Crime Stoppers of the Inland Northwest

Unsolved Crimes

Crime Stoppers features unsolved crimes when a detective has exhausted his leads in a case and feels that information from an anonymous source would reinvigorate his investigation.

Fugitives are wanted criminal suspects who are avoiding capture, and that makes them inherently dangerous. Call Crime Stoppers immediately if you know of their whereabouts, but take no action to contact the suspects yourself. You can also submit a WebTip online with the link above.

5/6/2008 - Valley Vehicle Robbery

At about 5:30 a.m. Sunday, May 4th, a man returned to his home in the 10800 block of E. 27th and saw the door to his pickup open and a suspect inside. A second man was standing on the southeast corner of Glenn and 27th and had the victim’s large speaker box on the ground beside him.

The victim got out of the car he was driving, leaving it running, and confronted the suspect in his pickup as the other man ran away. The first suspect pulled a fixed-blade hunting knife and demanded the victim’s wallet.

The victim turned and ran to a neighbor’s home to call for help. While he was there, the suspects loaded up the stolen speakers into the victim’s gold Honda Accord and drove it away. The car was recovered later Sunday and was seized for evidence processing.

The armed suspect was a white male, about 18 yeas old, 5’10” tall and 175 pounds. He wore a black hoody-type sweatshirt and a black bandana over his lower face. He held the knife in his right hand, and officers later recovered its sheath from the victim’s truck.

The second suspect was a white male in his late teen’s who was 5’11”, weighed 160 pounds and had brown hair. He wore blue jeans and a gray sweatshirt.

Stolen from the victim’s truck were Kicker Solo Baric 10” speakers, an Infinity Reference 1600-watt amplifier, house keys and a garage door opener.

Anyone with information regarding this robbery or the suspects involved is encouraged to call the Crime Stoppers Tip Line at 326-5111, or to e-mail the information via the website www.inlandnorthwestcrimestoppers.org.

3/24/2008 - Spokane Valley Residential Robbery

Reward Offered In Robbery Case

Crime Stoppers has offered a cash reward for information that solves the robbery of an elderly Spokane Valley couple last month.

At about 4:30 p.m. on February 24^th, the 88-year-old husband and wife arrived at their home in the 11100 block of East 22^nd Avenue. They pulled into their garage and lowered the drive-through door.

As they opened their doors to exit the car, a male suspect crashed through the man-door and confronted the husband. The man punched the husband in the face twice and then reached across him and tried to grab the wife’s purse which was on the seat.

Unable to get the purse from the driver’s side, the suspect ran to the wife’s door and yanked the handbag away, causing her a minor injury.

The suspect ran from the garage and neighbors last saw him leaving in what is believed to have been a beige or champagne-colored four-door Volvo that was missing its fuel door/hatch. The car, driven by a female, was last seen going south from 22^nd on Skipworth Road.

The male suspect was described by witnesses as a white male in his mid-20’s who was six feet to 6’02” tall. He had a husky build, short dark hair and a goatee. The robber wore a plaid shirt or jacket and blue jeans.

The getaway driver was described as a white female with dark shoulder-length hair.

Both of the 88-year-old victims sustained facial injuries in the attack, but did not require hospitalization.

Persons with information regarding this robbery should call the Crime Stoppers Tip Line at (509) 327-5111, or forward the tip via www.crimestoppersinlandnorthwest.org.

1/10/2008 - The Spokesman-Review spotlights local cold cases.

Read about Cold Cases that are getting attention