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PALOUSE- The Palouse Fire Department is hosting a retirement party for Marvin Pillers and Michael Wolf Saturday, June 17, at the Palouse Fire Station, 335 Echanove Avenue, to celebrate their accomplishments. Wolf joined the fire department in 1995, and Pillers joined in 1997. "Both of these firefighters have shown great pride and commitment to our community as well as our neighboring communities," states a release from the Palouse Fire Department. It further states that Pillers has played a steering role in advancing the department in ways...
COLFAX — Local law enforcement have received reports of a new scam with a caller posing as a Medicare representative. According to police, a resident called Whitman and Latah counties’ sheriff’s offices after receiving a call from someone posing as a Medicare representative. The resident was told Medicare was updating its information and needed his name and card number. When he resisted, multiple “supervisors” tried to convince him to give the number; “very pushy” all the time, the intended victim, who is in his 70s, told The Gazette. “Nev...
COLFAX — A Pullman woman was arrested Sunday after allegedly attempting to steal from Rosauers Supermarkets. Julianna Steinburg, 23, was arrested for second-degree theft (shoplifting) by police following a Washington State Patrol traffic stop. According to Police Chief Bruce Blood, dispatch received a call at 3:30 p.m. Sunday from Rosauers employees saying they observed a shoplifter at the 632 N. Main St. Employees were able to get the license plate number of the suspect’s vehicle, he said. “The state patrol was coming into town and got in ri...
PULLMAN — A man was arraigned Friday, Nov. 20, in Whitman County Superior Court on a possession of methamphetamine charge. Jason Allen, 46, remained in the Whitman County Jail on a $25,000 bond as of press time. He was booked into jail on charges of possession of methamphetamine. Allen was arrested Nov. 17 after the vehicle he was a passenger in was stopped due to the license plate being obscured, court records show. During the stop, Whitman County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Michael Jordan became concerned the driver of the vehicle had recently use...
COLFAX—Mark Scott of Roy has been summoned to appear in Whitman County Superior Court Oct. 16 on charges of possession of stolen property and possession of methamphetamine. According to the affidavit of probable cause, Scott was stopped by Whitman County Deputy Tyler Langerveld July 25 for suspected connection to a wire theft case. During a search of the vehicle, Dpt. Langerveld discovered contractor grade Dewalt brand tools which Scott claimed belonged to his boss and he was borrowing. The deputy allegedly also discovered and seized a meth pip...
COLFAX—A man and woman from Idaho have been summoned for preliminary hearings Oct. 9 after a traffic stop resulted in the alleged discovery of methamphetamine. According to the police report, Whitman County Sheriff’s Deputy Tyler Langerveld was on patrol Aug. 29 when he pulled over a silver van near the Red Wolf Bridge for no license plate. The driver, Taylorlee Wyatt, and passenger, Jaleel Black, were both run through Whitcom. Wyatt did not have a driver’s license and Black’s license was suspended. The deputy was told Black had permiss...
COLFAX—A Deer Park man has been booked into Whitman County Jail for possession after allegedly attempting to hide a syringe during a traffic stop. According to the police report filed with Whitman County Superior Court, Deputy Cory Alcantar initiated a traffic stop along Highway 195. While speaking to the driver, he allegedly observed a loaded syringe in the front center storage area. The drive and deputy spoke outside the vehicle. When Deputy Alcantar returned to the vehicle, the syringe had allegedly been moved. The only other occupant was a...
COLFAX—A Spokane man has been summoned for alleged crimes in July which included using a stolen credit card to purchase and steal items from Folsom Ace in Colfax. Two charges of identity theft and one charge of theft in the third degree were filed against Kelby Krause in Whitman County Superior Court Sept. 21. Krause has been identified as the second man sought by Whitman County Sheriff’s Office in early July. The two allegedly stole a credit card from a car in Lewiston and used it to purchase some items from Ace in Colfax while also tak...
PULLMAN—A charge of malicious mischief in the first degree have been filed against an 18-year-old Pullman man for a graffiti spree in June that left 12 locations tagged with generally vulgar words and symbols. Approximate total amount for removal of the spray paint graffiti is $7,870. The charge is against Jacob Rider, who would have been 17 at the time of the vandalism. According to the probable cause report filed in Whitman County Superior Court, the offenses occurred the night of June 10. Businesses, vehicles and other locations were s...
COLFAX—A warrant was issued Sept. 18 for the arrest of Alex Hinojos on charges of assault second degree and threatening to kill. According to the affidavit of probable cause, Hinojos and the victim had a dispute regarding a puppy Hinojos was purchasing. During the altercation, Hinojos told the victim he had two days to live and aimed a rifle at him from the passenger seat of a pickup truck. Bail has been set at $100,000....
PULLMAN—A case involving a calf that was taken, then returned to the WSU Knott Dairy Farm will not be tried. According to the documents filed in Whitman County Superior Court Sept. 10, a dairy employee saw a white male return a calf to the calf pen. Allegedly, the male had taken the calf to use as a mascot in his fraternity’s composite photo. According to the police report, the male did not have authorization to use the animal and was arrested for burglary and later released on his own recognizance. The case was exonerated Sept. 14....
COLFAX—A Pullman man has been booked into Whitman County Jail after pleading guilty to a charge of possession of depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct in the second degree. The case filed in Whitman County Superior Court Sept. 10 stems from a warrant search of the apartment of Conrad Wang April 26, 2019. During the warrant search, 14 items were seized, including iPhones, iPad, laptops, hard drives, router, computer tower and mail from the State of Washington. According to documents filed with the court, the prosecuting a...
COLFAX—Whitman County Sheriff’s Office responded to a trespassing complaint at St. Ignatius Manor Saturday evening. A deputy responded to a report of someone kicking in the door and trespassing in the abandoned building. According to the sheriff’s log, nine subjects were contacted and the deputy forward charges on all nine....
PULLMAN—A man accused of robbing a Pullman couple at knifepoint in August on a walking path has been arrested after being identified violating a no-contact order. According to a report, Pullman Police received a call from a man and woman Aug. 20 at approximately 1:30 a.m. about a sale of items that had allegedly ended in Daniel Pils robbing them of a tablet, cell phone and tent. The couple alleged Pils used a bowie knife during the robbery. After the alleged robbery, Pils, 34, was arrested after he was identified violating a no-contact order. T...
PULLMAN—A Pullman man is being charged with burglary and possession of methamphetamine after allegedly taking items he claimed were abandoned in an apartment. According to the police report, Pullman Police responded to a report of items being taken from an apartment the resident was moving out of. Police tracked the incident to Edward Gunn who, according to the report, admitted removing the items without permission because they had been abandoned. Gunn had officers accompany him into his residence to retrieve personal items. In the process, o...
COLFAX—Charges of unlawful hunting of big game in the second degree were filed Aug. 4 in District Court against four men. Department of Fish and Wildlife referred charges June 11, 2020, on nine people from the area for their alleged roles in the illegal take of at least three elk. Five charges were dismissed. According to WDFW, an investigation by WDFW Police officers, along with a Whitman County Sheriff’s Office Deputy, allegedly showed that the men illegally used vehicles to chase, corral and prevent the escape of a large herd of elk nea...
PULLMAN—A Tacoma man was charged for rape in the second degree after being arrested for a different charge of making a false or misleading statement to a public officer. According to the police report, the incident occurred in February 2020 when the victim met two men outside Stubblefields after the bar had closed. One of the men was Demetrius Robinson, 33. The three returned to the other man’s Pullman residence where they allegedly consumed cocaine before Robinson allegedly assaulted the victim. After the incident occurred, the victim con...
COLFAX — An Oct. 12 jury date has been set for an inmate who pleaded not guilty to allegedly attacking a Whitman County Jail officer while he was serving the inmates a meal. According to the police report, Levi Graham, 22, allegedly hit Correction’s Officer Morgan Scharff 11 times on July 2. After the attack, Scharff was taken to Whitman Hospital and Medical Center, treated for a possible concussion and put on medical leave from work for a time. According to the report, Graham told the interviewing officer after the attack that Scharff was dis...
ROSALIA—Three men were booked into Whitman County Jail Monday morning after Whitman County Deputies responded to calls of a fight in Rosalia. Christopher Thornton, 20, and Shawn Thornton, 51, were both booked for assault fourth degree. Bobby Robbins, 34, of Malden, was booked on charges of assault second degree, attempted assault second degree and assault fourth degree. According to documents filed in Superior Court, Robbins was under the influence of alcohol when he and the other two men stopped at the home of his ex-girlfriend and c...
WAWAWAI ROAD — A suicidal Lewiston man who attempted to elude Whitman County deputies was treated for minor injures after deputies pulled him from his smoking, crashed vehicle. Shortly after midnight Aug. 23, Whitman County Deputies responded to the call of a possible suicidal person in the area of Wawawai Road near the Port of Wilma. While responding to the call, deputies were advised that the suicidal subject struck and dragged an individual with his vehicle during an altercation, sending the victim to the hospital. After arriving in the area...
TEKOA — A 19-year-old Tekoa man was booked into Whitman County Jail Aug. 23 on two counts of rape of a child. According to the arrest report, the victim was 13-years-old at the time of the incident. The accused, Carl Shelton, was also booked on one charge of tampering with a witness. According to the report, he allegedly offered the reporting party marijuana to keep her from telling anyone. Bail was set at $100,000 surety or $10,000 cash. Preliminary appearance is set for Friday....
UNIONTOWN—Two more people were added to the roster at Whitman County Jail after a traffic stop in Uniontown Aug. 21. According to the police report, Whitman County Sheriff’s Deputy Tyler Langerveld was on patrol when he observed a vehicle with a defective middle brake light. When he stopped the vehicle he observed two passengers were not wearing their seat belts and asked for their driver’s licenses as well as that of the driver. The driver, identified as Megan Dunne, 26, returned as suspended through Idaho. The front un-belted passe...
PULLMAN—A Pullman man has been summoned for one count of second degree burglary and one count of second degree theft for allegedly committing the acts June 16. According to the police report, Pullman Police were notified June 16 of a man who had allegedly been stopped by the store manager after attempting to walk out of the store with a cart full of merchandise without paying for it. Surveillance video allegedly showed the man approximately 15 minutes earlier leaving the store with another cart full he had not paid for. The suspect, i...
TEKOA— The man who pleaded guilty to rape of Tekoa girl was sentenced to 15 months in the state jail Friday in Superior Court by Court Commissioner Howard Neill. Clayton Weaver, 34, pleaded guilty July 24 to the charges filed in June which accused him of raping a 15-year-old girl after supplying her marijuana....
PULLMAN—A Georgia man has been summoned to appear for charges of extortion and criminal impersonation after police responded to a harassment call at the WSU resident hall in March 2019. According to the police report, the reporting party told officers she had been contacted via Instagram with pictures of herself nude or only wearing underwear. The sender followed with a demand for more such pictures or those would be sent to family and friends. The reporting party told officers the pictures had been originally taken by her and sent to a b...