Two Men Indicted in Shooting of ATF Agent in Spokane
A grand jury on Tuesday indicted two men for their alleged involvement in the shooting of an ATF agent at a Spokane motel earlier this month.
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ATF Agent Recovers from Shooting As Police Search for Two Suspects
Police are on the hunt for two suspects after an ATF agent was wounded in a shootout near downtown Spokane on Friday.
Libyan-Born Comedian Awarded $35,000 in Lawsuit over Interaction with Border Patrol
A Libyan-born comedian who says he was racially profiled and illegally detained by Border Patrol agents after a stand-up show in 2019 was awarded a $35,000 settlement from the federal government.
Border Patrol Agent Injured, K-9 Killed After Service Car slips on Icy Patch in Washington
A Border Patrol agent was sent to the hospital and her K-9 was killed after their patrol vehicle lost control on an icy patch in Colville, Wash.
Extremism on the Rise in Northwest?
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Is extremism on the rise in the Northwest part of the country? A report from the Columbian newspaper out of Vancouver, Wash., seems to point to that. One example: As a house in Washougal, Wash., burned to the ground recently a self-proclaimed white separatist shot at firefighters to keep them away,…
Fed Jury Convicts Cop in Fatal Beating of Man Whose Last Words Were “All I wanted was a Snickers”
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Call it one of the low points in policing in Spokane, Wash. A federal jury on Wednesday convicted a Spokane, Wash., police officer on civil rights and obstruction charges in the beating death of an unarmed man, the Justice Department announced. Officer Karl F. Thompson Jr., 64, was convicted on charges…
FBI Agents Held Off For Hours Telling Suspect Why He Was Arrested
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A federal judge was none to happy to hear that the FBI intentionally failed for several hours to tell a man suspected of planting a bomb at a Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade in Spokane, Wash., why he had been arrested, the Associated Press reported. He was also not immediately…
FBI Arrests Man in MLK Day Bomb Incident in Spokane
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI on Wednesday announced the arrest of an ex-soldier with ties to White Supremacists in connection with a bomb that was placed along the parade route at the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Unity March in Spokane, Wa., on Jan. 17. Kevin William Harpham, age 36, of Colville, Wa. was…