Mussel-sniffing Dog “Puddles” Joins Fight Against Invasive Species The newest member of the team that protects Washington’s waterways from invasive species has quite the ruff routine: Sniff, sit, play! Starting this spring, Puddles, a 2-year-old Jack Russel terrier mix, will use her keen sense of smell to help detect quagga and zebra mussel larvae on […]
Can You Help Identify this Suspect? Spokane Valley Major Crimes Detective Kirk Keyser is attempting to identify the female suspect in these photos. This suspect accompanied another female whom Detectives believe they have identified during a shoplifting theft turned violent, raising the crime to robbery. On May 13, 2019, at approximately 5:40 p.m., this female suspect was […]
CITY NOTIFIES FIRE COMMUNICATION SPECIALISTS OF CHANGES AS EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS TRANSITIONS Community moving to new SREC operations ********************************************** The City of Spokane today notified 10 Spokane Fire Department Communication Specialists that they will be laid off from the City on July 1 when the new Spokane Regional Emergency Communications (SREC) is scheduled to begin operations. […]
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SWAT Team and Negotiators Successful: Felony DV Suspect Surrenders The Spokane County Sheriff’s Office SWAT Team and Hostage Negotiation Team (HNT) successfully ended a standoff this afternoon when the suspect surrendered after their arrival. On May 14, 2019, at approximately 9:00 a.m., Spokane County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a report of a domestic violence call. […]
Suspect Who Pled Guilty to Child Rape 1st Degree, Sentenced This morning, Spokane County Superior Court Judge Tony Hazel sentenced 77-year-old Merlyn R. Schmelzer to 93 months (7 years, 9 months) and up to life in prison. On April 2, 2019, Schmelzer pled guilty to one count of Child Rape 1st Degree in Spokane County Superior Court. Schmelzer was […]
Arbitrator Upholds Termination of Former Deputy Late last week, an Arbitrator’s Opinion and Award letter was received regarding the termination of Travis Smith, a former Deputy. In the letter, Arbitrator Martin Henner found Travis Smith violated Washington statute and that he was untruthful during the investigation into his actions, denying Smith’s grievance of his termination […]
Members of the Spokane Police Reserve program set out a bait bike in the Logan neighborhood on Monday evening. They arrested two people in a short amount of time. Both males had warrants for their arrest and both were in possession of drugs. The males were booked into Jail for the warrants and new charges. […]
On Saturday, the Spokane Police Department investigated a road rage incident in north Spokane which quickly escalated into a very dangerous situation. When people from two different vehicles confronted each other, one pulled out a gun and threatened the other. The next day Officers were able to track down the suspect and take him into […]
WASHINGTON STATE PATROL* PRESS MEMODATE: 20190511 TIME: 1638 INV UNIT: 872 – TROOPER CARLONELOCATION:E90 MP298 TWO MILES EAST OF LIBERTY LAKECOUNTY:SPOKANE COLLISION REPORT NUMBER:SECTOR CASE FILE:19010951NBR VEH: 3 CARS: 03 TRUCKS: 00 MOTORCYCLES: 00 PEDESTRIANS: 00NBR INJ: 02 DECEASED: 00 DRUGS OR ALCOHOL INVOLVED: NO———————————-PERSON(S) INVOLVED—————————-NAME: WELLS, ALLEN O AGE: 19 YEARS SEX:MALE MC ENDORSEMENT: […]
