No retrial planned for man accused of sexual assault
The retrial for the charge of second-degree rape against Kevin A. Thompson this past June has been declared a mistrial due to a hung jury for the second time by the Spokane Superior Court.
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Edward Hay does not plan for retrial.
Thompson, 22, was convicted of criminal trespass in the first degree and possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver last November. The convictions are in the process of an appeal.
A former Eastern Washington University student, Thompson was arrested in late 2007 after an alleged sexual assault near campus.
Detectives at the time believe Thompson entered an unlocked home on North Waikiki Road after midnight on Nov. 1, 2007 and sexually assaulted a 22-year-old female.
Contact Yong Kim at yong.kim@whitworthian.com.
Escaped convict found in western Washington city
Escaped convict Philip Arnold Paul was found and arrested by authorities on Sept. 20, in Goldendale, Wash.
Paul had been missing for three days after he walked away from the Spokane County Interstate Fair on Sept. 17 where he and other patients of the Eastern State Hospital were on a monitored field trip.
Paul traveled from Spokane to Goldendale on Thursday. He is currently being held at the Yakima County jail.
New York driver accused of making explosive device
Najibullah Zazi, a shuttle bus driver, played a direct role in an alleged terror plot, according to the Associated Press,
Although Zazi has denied any part in the plan, he, his father and an imam were arrested in New York City on Saturday on charges that they were making false statements to the government.
The FBI has been questioning all three.
There have been reports that he has been in contact with alleged 9/11 terrorists.
Zazi is now in custody pending a decision by the authorities as to whether or not he was, indeed, part of a terrorist plot.
Sources: Associated Press,
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