Bruce Spanner
Party: NA
Candidate for: Superior Court Judge Pos. 1
Incumbent? No
Age: 53
Hometown: Richland
Occupation: Attorney
50-word statement: Spanner's extensive experience, balanced perspective and passion for service means he will be a fair and effective judge.
Diverse practice for 23 years, including as Judge Pro Tem and arbitrator.
Clients include large and small corporations, individuals and government.
Countless volunteer hours, civic leadership demonstrate a proven passion for service.
Three priorities:
1) To serve my community as an objective, well prepared and effective judge.
2) To treat all litigants with dignity, respect and understanding.
3) To uphold the law fairly, without a personal agenda.
Web site: www.brucespanner.com
E-mail address: b.spanner@verizon.net
Phone number: 509-375-3251
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Meghan Spanner and Steven "Zack" Chalk, both of Richland, were married July 16 at the Moore Mansion in Pasco. The Honorable Judge Bruce Spanner officiated.
She is the daughter of Mary and Judge Bruce Spanner of Richland. He is the son of Tomi and Steven Chalk of West Richland.
Honor attendants were Ketra Isaacson and Brandon Slack. Other attendants were Julie Baker, Ariel Linn, Travis Chalk, Shane Brown and DJ Stanhope.
Superior Court judge steps down from sentencing
Superior Court judge steps down from sentencing
Defense attorneys asked a judge Thursday to excuse himself from sentencing a Benton City man convicted of severely injuring two motorcyclists in a July crash.
Superior Court Judge Bruce Spanner agreed to step down on the Benton County case of Chad Michael Sehnert.
The motion, filed just a couple hours before the afternoon hearing, didn't give a detailed reason for the request to change the judge.
Judge sentences child rapist to 11 years
Judge sentences child rapist to 11 years
A Benton County judge said Friday that an 11-year prison sentence for a convicted rapist isn't nearly enough after hearing a young girl testify about being repeatedly violated.
Judge Bruce Spanner said he was offended that Patrick Gale Wilson could commit such a "heinous crime," but noted that he was limited by sentencing guidelines and only could order 11 years and four months at the top of the range.
How much time Wilson actually spends behind bars above the mandatory minimum is up to him since the sex crime makes it an indeterminate sentence, Spanner said. Wilson's eventual release date will be decided by the state Indeterminate Sentence Review Board.
Man pleads innocent to biting off part of man's ear in fight at bar
Man pleads innocent to biting off part of man's ear in fight at bar
A 23-year-old man pleaded innocent to allegations that he bit off part of a man's ear during a fight outside a downtown Kennewick bar.
Erik Pelayo-Vera faces an April 9 trial for second-degree assault.
During the Jan. 8 incident, Pelayo-Vera allegedly tore off part of Logan Booth's ear.
Retaliation lawsuit starts for former KID worker
Retaliation lawsuit starts for former KID worker
Testimony is to start today for a former Kennewick Irrigation District employee who claims he was fired in 2008 in retaliation for complaining about a board member's alleged misconduct.
Brad Wellenbrock's lawsuit in Benton County Superior Court, which seeks unspecified damages, centers on Loren Watts, a contractor in the Tri-Cities, who was on the KID board in 2007 before resigning later that year.
The lawsuit filed last August claims Watts' company, Watts Construction, "deliberately damaged" a KID water system turnout in order to install irrigation water service for Antoinette Burnside in Kennewick.
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