SPOKANE, WA – A multi-agency law enforcement effort known as Operation Rolling Thunder resulted in 55 arrests across Spokane County and Spokane Valley, targeting fugitives with active warrants for serious and violent crimes.
The coordinated sweep, conducted August 11–15, 2025, was led by the U.S. Marshals Service Pacific Northwest Violent Offender Task Force in partnership with the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office, Spokane Valley Police Department, and numerous state and federal agencies. Authorities cleared 51 felony warrants — 29 of which were for violent offenses — along with 38 misdemeanor warrants.
According to investigators, those taken into custody were wanted on charges ranging from homicide, kidnapping, and sexual abuse of a child to burglary, drug trafficking, unlawful possession of firearms, and failure to register as sex offenders. Several suspects were also arrested for attempting to elude officers, domestic violence offenses, and parole violations…