Police Department News Releases for Thursday, August 13, 2026

3 p.m.

SPD Arrest Level III Registered Sex Offender for Failure to Register

3:45 p.m. - Officers responded after callers reported seeing two young children coming out of a tent occupied by a registered sex offender near the river.

Noon

SPD Detectives Investigating Suspicious Deaths in Northeast Spokane

12 p.m. - Spokane Police Department’s Major Crimes Unit (MCU) is investigating two suspicious deaths in the area of 5400 N. Cook St.

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Situations requiring IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE by phone from trained mental health counselors: call 988

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Social services and community resources like housing, food, and employment help: call 211

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