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NOW WANTS A STAKE IN LOCAL SUIT GROUP DEFENDS LAW ON WHICH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASE IS BASED
April 1, 1998The National Organization for Women wants to intervene in a domestic violence lawsuit filed against a prominent Spokane businessman by his former wife. NOW filed legal papers this week in Spokane afte...
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EX-BUILDING SUPPLY PRESIDENT SUED FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE UNUSUAL FEDERAL SUIT SEEKS CIVIL DAMAGES
Article 36 of 51, Article ID: 9712030060
December 3, 1997The former president of a Spokane-area building supply business is being sued for domestic violence in a unique federal lawsuit. The suit filed Tuesday seeks recognition of domestic violence as ground...
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A LION'S SHARE OF ATTENTION CAT TALES ZOO WILDLY POPULAR AFTER RECOVERY FROM SETBACKS
Article 37 of 51, Article ID: 9707280187
July 24, 1997A group of youngsters from Grant Elementary mashed their faces against an outer fence to watch Jambo the lion slide his 500-pound body off the top of his shelter. Brandy Martin, a volunteer zookeeper ...
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ROVING CON MUST SERVE LONGER TERM SENTENCED TO PRISON IN 1994, HE DIDN'T REPORT AS PROMISED
Article 38 of 51, Article ID: 9601090037
January 9, 1996A Spokane espresso shop owner who failed to report to prison in 1994 got an extra jolt Monday. Darryl Hronek, 31, who owns Capone's Espresso, 6740 N. Division, now must serve 11 years and five months ...
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FAMILY FRIEND FOUND INNOCENT ON CHARGE OF RAPING 14-YEAR-OLD
Article 39 of 51, Article ID: 9512210464
December 20, 1995A DNA expert said there was little doubt Phillip Kramer is the father of a child born to a 14-year-old Spokane girl. But a Spokane County jury on Tuesday said that wasn't enough proof to convict Krame...
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DNA TESTS AT CORE OF RAPE EVIDENCE
Article 40 of 51, Article ID: 9512080408
December 7, 1995The teenager says she's had sexual intercourse twice in her life. Both were rapes that resulted in pregnancies, she says. The girl gave the first baby - a boy born when she was 11 - up for adoption. N...
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$100,000 AWARDED EX-STUDENT \ INSURER REVEALS '93 SETTLEMENT IN SEX CASE INVOLVING TEACHER
September 1, 1995A former student who claimed she had sexual relations with the former Lewis and Clark High School choir director has received $100,000 from Spokane School District 81's insurance company. The amount p...
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CHILD RAPE CHARGES DROPPED AGAINST WOMAN \ CASE THAT WAS HOPED WOULD TEST POLYGRAPH \ ADMISSIBILITY THROWN OUT FOR LACK OF EVIDENCE
Article 42 of 51, Article ID: 9506230042
June 23, 1995The second of two first-degree child rape charges against a 51-year-old Wilbur, Wash., grandmother disintegrated in court Thursday and was dismissed. The voluntary dismissal undercut a potentially pre...
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WOMEN WORKERS POSED NUDE, SUIT SAYS \ SOME SERVED AS TOPLESS BARMAIDS AT VALLEY FIRM, EX-EMPLOYEE CHARGES
Article 43 of 51, Article ID: 9506130043
June 13, 1995A construction company president used some of the women on his payroll to pose nude for pictures or serve as topless barmaids, a former employee claims in a lawsuit. Matthew Failing claims those women...
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MAN WINS DEFAULT JUDGMENT AGAINST RUSSIAN
Article 44 of 51, Article ID: 9503180040
March 18, 1995A Spokane man won a default judgment in Superior Court against a Russian woman who sued him after their relationship went sour. The judgment Doug Richardson got against Larissa Sergievou may be of no ...
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