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The jury came back with its verdict afer close to 3 1/2 days of deliberation.

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A jury found a man not guilty of beating a 2-year-old girl to death. The Spokesman-Review reports Jason Obermiller was found not guilty Wednesday of killing Adalynn Hoyt despite numerous witnesses testifying Obermiller was the last one seen with Hoyt the night before she was found dead Sept...

SPOKANE (AP) — New charges have been filed against a man accused of slapping the backsides of women along a popular hiking trail that runs through the eastern Washington city of Spokane. KXLY-TV reports that 28-year-old Jonathan Smith now faces charges in Spokane County District Court and that they carry more serious penalties...

(BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — A jury has found a Bellingham man not guilty on vehicular homicide and vehicular assault charges in connection with crashing his vehicle into four high school students in 2015. The Bellingham Herald reports the jury returned the verdict after deliberating for about five hours Wednesday in the case against 35-year-old William Jeffrey Klein...

A jury found Sebastian Looney not guilty on one count of premeditated murder Tuesday afternoon in Yakima County Superior Court. Looney was accused of killing Gary Snell and hiding the body under a porch in 2010; however, a judge declared a mistrial due to a previous robbery charge and two previous lesser murder charges...

A 49 year old man accused of trying to murder a 14-year-old girl was found not guilty Thursday by a Yakima judge. Prosecutors charged Kurt Bonser with trying to kill a 14 year old girl in February of 2010. It happened after Bonser was charged with raping the girl and getting her pregnant...