Whitman County Gazette - Serving Whitman County since 1877

PULLMAN–Brad Rost, 26, Lewiston, was booked unto Whitman County Jail June 7 after allegedly attacking a Pullman Police Officer who was giving him a ticket for littering.

According to the police report, Pullman Officer Breauna Banks saw Rost throw a fountain drink at a moving car on Grand Ave. Officer Banks noted in the report she had past interactions with Rost, including on her last shift when he was verbally hostile to her afterward. Officer Banks turned around in her police car and saw Rost throw a fast food bag and wrapper into the street.

Officer Banks contacted Rost and told him...