Cops & Courts

INCIDENT LOG

May 28

Traffic stops: 10

A Davenport woman reported a Chevy parked next to a compact roller on Hawk Creek Road.

A Davenport man reported drivers cutting through the Exxon parking lot instead of turning onto Morgan Street using the stop sign on 12th Street.

A caller reported a black SUV doing donuts in the CFN parking lot in Sprague.

A trooper from Pennsylvania asked a deputy to contact a person on the 800 block of West First Street in Davenport.

A Davenport man requested help getting his keys locked inside his van.

A Davenport woman reported an abandoned vehicle on the 37100 block of Inkster Road.

A caller said his neighbor had a large bonfire with flames “three to four telephone poles high.”

A Sprague man reported two people driving cars up and down back alleys.

May 29

Traffic stops: 17

A 62-year-old man not waking up was reported at a house in Davenport.

A Davenport man reported a loose dog on Seventh Street near Park Street.

A caller from Safeway said employees caught a local woman shoplifting.

A caller reported an abandoned corgi east of Reardan.

May 30

Traffic stops: 6

A caller reported three suspicious people across from the Chevron in Sprague.

An abandoned vehicle was reported on Highway 23 at milepost 65.

Papers were served to a woman on the 300 block of West Walnut Street in Sprague.

A fishing pole was found on Highway 28 at milepost 127.

An abandoned vehicle was reported east of the intersection of Scheibner and Sand Roads.

An elderly woman on the ground was reported in Odessa.

Loose longhorn cattle were reported on Cottonwood Creek Road.

A caller said her neighbor was yelling profanities and setting off fireworks.

A caller said their 17-year-old daughter almost hit them on the 200 block of West Summit Avenue.

An Edwall woman reported cattle on her property eating all her hay and said if the owner didn’t retrieve the cattle right away “they aren’t going to last much longer.”

A Coeur d’Alene boy said another boy he was playing Xbox with threatened to kill his stepmom and dad in Odessa.

May 31

Traffic stops: 12

A Lincoln County Jail inmate was transported to Spokane County.

A caller reported a truck driving in the wrong lane of traffic.

A caller from Wilbur Town Hall said the local park restroom’s window was broken out.

A fire was reported in Egypt.

A Wilbur woman said her ex-father-in-law came into her shop yelling at her about missing his granddaughter’s spring concert.

A caller reported an abandoned vehicle on Ritzville Warehouse property.

A Reardan man requested a welfare check on a horse on Crescent Road.

A caller reported two people trying to break into a Ford truck at a picnic area.

A caller reported a man on Highway 28 who said he was walking to Yakima.

June 1

Traffic stops: 8

A commercial burglary alarm was reported at Washington Federal in Odessa.

A caller asked if he could shoot cows that had gotten onto his property with a pellet gun.

A Seven Bays man reported a jet ski floating on Lake Roosevelt with no one on it.

A car crash was reported on Spring Canyon Road off Highway 174.

A Richland woman said a boy was granted a protection order from his father.

An Odessa man called with a question about a tenant/landlord situation.

A Davenport woman said she found a wallet in her yard on the 700 block of Maxwell Street.

Papers were served to a person on the 100 block of Railroad Avenue in Reardan.

A caller reported a possible driver under the influence on Highway 231.

A Davenport man reported a youth using a baseball bat to hit rocks and small pieces of concrete at a fire truck on the 900 block of 14th Street.

A Wilbur woman reported concerns at a local residence where the property owners were either dead or in nursing home care.

June 2

Traffic stops: 8

An Odessa man reported 30 cows on Highway 21 at Coffeepot Road.

Papers were served at an address in Odessa.

A Reardan woman said her tenant hadn’t paid rent for four months.

A caller reported a Honda stopping in the road, speeding to excessive speeds, driving into a ditch and into oncoming traffic on Highway 174.

A recklessly driven dirt bike was reported near the park in Reardan.

An Almira woman reported a man speeding in a truck up and down Fifth Street.

A caller reported a Honda swerving across the road westbound from Reardan to Davenport.

A Harrington man reported a group of vehicles drag racing on Fifth Street.

June 3

Traffic stops: 6

An Almira woman said a truck that had been driven fast in town was parked on the 500 block of Elm Street.

A Harrington man reported a deceased man in a chair in Davenport. No foul play was suspected, authorities said.

A Davenport man said a scammer selling gold showed up at his house for the third time in the last three months.

A Reardan woman said her son has a protection order from Spokane County against another student and that student possibly violated the court order.

A caller said he got in a crash in his RV on Rocklyn Road.

A caller asked to file a harassment report against his neighbor.

A Colfax man said he hadn’t been able to contact his local parents for a few days.

A disabled vehicle was reported at Sprinkle Road and Highway 2.

A caller reported a group of people riding ATV’s on the beach at Deer Meadows.

A Reardan man said a sedan drove off the embankment behind the school and into his field behind his home on the 300 block of South Central Street.

A caller claimed her ex-husband stole from her while she was in the shower.

A caller said a group of college students was partying until 4 a.m. at Jones Bay Campground.

JAIL BOOKINGS

May 29

Nicholas Dale Kuest, 26, Ritzville. Arrested by the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) on charges of first-degree kidnapping and firearm theft.

May 30

Samuel Adam Rogers, 24, Liberty Lake. Arrested by LCSO on charges of second-degree theft and third-degree driving with a suspended license.

June 2

Raymond Lee Richardson, 59, Grand Coulee. Arrested by LCSO on a charge of driving under the influence.

SUPERIOR COURT

Lincoln County Clerk

Criminal docket-May 30

Judge Jeffrey S. Barkdull

Samuel Adam Rogers was convicted of second-degree theft and sentenced to 45 days in jail. Rogers must pay $542.42 in restitution to Wilbur Auto Body.

Rielee Jean Smith, who is charged with second-degree theft, failed to appear for an arraignment. A warrant was issued for her arrest with bail set at $10,000.

Russell Darold Pick, who is charged with four counts of a domestic violence protection order violation, was found by the court to lack the capacity to assist in their own defense or understand the nature of proceedings and thereby had felony charges dismissed and civil commitment evaluation was ordered.

Nicholas Austin Berry, who was convicted of unlawful imprisonment and first-degree theft in Dec. 2020, failed to appear for a re-sentencing hearing. A warrant was issued for his arrest with bail set at $75,000.

MARRIAGE DISSOLUTIONS

Dissolutions involving persons living inside Lincoln County: 0

Dissolutions involving persons living outside Lincoln County: 19

MARRIAGE LICENSES

Lincoln County Auditor

June 2

Gary Michael Smith, 69, Warden to Siri Lynne Pfaffl, 70, Creston.

Jared Michael Eagle, 34, Almira to Tressie Marie Gray, 32, Almira.

PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS

Ron’Cal Homes in Port Orchard sold 44900 State Highway 174 North No. 52 to Allyson Beeler and Fabian Delgado of Grand Coulee for $500.

Nicholas Ramos and Ashley Clark of Hermiston transferred 44900 State Highway 174 North No. 122 to Kyle Greene of Spokane.

Tyler Best of Wilbur transferred 44415 Lupine Drive North in Wilbur to Tyler and Amanda Best of Wilbur.

Gary Van Roy of Seven Bays sold Lot 7, Block 4 of the Airport Addition to Seven Bays Estates to Bryan Galvin of Enumclaw for $270,000.

Robin Dvorak of Cheney transferred an undivided one-half interest in the West Half of Section 27, Township 23 North, Range 38 E.W.M. to Robin and Dennis Dvorak of Cheney.

Frederick Bierman Jr. and Theresa Scheib of Soap Lake sold 42650 Bauer Lane North in Deer Meadows to Jeff and Cinda Romans of Spokane Valley for $177,000.

Christopher and Cara Phillips of Harrington sold 43568 Quill Drive North in Davenport to Joshua Piper of Texas for $375,000.