The man who police say claimed to have a bomb and then lit a substantial fire at the Spokane County Democratic headquarters was after “elites” of any political party, he told investigators, according to a Spokane Police Department news release.
The people he actually encountered included a woman in her second day as a local Democratic volunteer and a member of the local truck Teamsters union.
Peter Yeager, 45, of Grand Coulee, was arrested on suspicion of first-degree arson, although Spokane Police Chief Craig Meidl said detectives are pursuing other charges.
At the local Democrats’ office, Yeager told several volunteers he had a bomb and one volunteer saw wires coming from his backpack, said Spokane County Democrats chair Nicole Bishop.
Spokane police say no bomb found in office of Democrats
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Man Who Claimed to Have Bomb at Headquarters of Spokane Democrats in Police Custody
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Man arrested for carrying alleged pipe bomb into Spokane County Democrats building
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The Spokane Regional Health District has received about $8 million in CARES funding distributed by the county. A
s COVID-19 made its first wave across the country, and schools and businesses shut down, Congress passed the CARES Act this spring in an effort to dampen the economic fallout of the pandemic. Spokane County received about $91 million from the $2.2 trillion stimulus bill, signed by President Donald Trump on March 27. That meant that three Spokane County commissioners Republicans Al French, Josh Kerns and Mary Kuney got to decide how to dole out money to affected businesses, government agencies and nonprofits. The money has to be spent by the end of this year.