The Stevens County Prosecutor’s Office is happy to announce the development of a program of handling the prosecution of veterans who commit criminal law violations in ways that make allowances for the problems some veterans have making adjustments to civilian life. Through discussions with former Commissioner Fred Arnow and Judge Vance Peterson of Spokane, we […]

Scott Marvin Nitschke, a Pierce County man, was convicted on October 16, 2013 of one count of Unlawful Hunting of Big Game in the Second Degree for hunting elk inside the boundary of the Spokane Indian Reservation nearly one year ago. This is outside of Game Management Unit 121. He had been charged with two […]

The recent passage of Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1341, which became effective July 28, 2013, places Washington among just a few states who have instituted a policy of reimbursement to persons who have been wrongfully convicted of crimes who are later vindicated. It has been reported widely in the media of some instances where persons […]

I have recently received reports that were generated as a result of the investigation into a shooting that occurred in Kettle Falls at the end of August.  Stevens County Sheriff detectives, Washington State Patrol detectives, the Spokane County Medical Examiner’s Office, and the WSP toxicology lab generated the reports. The reports detail the events leading […]