By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Justice finally caught up with Scott Rhodes, a man who lived briefly in Sandpoint while conducting a yearslong campaign of hate through racist robocalls directed …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The former Sandpoint man who allegedly plagued individuals and businesses around the country — including the Reader and Publisher Ben Olson — with thousands of …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Scott Rhodes, a former Sandpoint resident and last known to be living in Libby, Mont., has been fined almost $10 million by the Federal Communications …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Since 2015, Sandpoint area residents have received anonymous robocalls attacking a range of targets, including Sandpoint Mayor Shelby Rognstad and, beginning in September 2018, Sandpoint …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Sandpoint Mayor Shelby Rognstad is no stranger to hate mail — or hateful robocalls, for that matter. Even before he won election in 2015, Rognstad …
By Ben Olson and Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
A series of racist robocalls made national news last week, each claiming to have been paid for by a video blog called …
By Ben Olson and Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
The man suspected by Sandpoint Police for distributing racist propaganda late last year appears to be responsible for racist and anti-Semitic robocalls …
By Cameron Rasmusson and Ben Olson
Reader Staff
New revelations about Scott Rhodes, the person of interest in a racist propaganda campaign investigation, continue to pile up.
According to research …
By Cameron Rasmusson and Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Scott Rhodes, the person of interest in the distribution of racist propaganda at Sandpoint High School, has been investigated by another police …
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