SPOKANE, WA – A 39-year-old man was arrested early Tuesday morning after fleeing Spokane County Sheriff’s Deputies and violating a domestic violence protection order.
At approximately 3:25 a.m. on May 27, 2025, deputies responded to a welfare check in the area of West Wedgewood and North Stevens Street. The report involved a possible violation of a court-issued Domestic Violence No Contact Order by Zachary J. Hawthorne, who was reportedly near the protected person’s home and driving a black Acura.
Deputies were familiar with Hawthorne and noted he was a convicted felon with an active felony warrant from the Washington State Department of Corrections. He had also made recent threats of self-harm and posted a photo of himself with a firearm. The protection order prohibited him from contacting the protected person or being within 1,000 feet of their residence…