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Danya Mercado, right, is sworn in Tuesday as the Quincy Police Department’s newest officer.
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EPHRATA — A 22-year-old Quincy man was jailed Tuesday for possessing sexually explicit images of children, according to a statement from the Grant County Sheriff’s Office.
GCSO detectives arrested Isaac N. Gutierrez at his home in the 500 block of C Street Southeast, according to the statement. The arrest was the result of an investigation that was started after detectives received a tip about someone in Grant County uploading images of children engaged in sexually explicit conduct. After a six-month investigation and several search warrants, detectives identified Gutierrez as well as the location of the images online.
Detectives served a search warrant at Gutierrez’s home, and he was taken into custody, the GCSO wrote. The Seattle Police Department loaned the GCSO its electronics detection K-9 to search the home for digital devices. SPD investigators then forensically examined those devices.
Gutierrez is lodged in the Grant County Jail for investigation of three counts of possession of depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct, according to the GCSO. The investigation is ongoing.
QUINCY — The Quincy Police Department has brought on a new recruit, according to an announcement from the department.
Danya Mercado, 27, is a 2015 graduate of Quincy High School and earned her bachelor’s degree in law and justice from Central Washington University, according to the announcement.
“I hope to be able to give back to the community I grew up in and do my part in helping keep Quincy safe,” Mercado wrote in the announcement.
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Connell woman killed in Booker Road crash
CONNELL — Charges are pending against a Kennewick man following a collision about 12 miles south of Othello that killed a Connell woman and injured three other people Tuesday evening. A Washington State Patrol press memo said intoxicating substances were a factor. Jessica Zarate, 37, Connell, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash near the intersection of SR 17 and South Booker Road, the WSP memo said. She was driving south on Booker Road approaching the intersection when her car was hit by a pickup driven by John Reiss, 62, Kennewick. Edgar Garcia Quirino, 28, Othello, was driving north on SR 17 and ran into Zarate's car, the WSP memo said. The crash occurred at about 6:40 p.m.
Wheeler Road closed because of traffic collision
UPDATE: The road was reopened as of noon, according to a GCSO media release. MOSES LAKE — Grant County Sheriff’s Office has announced there is a road closure between Road 3-NE and Road S-NE. There was a serious traffic collision. GCSO is asking for drivers to avoid the area and find alternative routes. This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.
Doors opening: The Currents will provide homeownership for more local workers
About 104 homes are planned at the former Atlas sawmill site
Teachers, nurses, firefighters and other workers who keep Coeur d’Alene running will soon have more places to buy a home in the community where they work. About 104 homes are being planned to be built at Atlas Waterfront, on roughly 10 acres that are part of a swath of land that was once home to the Atlas sawmill and is being redeveloped. Ignite CDA, the city of Coeur d’Alene’s urban renewal agency, is leading this effort.