Thursday, July 14, 2016
Pokémon GO, promotions within SPD, prison guard caught stealing from Dollar Tree and other morning headlines
ON INLANDER.COM
• Two longtime Spokane County Jail physicians left the adult medical unit after a for-profit health care provider took over.
• A retired SPD sergeant doesn't like what he's seeing with the new promotions among the department's top brass. "Political cronyism at its worst," he says.
• Pokémon GO is everywhere.
IN OTHER NEWS:
• Spokane County Prosecutor Larry Haskell announced that his office is cracking down on drunk drivers — implementing a new DUI policy for the first time in 20 years. (Spokesman-Review)
• An Airway Heights prison guard was arrested by Cheney police for allegedly robbing a Dollar Tree last week. Officers noted similarities between the July 9 robbery and another robbery that happened at the same store in May 2015. (KXLY)
• The U.S. Senate passed a bill to fight the growing opioid and heroin epidemic. The bill will now make its way to President Obama's desk, who is expected to sign it.
• U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg apologized for her critical comments about Donald Trump. RGB called Trump a "faker" and said she couldn't (and didn't want) to imagine a world in which Trump was president. She's since said those comments were "ill-advised."
• Three candidates for Spokane County Commission.
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About The Author
Mitch Ryals
Mitch covers cops, crime and courts for the Inlander. He moved to Spokane in 2015 from his hometown of St. Louis, and is a graduate of the University of Missouri. He likes bikes, beer and baseball. And coffee. He dislikes lemon candy, close-mindedness and liars. And temperatures below 40 degrees.
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