Investigators Serve Search Warrants, Convicted Felons Arrested, Firearms, a Suppressor, Drugs, and

Investigators Serve Search Warrants, Convicted Felons Arrested, Firearms, a Suppressor, Drugs, and a Vehicle Seized 

Following months-long investigations into the distribution and sales of illegal and deadly drugs in our community, Spokane Valley Investigative Unit (SVIU) Detectives established probable cause to arrest two suspects for Delivery of a Controlled Substance and obtained search warrants for two separate locations. Assisted by the U.S. Marshals Service Pacific Northwest Violent Offender Task Force (PNVOTF), SWAT Team, Spokane County Sheriff’s Investigative Unit (SCIU), and RAVEN (Regional Anti-Violence Enforcement & Narcotics), SVIU Detectives served the search warrants. As a result, they arrested the two suspects and others, in addition to seizing firearms, a suppressor, illicit drugs, and a vehicle.

As part of months-long investigations into the illegal sale and distribution of controlled substances, Spokane Valley Investigative Unit (SVIU) Detectives established probable cause to charge 45-year-old Ryan L. Patterson, a 16-time Convicted Felon, with three counts of Delivery of a Controlled Substance.   Additionally, they established probable cause to arrest 36-year-old Karena R. Hansen, an 8-time Convicted Felon, for one count of Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Deliver.   They also obtained two search warrants for homes in the 800 block of S. Sherman Street and the 3100 block of N. Crestline Street.  

Information gained during this extensive investigation showed Patterson, a 16-time Convicted Felon, is known to have access to and possess weapons.   His criminal convictions include charges of Attempt to Elude LE, Possession Controlled Substance (2 counts), Possession of Stolen Vehicle, Unlawful Possession of Firearm, Criminal Mischief-Deadly Weapon, No Contact/Protection Order Violation, Tampering with a Witness, Cyberstalking, Theft 2^nd Degree, Taking a Motor Vehicle w/o Permission (2 Counts), Malicious Mischief 2^nd Degree, Assault 2^nd Degree-Deadly Weapon, Reckless Burning, Possession of Stolen Property in addition to a lengthy local criminal history that dates back to at least 1999. 

Hansen, an 8-time Convicted Felon, has convictions for Taking Motor Vehicle w/o Permission, Theft 2^nd Degree, Forgery, Complicit Possession of Stolen Property (3 counts), Possession of Stolen Property (2 counts), along with a lengthy local criminal history dating back to 2010.

On August 31, 2026, SVIU Detectives, U.S. Marshals Service Pacific Northwest Violent Offender Task Force (PNVOTF), SWAT Team, Spokane County Sheriff’s Investigative Unit (SCIU), and RAVEN (Regional Anti-Violence Enforcement & Narcotics) served the search warrants, and they took Patterson and Hansen into custody without incident.  

They contacted and arrested 29-year-old Seth J. Watson on a valid Theft 3^rd Degree arrest warrant.  Despite being asked if he had any illegal drugs on his person, which he denied, and warned about the consequences if he did, before he was brought into the jail, he made the choice not to disclose that he indeed had a bag of drugs hidden in his underwear, which Spokane County Detention Services Officers located during a thorough search.  Watson attempted to ingest the illegal contraband, but Corrections Officers quickly put an end to that ill-conceived plan.  The 2.2 grams of suspected Fentanyl Powder was seized, and Watson received an additional felony charge of Prisoner Possession of a Controlled Substance in a Jail Facility.

Saebre L. Dickenson was arrested for an active misdemeanor warrant for Criminal Trespass 2^nd Degree.  

Through this investigation, the following items were located and seized:

Patterson was booked into the Spokane County Jail on three felony charges of Delivery of a Controlled Substance, four felony counts of Unlawful Possession of a Firearm 1^st Degree, and a felony charge of Unlawful Use of a Building for Drug Purposes.  In addition, he is also being held on unrelated charges of Attempting to Elude a Law Enforcement Vehicle, Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Deliver, and a Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC) Hold.  After his court appearance on September 1, 2026, Spokane County Superior Court Commissioner T. Chavez set Patterson’s total bond at $50,000 in addition to his DOC hold, and he remains in custody.    

Hansen (AKA: Osborne) was booked into the Spokane County Jail on a felony charge of Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Deliver.  Following a court appearance on September 1, 2026, Spokane County Superior Court Commissioner T. Chavez set Hansen’s total bond at $5,000, and she remains in custody.      

Seth J. Watson was booked into the Spokane County Jail on his unrelated misdemeanor Theft 3^rd Degree warrant and a new felony charge of Prisoner Possession of a Controlled Substance in a Jail Facility.  Following a court appearance on September 1, 2026, Spokane County Superior Court Commissioner T. Chavez set Watson’s total bond at $1,000, and he remains in custody.

Saebre L. Dickenson was booked into jail on her misdemeanor Criminal Trespass 2^nd Degree warrant; however, hours later, she was released on her own recognizance by order of the court.   

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