Managing Editor Matt Baney sits down with Tribune reporter Dean Ferguson for Episode 68 of the Lewiston Tribune Podcast, diving into some of the most offbeat crime stories from around the readership area in 2025.

Timestamps

0:00 Intro

0:25 Dean’s ability to find offbeat crime stories

0:56 Nez Perce County inmates receive tablets

2:42 The positive effects of the tablets in the jail

3:56 Dean’s takes on the tablets in jail

5:24 The terms and conditions of the tablets in jail

8:02 Potential drawbacks of tablets in jail

10:04 Some of the security that’s in place

11:34 Baney’s favorite detail in Dean’s writeup

13:49 Dean’s final takeaway on tablets in jail

15:32 The mooning incident

20:17 The beef between private and commercial trips

22:24 What Dean will miss about the old Nez Perce County courthouse

29:26 Dean’s complaint about the new courthouse

31:22 Store clerk and dispatchers bring attention to possible kidnapping

35:52 Kidnapping charges dropped

38:30 Crazy calls to law enforcement

39:47 Dean’s big foot story

42:12 That fateful night at Skippers