Whitman County Sheriff’s K-9 passes away
IAN SMAY, Evergreen news editor
May 8, 2018
Filed under Crime, Local, News, Pullman Community, Safety
Whitman County Sheriff's Office announced the death of their narcotics dog Unix over the weekend. Veterinarians diagnosed the 9-year-old German Shepherd with an aggressive form of cancer during a check-up the previous week, Whitman County Sheriff Brett Myers said. Unix died suddenly in his sleep overnight...
Student sues for handling of racist incidents
IAN SMAY, Evergreen news editor
May 7, 2018
Filed under Administration, Crime, Greek, News
A student has filed a lawsuit in federal court against WSU for its handling of an alleged racial incident at a fraternity in February 2015. Dominique Stewart, a then-18-year-old African-American student at WSU, attended a party at the Phi Delta Theta fraternity on Feb. 21, 2015, when a member of the ...
Seattle man stabbed at Willow Place Apartments over weekend
IAN SMAY, Evergreen reporter
April 30, 2018
Filed under Crime, News, Pullman Community, WSU Pullman campus
An unknown suspect allegedly stabbed a 19-year-old Seattle man, who is not a WSU student, in the chest during a confrontation Friday night at the Willow Place Apartments. Pullman Police received two calls just before 8 p.m. Friday night, Pullman PD Cmdr. Chris Tennant said. One call came from some...
Two officers suspended after an alleged assault of WSU student
IAN SMAY, Evergreen reporter
April 20, 2018
Filed under Crime, Local, News, Pullman Community, Top-feature
Both Pullman and WSU police departments placed one of their sergeants on administrative leave after a WSU student claimed an officer sexually assaulted her. Pullman Police Cmdr. Chris Tennant and WSU Assistant Chief of Police Steve Hansen both confirmed their departments had placed a sergeant on administrative...
Student faces attempted rape, extortion charges
IAN SMAY, Evergreen reporter
April 4, 2018
Filed under Crime, News, Pullman Community
WSU Police arrested a student late Sunday for attempted rape and extortion, according to WSU Police and the Whitman County Prosecutor’s Office. Police arrested 24-year-old Urijah Willis just before midnight on Sunday after a woman, who is also a WSU student, claimed he had threatened to post personal...
WSU employee arrested on child pornography charges
REBECCA WHITE, Evergreen asst. news editor
March 30, 2018
Filed under Crime, News, WSU Pullman campus
Pullman police arrested a WSU employee for child pornography charges on campus Friday morning. The employee, Robert Marshall Long, 56, who works as a research technician in the Institute of Biological Chemistry on campus, was arrested in his office in Clark Hall, according to a Pullman Police Department...
Sheriff arrests two in Albion for meth
IAN SMAY, Evergreen reporter
March 27, 2018
The Whitman County Sheriff’s Office arrested two 59-year-olds, one man and one woman, for possession of methamphetamines in Albion early Sunday morning. While working on a separate case in Albion on Saturday, deputies received information that two individuals possessed meth in their home, Whitman...
Judge sentences Pullman teen to 25 years
IAN SMAY, Evergreen reporter
March 26, 2018
A Latah County District Court judge sentenced 17-year-old Keagan Tennant to the maximum sentence of 25 years in prison Thursday for the shooting death of a Pullman teen last summer. Judge John Stegner sentenced Tennant, Latah County Prosecutor Bill Thompson said. Tennant must serve at least five years ...
Former RA pleads guilty to bomb threats
IAN SMAY, Evergreen reporter
March 22, 2018
The former WSU resident adviser who made multiple bomb threats in Stimson residence hall pleaded guilty in Whitman County Superior Court last Thursday. Jose Tecuatl, 18, pleaded guilty to a single charge. When he accepted the plea deal, prosecutors dropped two additional charges, KXLY reported. Tecuatl...
Athlete sues over lost scholarship
IAN SMAY, Evergreen reporter
March 19, 2018
Filed under Administration, Crime, News, Top-feature
Former WSU football player Zaire Webb sued Head Coach Mike Leach, the university and three administrators over his dismissal from the team in October of last year. Webb filed the lawsuit March 2 with the Whitman County Superior Court. The suit names WSU, Leach, Senior Financial Aid Adviser Andrew...
‘Family man’ SWAT commander wins officer of the year
ZARA CRUDEN, Evergreen reporter
March 6, 2018
Filed under Crime, Local, News, Pullman Community, Showcase
Ruben Harris has served the Pullman Police Department for 19 years, and during that time he has played the role of the officer who inspired him when he was young. Harris first realized he wanted to join the police force at 14, when a Bellevue officer pulled up to where he and his brother were shooting...
County coroner confirms psychologist’s death a suicide
IAN SMAY, Evergreen reporter
February 23, 2018
Filed under Crime, Local, News, Safety
The Whitman County coroner confirmed Thursday morning that a Pullman psychologist who surrendered himself to police and was booked on a charge of raping one of his patients died of suicide by hanging. Dean Funabiki, 67, turned himself in to police at the request of investigators and accompanied by...
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