Kevin Harpham

White Supremacist Harpham Gets 32 Years For Failed MLK Parade Bomb Attack

Ryan J. Reilly | December 20, 2011, 4:05PM

Kevin Harpham, the white supremacist who admitted to plotting a racially-motivated attack on a Martin Luther King, Jr. Day parade in Spokane, Washington in January 2011, as was sentenced to 32 years in federal prison on Tuesday.

Harpham, the Justice Department announced, will serve the rest of his life under court supervision. He pleaded guilty to two counts of a superseding indictment that charged him with attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction as well as a hate crimes charge.

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Kevin Harpham

Hate Crime Charge Added To Case Against MLK Day Bomb Suspect

Eric Lach | April 22, 2011, 2:57PM

A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Washington has added a hate crime charge to the counts facing Kevin Harpham, the man suspected of planting a bomb in a backpack along a Martin Luther King, Jr. Day parade route in Spokane, Wash.

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Spokane, Washington

Did MLK Day Bomb Suspect Leave Online Trail Of Hate?

Eric Lach | March 10, 2011, 12:38PM

Is the man accused of leaving a backpack bomb along a Martin Luther King, Jr. Day parade route a white supremacist?

Shortly after news broke Wednesday that Kevin William Harpham had been arrested in connection with the January incident in Spokane, Wash., the Southern Poverty Law Center announced that its records show Harpham was, in 2004 at least, a member of the white supremacist National Alliance.

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Kevin William Harpham

MLK Day Bomb Suspect Appears In Court

Eric Lach | March 10, 2011, 9:24AM

The man suspected of planting a backpack bomb along a Martin Luther King, Jr. Day parade route in Spokane, Wash., appeared briefly in U.S. District Court Wednesday afternoon. Kevin William Harpham, 36, had been arrested earlier in day at his house near the small community of Addy, about 50 miles north of Spokane. He is charged with one count of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction and one count of knowingly possessing an improvised explosive device.

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Spokane, Washington

SPLC: MLK Day Bomb Suspect Was Member Of Supremacist Group

Eric Lach | March 9, 2011, 4:39PM

The Southern Poverty Law Center tells The Spokesman-Review that Kevin William Harpham, the man arrested in connection with with a bomb found along a Martin Luther King Day parade route in Spokane, Wash., earlier this year, was a member of a white supremacist organization.

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Spokane, Washington

Suspect In MLK Day Bomb Charged With Attempted Use Of WMD

Eric Lach | March 9, 2011, 3:51PM

The man arrested in connection with a bomb found along a Martin Luther King Day parade route in Spokane, Wash., earlier this year is Kevin William Harpham, 36, of Colville, Wash. Harpham has been charged in U.S. District Court with one count of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction and one count of knowingly possessing an improvised explosive device.

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Spokane, Washington

Report: Feds Make Arrest In Spokane MLK Day Bomb Attempt

Eric Lach | March 9, 2011, 2:04PM

At least one person has been arrested by federal authorities in connection with a bomb found along a Martin Luther King Day parade route in Spokane, Wash., earlier this year, KHQ reports.

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U.S. Attorneys

Obama U.S. Attorney Pick Criticized Over Role In Disputed Bond Deal

Justin Elliott | March 31, 2010, 1:25PM

Mike Ormsby, President Obama's nominee to be U.S. Attorney in eastern Washington state, is being called unfit for the job by critics of his role in a 1990s bond deal that ultimately resulted in Ormsby's firm paying $1.4 million to the IRS.

Ormsby's critics, who include the former mayor of Spokane, sent a letter to President Obama and Senate leaders about a year ago when Ormsby's name was first floated for the job. Now, with Ormsby's formal nomination earlier this month, the issue is surfacing again.

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Topics: Barack Obama, IRS, K&L Gates, Mike Ormsby, Patty Murray, Spokane, Washington, U.S. Attorneys