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Serving Lincoln County for more than a century!
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DISTRICT COURT Dan B. Johnson, Judge Editor’s note: These reports are based on forms filled out by the presiding judge during court sessions and subsequently reviewed by the newspaper. Justin Emmett Crider, Wilbur, driving under the influence and reckless endangerment, found not guilty on both charges by jury. Rykar Shaul, Okanogan, Wash., speeding (13 mph over limit), found committed, $125 penalty; operating motor vehicle without insurance, found committed, $190; using electronic device while driving, found committed, $136....
SUPERIOR COURT John F. Strohmaier, Judge Civil Judgment The court denied petitioner Karen S. Felker’s request to extend a domestic violence protection order against Brade D. Barbre from three months to a full year. The order in place will expire Oct. 2. Both parties are Creston residents. New Criminal Cases Timothy J. Bodi, 3-29-62, 57, of Wilbur, is charged with second-degree assault (with sexual motivation) in connection with a Dec. 19, 2018, incident in Wilbur. The alleged victim suffered a fractured rib and required t...
INCIDENT LOG Editor’s note: Most items in this section reflect the starting point for response by local police and emergency agencies. The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office does not release names of individuals who report possible criminal or suspicious activities to dispatchers or alleged victims for this column. Sheriff’s dispatchers handled 237 calls for service during the period covered here. Monday, Aug. 19: Damage to at least two fences and crops was blamed on cows that were loose along Mill Canyon Road near Daven...
SUPERIOR COURT John F. Strohmaier, Judge New Criminal Cases The State of Washington appealed a July 5 Lincoln County District Court decision (issued by visiting judge Adalia A. Hille) that declared invalid a restraining order against Jeffrey S. Phillips, of Ephrata, and dismissed three counts of violating a protection order made against him. William L. Steed, 18, of Davenport, is charged with third-degree rape in connection with a June 21 incident in Davenport that involved a teenage girl. Probate Estate of Sharon K. Perry,...
INCIDENT LOG Editor’s note: Most items in this section reflect the starting point for response by local police and emergency agencies. The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office does not release names of individuals who report possible criminal or suspicious activities to dispatchers or alleged victims for this column. Sheriff’s dispatchers handled 287 calls for service during the period covered here. Monday, Aug. 12: An Odessa caller reported an unoccupied vehicle was blocking access to her garage in the 0 block of West 3rd Avenu...
1 years ago The Odessa Record August 24, 1919 News updates: Odessa schools will open on September 1, with 12 teachers, seven of them new. E. R. Jinnette, recently of Reardan, is superintendent. Other members of the staff include Miss Dorothy Neff, Miss Gladys Larrabee, Miss Ilah Larrabee, Miss Eva Hanna, George Wallace, Miss Mamie McKay, Mrs. Almata Pitts, Miss Mary McWenie, Miss Languille, Miss Georgia Johnson, Miss Augusta Scott, and Miss Cavanaugh. The government army...
SUPERIOR COURT John F. Strohmaier, Judge Civil Judgments A request from Ronald C. Wilkie, of Davenport, for a domestic violence protection order against Connor Glick was denied on July 30, with the matter to be addressed in the parenting plan for two children of the petitioner and his former wife, who is the respondent’s current girlfriend. A judgment from a Clay County, Mo., court awarding Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC $9,371.41 from Andrea E. Martinez, of Grand Coulee, was filed with the Lincoln County court. New Criminal C...
INCIDENT LOG Editor’s note: Most items in this section reflect the starting point for response by local police and emergency agencies. The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office does not release names of individuals who report possible criminal or suspicious activities to dispatchers or alleged victims for this column. During this period, dispatchers handled 238 calls for service. Monday, Aug. 5: An alert neighbor reported seeing a sliding door open and water running for about two days at a residence in the 300 block of Was...
SUPERIOR COURT John F. Strohmaier, Judge Criminal Sentencing Arthur L. Palmer, 34, of Billings, Mont., pleaded guilty July 30 to attempting to elude a pursuing police vehicle in connection with a Nov. 15, 2016, incident affecting at least two Davenport businesses. In exchange for his plea, prosecutors withdrew a charge of third-degree possession of stolen property. His sentence includes three months electronic home monitoring in Montana and payment of $700 in court assessments. Civil Judgments Jesse Quinn Balm, doing...
Editor’s note: Most items in this section reflect the starting point for response by local police and emergency agencies. The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office does not release names of individuals who report possible criminal or suspicious activities to dispatchers or alleged victims for this column. Monday, July 29: An 83-year-old Sprague man was transported by ambulance from a residence on Doerschlag Road to a Spokane hospital after suffering a possible heart attack. Deputies dealt with a man who was found sleeping outside t...
Turner Photo Collection This writer has had the privilege of viewing several collections of photos taken by H C Turner (1880-1943) which are owned by Heather Talkington Slack. Hal Turner was born in Iowa and came with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George P. Turner, and six siblings to Washington Territory in 1884, locating near Cheney. The Turners moved to a homestead four miles east of Davenport, where Hal was raised. He received his common school education at Waterville, then...
SUPERIOR COURT John F. Strohmaier, Judge Criminal Sentencing A jury found Lisa Lynn Munro, 53, of Harrington, guilty of third-degree theft, but not guilty of second-degree theft, at the conclusion of a June 5 trial. On July 9, the court sentenced her to serve 60 days in jail (17 days credited as served), and pay $500 court assessments and $400 restitution. The charges involved the taking of money from a Vietnamese exchange student between Sept. 1, 2018, and Jan. 31, 2019. She has filed an appeal with the state Court of Appeal...
INCIDENT LOG Editor’s note: Most items in this section reflect the starting point for response by local police and emergency agencies. The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office does not release names of individuals who report possible criminal or suspicious activities to dispatchers or alleged victims for this column. During the period, dispatchers handled 254 calls for service. Monday, July 22: An Odessa man told dispatchers that a $4,850 check he received in exchange for a vehicle was not good, according to the bank from whi...
There will be a special three-day filing period held Wednesday, August 7, 2019, through Friday, August 9, 2019, for the purpose of declaring candidacy for the following elective positions that were not previously filed for during the regular filing period: Anyone wishing to file may do so at the Lincoln County Auditor’s Office between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. during the stated filing period. Declarations by mail must be in our office no later than the last day of the filing period, August 9, at 4 p.m. and must include the correct f...
Correction from last week In last week's Harrington Public Development Authority notes, this writer erred in attributing comments about painting, learning to tuck point bricks and painting the caterpillar sign to Tim Tipton when in reality they were offered by Nathan Luck. Apologies to both men. Peter Davenport's former missile site On Tuesday, July 23, Peter Davenport, Harrington resident and owner of the decommissioned Atlas "E" ICBM missile site (Site #6) located between...
1 years ago The Odessa Record July 27, 1919 News updates: A poultry salesman has been making the area, selling his product at $5.00 a gallon. The spray has proved unreliable. A railroad man that has been working at Nemo says he knows just the place to banish Kaiser Bill Hohensollen. Nemo is uninhabited, hotter than hades and miles to water in any direction. How times have changed. A couple of years ago the Odessa men looked at Nemo as an oasis in a desert, and when stricken with an unconquerable thirst, invariably went to N...
INCIDENT LOG Editor’s note: Most items in this section reflect the starting point for response by local police and emergency agencies. The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office does not release names of individuals who report possible criminal or suspicious activities to dispatchers or alleged victims for this column. During the period, dispatchers handled 265 calls for service. Monday, July 15: Deputies discovered that what was reported as a drunken driving incident at Second and Morgan streets in Davenport was actually a wom...
SUPERIOR COURT John F. Strohmaier, Judge Criminal Sentencings Demica D. Bradford, 27, of Spokane, pleaded guilty July 2 to possession of methamphetamine in connection with an Oct. 18, 2018, crime in Davenport. Her sentence includes 19 days jail and $600 court assessments. Shawn R. Melton, 46, of Sprague, pleaded guilty July 9 to second-degree attempted theft in connection with the taking of money between March 23, 2017, and May 30, 2018, from the City of Sprague, for which he worked as maintenance supervisor,. In exchange...
INCIDENT LOG Editor’s note: Most items in this section reflect the starting point for response by local police and emergency agencies. The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office does not release names of individuals who report possible criminal or suspicious activities to dispatchers or alleged victims for this column. Between July 8 and 14, dispatchers handled 238 calls for service. Monday, July 8: Multiple callers reported several cows loose along U.S. 2 between the Inland Northwest Rail Museum and the state weigh station wes...
INCIDENT LOG Editor’s note: Most items in this section reflect the starting point for response by local police and emergency agencies. The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office does not release names of individuals who report possible criminal or suspicious activities to dispatchers or alleged victims for this column. During the period from July 1 to 7, dispatchers handled 365 calls for service. Monday, July 1: Responding to a residence on Max Harder Road East, Sprague ambulance personnel assisted a 79-year-old man suffering fro... Full story
SUPERIOR COURT John F. Strohmaier, Judge Criminal Sentencing Daniel R. Thompson, 45, of Reardan, pleaded guilty June 25 to possession of methamphetamine hydrochloride in connection with an Oct. 7, 2018, incident. His sentence includes 12 months and one day in prison, payment of $700 court assessments, completion of a substance abuse evaluation and recommended treatment, 12 months community custody, no possession and consumption of alcohol, marijuana and non-prescribed drugs, and no possession or use of firearms. Probate...
INCIDENT LOG Editor’s note: Most items in this section reflect the starting point for response by local police and emergency agencies. The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office does not release names of individuals who report possible criminal or suspicious activities to dispatchers or alleged victims for this column. Monday, June 24: A caller reported her husband and 12-year-old daughter had not returned as expected from a camping trip she thought was occurring in the Lincoln County areas of Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area...
INCIDENT LOG Editor’s note: Most items in this section reflect the starting point for response by local police and emergency agencies. The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office does not release names of individuals who report possible criminal or suspicious activities to dispatchers or alleged victims for this column. Monday, June 17: Deputies responded to the 300 block of North Third Street in Harrington where an individual allegedly placed a rifle on top of a vehicle during an argument with a neighbor. A woman was arrested on... Full story
SUPERIOR COURT John F. Strohmaier, Judge Criminal Sentencings After a jury found him guilty of unlawful possession of methamphetamine hydrochloride on May 22, Michael Logan Arnett, 36, of Spokane and Grand Coulee, was sentenced May 28 to three months in jail and payment of $700 in court assessments. The one-day trial included an interesting twist when the court denied public defender David Hearrean’s motion for a mistrial after one of the jurors fell asleep twice. The charge involved an April 11, 2018, incident. The jury a... Full story
INCIDENT LOG Editor’s note: Most items in this section reflect the starting point for response by local police and emergency agencies. The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office does not release names of individuals who report possible criminal or suspicious activities to dispatchers or alleged victims for this column. Monday, June 3: A collision involving a vehicle and deer took place on U.S. 2 near Wilbur. A caller reported a pickup truck facing south in a ditch on the northbound side of SR 25 near Hart Road, north of Davenport, w... Full story
