Articles from the 'Crime Briefs' series
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Fire Department retirement parties
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,...
Deputies warn of Medicare scam
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...
Woman caught shoplifting
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....
Man arraigned on meth charge
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...
Summoned for tool theft
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...
Two summoned for driving, drug charges
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...
Booked for possession
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...
Summoned for identity theft, theft
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...
Charged for malicious mischief for graffiti
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...
Warrant issued for threats to kill
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...
No charges filed in calf-napping, return
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...
Pleads guilty to depiction of minors
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....
Charges forwarded on St. Ignatius break-in
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...
Violation nets arrest for alleged robbery
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...
Not abandoned
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...
Unlawful hunting charges filed
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...
Charged for second degree rape
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...
Jail assault charged
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...
Three arrested from Rosalia fight
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...
Eluding chase ends in smoking car, arrest
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 th...
Tekoa man charged with child rape
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...
Uniontown stop lands two in jail
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...
Summoned for Walmart theft
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...
Weaver sentenced for child rape
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...
Summoned for extortion
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...