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Solicitor falsely using EWU to collect money

Submitted by Camille Troxel on Tuesday, May 21st, 5:44 pm
Solicitor falsely using EWU to collect money

Eastern Washington University received reports today that someone is using the University as a rouse to collect monetary donations in the Spokane Valley.

Reports say the someone claiming to be participating in a fundraiser for the Communications Studies Program has been soliciting money door-to-door. However, EWU has not authorized a fundraiser and has no knowledge of one happening in the Communications Studies department or any other department on campus. 

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Authorities trying to identify stolen jewelry

Submitted by Joseph Suttner, Producer
Friday, March 29th, 2013, 2:39pm
Authorities trying to identify stolen jewelry

The Spokane County Sheriff's Office is asking for your help in identifying recovered stolen jewely. 

On Wednesday, March 27, Spokane Valley Property Crimes Detectives served a search warrant near the 14100 block of E. 23rd Ave. An investigation found this home to be connected to several residential burglaries where several jewelry items were stolen. 

In the home, detectives recovered several stolen pieces. 21-year-old Vyacheslav Znovets and 25-year-old Marina Florianovich were both arrested at the scene. Znovets was booked into the Spokane County Jail for Residential Burglary and Florianovich was booked for Trafficking In Stolen Property.

Photographs of the recovered jewelry are available for viewing on the Sheriff's Office Facebook page. If you crecognize any of the recovered items you are asked to contact Detective Darin Staley at 509-477-3363. Reference incident #95366.

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SVCGET Make Arrest

Submitted by Camille Troxel on Thursday, March 28th, 12:25 pm
SVCGET Make Arrest

 

The Spokane Violent Crime Gang Enforcement Team arrested a man in the Spokane Valley on Wednesday, March 27th after large quantities of methamphetamine was found in the suspect's home.

 

SVCGE acted on information that the suspect, Todd A. Sawyer, was involved in controlled substances. Police were able to search his residence due to his probation status. Evidence inside the home tested positive for methamphetamine.

 

Sawyer was booked for Possession of Controlled Substance with the Intent to Distribute. He is a nine time convicted felon for both drug and fire arm related charges.

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Robbery Suspects Wanted

Submitted by PRESS RELEASE on Thursday, March 28th, 12:07 pm
Robbery Suspects Wanted

 

Spokane County Sheriff's Major Crimes Detective Mike Ricketts is asking for the public's assistance in locating two suspects wanted for 1st Degree Robbery and 1st Degree Burglary.  29-year-old Ryan W. Marchand and 32-year-old Tylene J. Jones-Achziger  are both wanted for these charges stemming from an incident that took place on March 16, 2013, near the area of 6700 N. Atlantic. Marchand has a $50,000 bond and Jones-Achziger has a $100,000 bond for the listed felony charges.  Anyone with information as to their whereabouts is asked to contact Detective Ricketts at 509-477-6646.
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Reward Offered in Sports Card Burglary

Submitted by Camille Troxel on Tuesday, March 26th, 11:30 am
Reward Offered in Sports Card Burglary

 

Allan Bisson has been involved in sports card trading for 20 years and has owned his shop, Spokane Valley Sportscards, for the last seven. For Bisson its always been a fun part of life but after his shop was robbed on Friday, March 23rd he's having trouble enjoying his hobby.

Sometime Friday night the side window was broken and thieves made off with upwards of 1,000 sports cards. Shelves were smashed and cases torn apart in the process. Bisson says the most valuable cards taken were his vintage Mickey Mantle cards that date back to the late 1950s and are worth between $800 and $1200 each.

Bisson thinks the cards may pop up on sites like craigslist and eBay but that it's unlikely that someone will try to sell them to any of the other local card shops. He specualtes that since many of the his autographed celebrity cards were taken that whoever broke in may just keep them for their personal collection.

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Car prowlers targeting Centennial trail-heads

Submitted by PRESS RELEASE on Monday, March 18th, 4:02 pm
Car prowlers targeting Centennial trail-heads

Over the past couple of weeks there have been multiple reports of vehicle prowlings occurring at trail-heads along the Centennial Trail.  These incidents are taking place in the parking lots where victims have left valuables in plain view inside their vehicles.  These items include electronics such as I-pads and GPS units, wallets, purses, brief cases and other valuables left out in the open.

The Sheriff's Office would like to remind the public to either lock these valuables inside the trunk of their vehicle or leave them at home.  As always, anyone witnessing suspicious activity at these trail-heads is urged to either call 911 or Crime Check at 509-456-2233.

 
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It’s a spoof! The Attorney General’s Office is not sending you stock tips

Submitted by PRESS RELEASE on Friday, March 8th, 3:32 pm

 

It can happen to anyone. Spoofers have targeted two well-respected consumer protection agencies in an attempt to harm the very people those agencies protect.

In mid-January, the Federal Trade Commission warned people that scammers had sent e-mail messages that appeared to be from the FTC to thousands of businesses claiming that people had complained about them. The email included a link or attachment to a document including more information. The goal? Entice frazzled business owners to click on the link or attachment then dump malware on their computer.

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