Documents filed with the court show that on May 25 and 26, 2011, the Stevens County Sheriffs Office investigated an Animal Cruelty complaint involving horses that were on property owned by John Herbert Friedlund.  A local veterinarian was called and confirmed that the horses were in poor condition. The horses were removed for treatment and […]

Last Friday, I finished a task I have been working on for several days.  I have been reading the material with was developed in the investigation that was conducted as a result of the officer involved shooting in our county on March 5, 2011.  There are about 300 pages of material, including transcribed witness statements, […]

On Friday afternoon, June 10, a Superior court jury returned a verdict of guilty on three felony counts against Cynthia Hetherington.  The charges were Theft in the Second Degree and two counts of Trafficking in Stolen Property. The evidence presented to the jury was that in December of 2010, Larry Richmond of Chewelah discovered that […]

There were some changes to the medical marijuana law this year.  The Governor vetoed some of the bill which the legislature passed because it was in conflict with federal law and would place some state workers at risk of federal prosecution.  Here are some parts of the legislation that were signed into law. Section 301 […]