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.

 

The owner of a husky-mix found wandering Deer Park with a collar embedded in his neck has been charged with second-degree animal cruelty and confinement in an unsafe manner Tuesday.

The dog, Nanook, was found Friday, Jan. 25 with a wound around its neck “consistent with a collar or cable being embedded over a long period of time,” according to Spokane County Regional Animal Protection Service. Nancy Hill, executive director for SCRAPS, believes that Nanook was tied around the neck outside “most of the time,” indicating it was unlikely he was hardly ever let off of the tether.

Nanook's owner, Ray L. Lafountain claimed the dog and released it to SCRAPS. Nanook has been adopted by a Spokane resident who reached out through SCRAPS' volunteer network. Hill said Nanook's new owner “can work with the dog's special medical needs.”

“We encourage everyone to fence their yard rather than tethering a dog so this kind of injury doesn't happen,” Hill said.

While Spokane's newest STCU branch faced a setback this past August, it is still on track to open in November.

On August 7th, a fire at the construction site damaged the east side of the building. The Spokane Fire Department called that fire suspicious, but no one has been arrested.

Dan Hansen of STCU says the fire did not halt construction or affect their schedule. Walker Construction had been ahead of schedule for the branch.

Once complete, the new 4,096-square-foot Moran Prairie STCU located at 5711 S. Hailee Lane will employ 7 people.