Bellevue man charged with fatally stabbing his ex-wife 72 times has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder. Bellevue police say Aleksandr Polack pleaded guilty on Wednesday to killing...
View Article73-Year-Old Gets 75 Years For Trying To Reclaim Former Ranch
HAMILTON, Mont. (AP) — A 73-year-old man who threatened from behind bars to forcibly take back the western Montana ranch he lost in a 1979 divorce has been sentenced to 75 years in prison for...
View ArticleLawyer For Knox’s Ex-Boyfriend Makes Final Court Appeal
ROME (AP) — Lawyers for Amanda Knox’s ex-boyfriend made a final appeal to Italy’s top criminal court Friday, urging it to overturn the pair’s murder conviction for the 2007 slaying of Knox’s roommate,...
View ArticleFather Of Washington School Shooter Arrested On Gun Charge
SEATTLE (AP) — The father of a Washington state high school student who killed four classmates and himself last fall was arrested Tuesday on a federal charge that he was barred from possessing the gun...
View ArticleMan Gets Nearly 22 Years For Bellevue Restaurant Stabbing
SEATTLE (AP) — A 38-year-old transient has been sentenced to 21 ½ years in prison for fatally stabbing a sleeping stranger in a suburban fast-food restaurant in Bellevue. The Seattle Times reports...
View ArticleFormer Idaho Man Pleads Guilty To Stealing From ATMs
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A man who stole cash from ATM machines and fired at northern Idaho police while escaping has pleaded guilty to various charges. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Boise says 35-year-old...
View ArticleCourt Upholds Conviction Of Man Who Killed Stepdaughter
SEATTLE (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld the conviction and death sentence of a Bellingham man who raped and killed his stepdaughter in 1995. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals confirmed...
View ArticlePortland: Stolen Trailer Of Medical, Dental Equipment Found
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Police in Portland say a stolen trailer containing medical and dental equipment that a nonprofit organization uses to treat people in need has been found. Sgt. Pete Simpson says...
View ArticleMedford Bank Robber Was Armed With Sawed-Off Shotgun
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — Police in the southern Oregon city of Medford are looking for a man who was armed with a sawed-off shotgun when he robbed a bank on Crater Lake Highway. They say he may have...
View ArticlePolice Arrest Person Of Interest In Spokane Woman’s Death
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Spokane Police say have arrested a person of interest in death of a 22-year-old woman found shot in her apartment last week. KXLY reports that police on Thursday located...
View ArticleConvicted Carnation Killer Testifies In Sentencing Trial
SEATTLE (AP) — A man convicted of killing six members of a Carnation, Washington, family is testifying in a trial to determine whether he is to be sentenced to death or life in prison without parole....
View ArticleFather Of High School Shooter Released From Federal Custody
SEATTLE (AP) — The father of a high school student who fatally shot four classmates and himself last fall was allowed to be released from federal custody as long as he follows strict conditions....
View ArticleMan Pleads Guilty To Vandalizing Kalispell Clinic
KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) — A Columbia Falls man said he was intoxicated and looking for drugs, not making an anti-abortion statement, when he broke into a Kalispell clinic last year, causing thousands of...
View ArticlePolice Searching For Suspect In Bellevue Murder, Fire
BELLEVUE, Wash. (AP) — Police in Bellevue, Washington, are searching for a 30-year-old man suspected of killing a woman and setting fire to an apartment last week. An arrest warrant was issued over...
View ArticleMan Dead, Other In Jail Following Hitchhiker’s Robbery
TONASKET, Wash. (AP) — The Okanogan County Sheriff’s Office says one man is dead and another is jailed after they allegedly robbed a hitchhiker on Highway 20 near Tonasket. The office says 28-year-old...
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