Archive for 2014

Prosecutors Desk 3-30-14 Domestic Violence(Comments Off on Prosecutors Desk 3-30-14 Domestic Violence)

Posted by on March 30th, 2014 | Categorized as Stevens County Prosecutor Desk

On Tuesday, March 25, Joseph R Dean of Valley, Washington was sentenced in Superior Court.  He previously pleaded guilty as charged to a Felony Assault on a Child and a gross misdemeanor 4th degree Assault Domestic Violence on an adult. These charges arose out of an assault that occurred on February 6.  Deputies were called […]

Prosecutors desk 2-23-14(Comments Off on Prosecutors desk 2-23-14)

Posted by on February 24th, 2014 | Categorized as Stevens County Prosecutor Desk

On Tuesday of last week there were sentencing hearings on two defendants. The two were Eric Harris and Joshua Edwards. Eric Harris was sentenced for the Second-degree murder of his brother in June of 2013. Mr. Edwards was sentenced as a result of convictions in two separate back-to-back jury trials that arose out of a […]

Prosecutors Desk 2-16-14(Comments Off on Prosecutors Desk 2-16-14)

Posted by on February 18th, 2014 | Categorized as Stevens County Prosecutor Desk

The Washington Department of Corrections, in its never ending battle to reduce the cost of housing people in Washington prisons has dreamed up another approach: don’t send folks to prison at all! This involves SB 6327, which has passed out of the Senate Human Services and Corrections committee. This misguided bill removes the restriction on […]

Trial of Joshua Edwards(Comments Off on Trial of Joshua Edwards)

Posted by on February 9th, 2014 | Categorized as Stevens County Prosecutor Desk

Last week at the conclusion of a jury trial, Joshua John Edwards was convicted of Unlawful Possession of a Firearm, Making a False Statement to an Officer and Possession of a Dangerous Weapon. The charges arose out of a traffic infraction stop by a Colville City Police officer last December. The problem arose when Mr. […]

Mr. Manlove Sentencing(Comments Off on Mr. Manlove Sentencing)

Posted by on February 2nd, 2014 | Categorized as Stevens County Prosecutor Desk

Last Tuesday, a sentencing hearing was held on David Manlove. He was convicted the previous week by a jury of several counts related to the destruction and damage he caused in the course of a burglary of a remote residence in the northern portion of the county. Judge Nielson presided over the hearing. Lech Radzimski […]

Three Courtrooms at Once(Comments Off on Three Courtrooms at Once)

Posted by on January 26th, 2014 | Categorized as Stevens County Prosecutor Desk

Last week two important cases were resolved by jury decisions. In the first, a jury convicted Eric Harris of Second degree Murder and Unlawful Possession of a Firearm in the killing of his brother Larch last June 23. The trial took seven full days and the jury heard from about 26 witnesses in all. Superior […]

Felony DUI law(Comments Off on Felony DUI law)

Posted by on January 6th, 2014 | Categorized as Stevens County Prosecutor Desk

Last week after a man was arrested for DUI, we ran record checks through the NCIC database and discovered that he had 9 prior DUI convictions under several different names. These convictions were spread out over many years. Some occurred out of state and were felonies, but only two were within the past 7 years. […]