Pasco man sentenced to inpatient treatment after theft, drug bust
A Pasco man with a long criminal record was ordered Tuesday to get inpatient substance abuse treatment for stealing a customer's wallet while he was working on the man's vehicle. Jesse James Monroe Flores, 30, also was busted a month later for trying …
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Medical marijuana key in custody case
Although he has an authorization to use the drug for pain from a back injury he suffered in 2007, a chemical dependency assessment trainee in Spokane recommended 30 days of inpatient drug treatment for his use of marijuana. Fisher, who said he turned …
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