SPOKANE – On November 2, 2025, at approximately 9:40 am, a Spokane Regional Emergency Communications (SREC) Officer notified Spokane Valley Deputies of an ALPR Alert regarding a stolen license plate. The alert provided the Washington license plate number, which was stolen from a Honda CR-V, but the picture showed it affixed to the rear of a Honda Pilot.
Deputies searched the area and eventually located the Honda Pilot with the stolen license plate in a parking lot in the 15700 block of E. Broadway Avenue. The vehicle was unoccupied, and they contacted Loss Prevention Employees to see if the store’s surveillance cameras could help identify who arrived in the car.
During the investigation, Deputies checked the Honda Pilot’s VIN and learned that it had not been reported stolen; calls to the registered owner were also unsuccessful at this point. However, they did observe a plastic gun case inside. With this information, Deputies prepared to seize the Honda as evidence and for safekeeping until they could obtain a search warrant and contact the registered owner…