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Deadly rampage rattles Seattle

SEATTLE -- A city already anxious about a recent spate of shootings was rattled further when a man walked into an arts cafe near the University of Washington and opened fire, fatally wounding four people. Police say he later killed a woman during a carjacking before shooting himself.

Date: 05/31/2012 | Northwest


No tribes can afford new federal sentencing law

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- American Indian tribes authorized to triple the amount of time tribal members can spend in jail say they're challenged by a lack of funding.

Date: 05/31/2012 | Nation & World


A life cut short by violence

Vigil honors Arizona girl slain by Everett woman

Date: 05/31/2012 | Local News


Terrace police share tips for foiling crime

MOUNTLAKE TERRACE -- Listen to your Spidey sense.That's when the little hairs on the back of your neck rise when you sense there is trouble."One hundred percent of the time, trust those feelings," said Sgt. Pat Lowe of the Mountlake Terrace Police Department.

Date: 05/31/2012 | Local News


Woman calls 911 to report husband's death

VANCOUVER, Wash. -- The Clark County sheriff's office says deputies who responded to a 911 call from a woman who said she had murdered her husband found an adult man dead in the Vancouver, Wash.-area home.

Date: 05/30/2012 | Northwest


Rapist brought from Colorado to face charges here

EVERETT -- U.S. Marshals recently escorted a convicted rapist from a Colorado prison to Snohomish County, where the man faces charges for a 2008 attack on a Lynnwood teen.

Date: 05/30/2012 | Local News


Diners gird for California foie gras ban

This is not a good time to be a duck with a fatty liver in California, though better times lie just ahead.

Date: 05/30/2012 | Nation & World


Suspect sought in Everett robbery; school locked down

EVERETT -- The Everett Police Department is looking for help in catching the suspect in an armed robbery.The holdup occurred around 9 a.m. Wednesday when a man armed with a handgun robbed the Smoke Shack in the 1000 block of Broadway in north Everett, according to police reports.

Date: 05/30/2012 | Local News


Oregon county releases inmates amid budget cuts

GRANTS PASS, Ore. -- Dozens of inmates ran whooping from a small town jail into the sunshine Wednesday after a cash-strapped county in Oregon's timber region was forced to release them amid budget cuts.

Date: 05/30/2012 | Northwest


Settlement reached on remaining sex abuse cases in Spokane

SPOKANE -- Parishioners of Catholic churches in Spokane are being asked to contribute another $1.5 million toward a broad legal settlement to help resolve clergy sex abuse claims that have dogged the diocese for a decade.

Date: 05/30/2012 | Northwest


2 home-invasion robberies in Spokane

SPOKANE -- There were two home-invasion robberies overnight in Spokane, and a homeowner was wounded in one of them.Police say two robbers entered a home late Tuesday night and shot a homeowner in the leg. He was one of three adults and two children in the home.

Date: 05/30/2012 | Northwest


4 arrested after Kennewick gang shooting

KENNEWICK -- Police on a gang emphasis patrol were nearby when shots were fired Tuesday night at a bus stop in Kennewick.Officers quickly arrested four people and recovered a gun that was tossed in a driveway.KEPR reported that two gang members had opened fire on two rivals.

Date: 05/30/2012 | Northwest


Police seek 'takeover' robbers

SPOKANE -- Spokane police are looking for the suspects involved in a "takeover robbery" of a McDonald's restaurant on the South Hill.The robbery occurred just after 10 p.m. last Friday, but police only released the information Wednesday.

Date: 05/30/2012 | Northwest


Arlington man’s death may be manslaughter case

ARLINGTON -- Detectives are investigating the death of an Arlington man as a potential case of manslaughter.John L. Oster, 57, died May 9, a day after he was reportedly punched by a co-worker.

Date: 05/30/2012 | Local News


Mill Creek home damaged by fire; no injuries

MILL CREEK -- No one was home at a house that caught fire in Mill Creek about 3:30 p.m. Tuesday.Neighbors reported smoke coming from the eaves of the home in the 3100 block of 138th Street SE, said Autumn Waite, spokeswoman for Snohomish County Fire District 7.

Date: 05/30/2012 | Local News


2 arrests, 1 sought in Shelton double killing

SHELTON, Wash. (AP) -- Police in Shelton have arrested two people in a double homicide but say they're still looking for a third person in the shooting.

Date: 05/29/2012 | Northwest


Couple acquitted in 'caged children' case

Associated PressVANCOUVER -- Jurors took just four hours Tuesday to acquit a couple who had been charged with unlawful imprisonment for keeping two young autistic boys in a dark room with a cage-like door.

Date: 05/29/2012 | Northwest


Man, 19, charged in ex-girlfriend's death

SEATTLE -- A 19-year-old Washington man accused of killing is 17-year-old ex-girlfriend, setting fire to her house and fleeing the state has been charged with first-degree murder and arson.

Date: 05/29/2012 | Northwest


3 injured in Bellingham home-invasion robbery

BELLINGHAM -- Two masked men armed with a rifle invaded a home early Tuesday in Bellingham, tied up five residents and ransacked the house.Police were called by a sixth resident who managed to escape.

Date: 05/29/2012 | Northwest


Detectives investigating Puyallup double-killing

PUYALLUP -- The Pierce County Medical Examiner has identified two men found fatally shot at a home in Puyallup’s South Hill neighborhood.KOMO-TV reports that the victims were identified Tuesday as 36-year-old Jeffrey Poling and 32-year-old Travis Dennis.

Date: 05/29/2012 | Northwest


Woman injured during I-5 chase sues county, deputies

EVERETT -- Three Snohomish County sheriff's deputies are being sued by an Everett woman whose arm was nearly ripped off in 2010 when a felon trying to outrun the deputies crashed into her van on I-5.

Date: 05/29/2012 | Local News


Woman allegedly punched man, aimed for pacemaker

TULALIP -- The man said his attacker knew what she was doing.He accused her of punching him in the chest hard enough to cause his pacemaker to malfunction.The man, 56, told police the woman is a former kickboxer who knew how to punch -- hard.

Date: 05/29/2012 | Local News


Man accused of threatening governor called ‘delusional’

EVERETT -- An Everett man accused of sending threatening emails to Gov. Chris Gregoire earlier this month might have mental health issues, according to the Washington State Patrol.

Date: 05/29/2012 | Local News


Children permitted at state prison powwows

WALLA WALLA -- Graysun Sherwood lay sprawled across his grandmother's lap, a red Kool-Aid stain ringing his mouth.

Date: 05/29/2012 | Northwest


2 dead in Pierce County home

TACOMA -- Police are investigating the deaths of two men found with gunshot wounds in a Pierce County home.

Date: 05/29/2012 | Northwest


ATM skimmer sentenced to four years in prison

SEATTLE -- A Sammamish man arrested last year while attempting to retrieve a skimming device from an Everett cash machine was sentenced Friday to four years in federal prison.

Date: 05/26/2012 | Local News


Police patrols to target drivers not wearing seatbelts

EVERETT -- Police are reminding people to buckle up.Officers from around Snohomish County plan to participate in the "Click It or Ticket" campaign looking for unbuckled drivers and passengers.

Date: 05/26/2012 | Local News


Judge won't preside in trial in Ark. lotto dispute

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- An Arkansas judge who ordered a new trial in a lawsuit over a $1 million lottery ticket that a woman says she mistakenly discarded announced Friday that he won't preside over.

Date: 05/25/2012 | Nation & World


Some heirlooms recovered from obituary burglaries

MARYSVILLE -- They know they're not likely to get back most of what they lost, but a Marysville couple are celebrating what detectives have been able to recover from a March burglary committed while they attended a loved one's funeral.

Date: 05/25/2012 | Local News


Everett man arrested for alleged threats against Gov. Gregoire

EVERETT -- Washington State Patrol detectives on Friday arrested an Everett man for reportedly threatening to kill the governor.

Date: 05/25/2012 | Local News


Boat that sank, killing 1, was overloaded with metal

EVERETT -- A boat that capsized off the Everett waterfront May 14 killing one occupant was overloaded with scrap metal, officials said Friday.The heavy load apparently caused the accident, city spokeswoman Kate Reardon said.

Date: 05/25/2012 | Local News


N.J. man charged with murdering boy in 1979

NEW YORK -- Thirty-three years to the day after 6-year-old Etan Patz vanished without a trace while walking to catch a school bus, a man accused of strangling him and dumping his body with the trash was arraigned on a murder charge on Friday in a locked hospital ward where he was being held as a...

Date: 05/25/2012 | Nation & World


Murder charges expected to be dropped in stabbing

EVERETT -- Murder charges against two women were expected to be dropped Friday while detectives continue to investigate last month's stabbing death of an Everett man.

Date: 05/25/2012 | Local News


Bus driver taking kids to Disneyland arrested

SALT LAKE CITY -- An alert police officer who boarded a bus full of recent Utah high school graduates headed to Disneyland averted what could have been a deadly road trip after arresting the driver for suspicion of being under the influence of drugs, authorities said Friday.

Date: 05/25/2012 | Nation & World


Fugitive Watch

The state Department of Corrections' Everett office has felony warrants for the following offenders. If you have information about them, call police or the Department of Corrections at 425-290-3200. Callers do not have to give their names. Kirk TuttAge: 44

Date: 05/25/2012 | Sirens


Onetime top football prospect seeks exoneration

LONG BEACH, Calif. -- In the summer of 2002, Brian Banks' future looked bright: He was a 17-year-old high school football star being heavily recruited by a number of colleges. But in a single day that changed with the accusations of kidnapping and rape by a female student.

Date: 05/25/2012 | Nation & World


Lynnwood students going to court

LYNNWOOD -- About 800 fifth-graders are headed to court Thursday.

Date: 05/25/2012 | Local News


Semi rolls over on I-5 onramp in Everett

EVERETT -- No injuries were reported after a semi truck rolled over in Everett on Thursday.The accident was reported about 12:40 p.m. at the onramp to southbound I-5 from the Boeing Freeway, officer Aaron Snell said.

Date: 05/25/2012 | Local News


Scherf’s trial for murder delayed to 2013

EVERETT -- The death penalty trial for an inmate accused of murdering Monroe corrections officer Jayme Biendl will not happen this year.

Date: 05/24/2012 | Local News


Pot-growing Everett father gets 4 years in prison

EVERETT -- An Everett man convicted of illegally growing marijuana and involving his children in his indoor pot farm was sentenced to more than four years in prison Thursday.

Date: 05/24/2012 | Local News


Everett homicide suspect arrested in Bellingham

BELLINGHAM -- A man wanted in connection with an Everett homicide was arrested after he was caught shoplifting about $239 in clothing from a Bellis Fair mall store, police said.

Date: 05/24/2012 | Local News


Manhunt ends in arrest after armed standoff involving 3

MOUNTLAKE TERRACE -- Police believe a drug deal gone bad led to an armed standoff among three people at a Mountlake Terrace home Wednesday.The incident touched off a massive manhunt for one of the gunmen.Mountlake Terrace police Cmdr. Doug Hansen said it was fortunate no one was shot.

Date: 05/24/2012 | Local News


A K9 in space?

Monroe police dog's ashes may be in orbit

Date: 05/24/2012 | Local News


AWOL Muslim soldier guilty in Fort Hood bomb plot

WACO, Texas -- A federal jury on Thursday convicted a Muslim soldier on six charges in connection with a failed plot to blow up a Texas restaurant full of Fort Hood troops, his religious mission to get “justice” for the people of Iraq and Afghanistan.

Date: 05/24/2012 | Nation & World


Food stamp fraud raising concerns

WASHINGTON -- Food stamp recipients are ripping off the government for millions of dollars by illegally selling their benefit cards for cash -- sometimes even in the open, on eBay or Craigslist -- and then asking the government for replacement cards.

Date: 05/24/2012 | Nation & World


Teen attacked on Maple Valley trail

MAPLE VALLEY -- A 15-year-old girl told King County sheriff's deputies she was attacked by two men about 8 p.m. Wednesday while walking on the Lake Wilderness Trail near Maple Valley.

Date: 05/24/2012 | Northwest


3 armed men kick down door, rob Tacoma home

TACOMA -- Police are looking for three men who robbed a family home early Thursday in Tacoma.Police say the men kicked down a door just before 2 a.m. while the family was sleeping. They brought family members to the living room -- two men, two women and three children.

Date: 05/24/2012 | Northwest


Ark. judge orders new trial in lotto ticket suit

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- An Arkansas judge on Thursday ordered a new trial to decide who can claim a $1 million scratch-off lottery ticket prize, a little more than three weeks after he ruled that a woman who said she bought the ticket but mistakenly discarded it was entitled to the money.

Date: 05/24/2012 | Nation & World


Sex offender to be released from McNeil Island

WALLA WALLA -- A man who was convicted of molesting a child in Walla Walla County in 1995 and who has been held nearly two years at the Special Commitment Center on McNeil Island will be released Friday.

Date: 05/24/2012 | Northwest


$2,700 restitution in bulldog ransom case

KELSO -- A judge has ordered the people who tried to ransom a bulldog in Woodland to pay $2,700 in restitution.

Date: 05/24/2012 | Northwest


Suspect arrested shortly after bank robbery

LAKE STEVENS -- A suspected bank robber was arrested Wednesday shortly after the holdup.Lake Stevens police were alerted about 11 a.m. to a robbery at Union Bank at 909 Frontage Road, Sgt. Ron Brooks said.

Date: 05/24/2012 | Local News


Watch Monroe firefighter attempt record run

MONROE -- People are invited to watch a Snohomish County firefighter aim to beat a world record next week.Fire District 1 firefighter Tony Robinson, 44, of Monroe, is a lifelong runner.About seven years ago, he started doing one-mile runs in full firefighting gear, he said.

Date: 05/24/2012 | Local News


2 1/2 years for fatal wreck

Mother sentenced for drunken crash that killed son

Date: 05/24/2012 | Local News


Unabomber submits update to Harvard alumni book

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Harvard University's alumni association says it regrets including the Unabomber's references to his convictions in a directory for his 50th class reunion this week.

Date: 05/23/2012 | Nation & World


Somali man charged with 4 murders in N.D.

FARGO, N.D. -- A Somali man charged in the fatal shooting of a 19-year-old woman in northwest North Dakota is now accused of killing her mother, brother and the mother's boyfriend, who were found dead the same day in mobile home across town.

Date: 05/23/2012 | Nation & World


Investigation launched into veterans charity

HELENA, Mont. -- U.S. Sen. Max Baucus of Montana said Wednesday that the legislative finance committee that he chairs is launching an investigation into a charity it suspects may be exploiting veterans.

Date: 05/23/2012 | Nation & World


Man breaks into Kan. TV station, stabs 2 workers

TOPEKA, Kan. -- A man wielding a knife broke into a Kansas television station Wednesday morning and stabbed two sales employees.

Date: 05/23/2012 | Nation & World


N.Y. bride who faked cancer sentenced to time served

GOSHEN, N.Y. -- A woman who faked having cancer so donors would pay for her “dream wedding” and Caribbean honeymoon was released from jail Wednesday after paying back more than $13,000 to the people she duped.

Date: 05/23/2012 | Nation & World


Woman allegedly charged $470 on dead aunt's card

MILL CREEK -- A Mill Creek woman was arrested Tuesday for allegedly using her dead aunt's credit card to spend more than $470.The woman, 41, was booked into Snohomish County Jail for investigation of second-degree identity theft.

Date: 05/23/2012 | Local News


Monsignor: Cardinal wanted accusers kept in dark

PHILADELPHIA -- A Roman Catholic church official conceded that a 1994 list he compiled of 35 priests suspected of sexually abusing children in the Philadelphia archdiocese included some "pretty sick individuals."

Date: 05/23/2012 | Nation & World


Scotland Yard deploys mobile fingerprint devices

LONDON -- Scotland Yard says it's equipping its police officers with handheld fingerprint devices, something the force says will help identify suspects in a matter of seconds.

Date: 05/23/2012 | Nation & World


Walla Walla Penitentiary population growing

WALLA WALLA -- Cutbacks in some parts of the Washington state prison system are sending more inmates to the Washington state Penitentiary at Walla Walla.

Date: 05/23/2012 | Northwest


Thieves steal $120K in bikes from team before race

BOISE, Idaho -- Thieves took an estimated $120,000 worth of racing bicycles from a professional women's cycling team that's trying to get its top rider to the 2012 London Olympics.

Date: 05/23/2012 | Northwest


Man sought for questioning in hit-and-run on deputy

EVERETT -- Snohomish County sheriff's detectives are hoping someone can identify a man who might have information about a hit-and-run involving a motorcycle patrol deputy on May 7.

Date: 05/23/2012 | Local News


Speaking up for tribal women

Tulalip leader lobbies for protection for women

Date: 05/23/2012 | Local News


18 years for wife's killing

Man shot victim 8 times in their Lynnwood-area home

Date: 05/22/2012 | Local News


Marysville police officer charged in daughter's death

EVERETT -- A two-month investigation has led Snohomish County prosecutors to file a manslaughter charge against a Marysville police officer whose 7-year-old daughter was accidentally shot to death by her 3-year-old brother.

Date: 05/22/2012 | Local News


Marysville police use robot to end standoff

MARYSVILLE -- Police on Saturday used a breadbox-sized robot to persuade an armed assault suspect to surrender.Around 4:30 a.m. Saturday, the Marysville police SWAT team surrounded an apartment where a man was hiding after reportedly threatening to kill his ex-girlfriend.

Date: 05/22/2012 | Local News


Police report Level 3 sex offender living near Startup

SULTAN -- Police are warning neighbors about a convicted sex offender who will be living in the Sultan area.

Date: 05/21/2012 | Local News


Man hospitalized after knife attack

EVERETT -- A man was hospitalized Saturday after an Everett woman randomly climbed into his car and stabbed him with a folding knife.The man was driving his car around 6:30 p.m. Saturday near the intersection of Beverly Lane and Magnolia Avenue, according to a police affidavit.

Date: 05/21/2012 | Local News


DNA helps convict man in 1998 rape of teacher

EVERETT -- From the moment she heard his voice, her life would never be the same. She learned to be afraid.Walking into empty rooms, sudden sounds, being alone or in crowds and encountering any unfamiliar men filled her with fear.

Date: 05/21/2012 | Local News


Ruling sought on split of military benefits in divorce

A disabled veteran has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to consider anew whether states violate federal law when they allow divorce courts to count a veteran's disability compensation in calculating spousal support.

Date: 05/21/2012 | Business


Police seek 3 suspects in Arlington burglary

ARLINGTON -- Police are searching for three suspects believed to be involved in a residential burglary.

Date: 05/20/2012 | Local News


Mental health worker fatally stabbed in Oregon

ST. HELENS, Ore. -- A mental health worker has been stabbed to death while visiting a client in St. Helens.St. Helens Police Chief Steve Salle told The Oregonian that a man named Brent Redd called police at about 8 a.m. to report that Jennifer Warren had been stabbed.

Date: 05/20/2012 | Northwest


Skagit killer could move from hospital to prison

MOUNT VERNON -- A judge is expected to decide whether the gunman who killed a sheriff's deputy and five other people during a 2008 spree should be moved from a state psychiatric hospital to prison.

Date: 05/20/2012 | Northwest


Men accused of plotting firebomb attacks at Chicago summit

CHICAGO -- Three activists who traveled to Chicago for a NATO summit were accused Saturday of manufacturing Molotov cocktails in a plot to attack President Barack Obama's campaign headquarters, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's home and other targets.

Date: 05/19/2012 | Nation & World


Man gets 17 years in 1986 Spokane slaying

SPOKANE -- A 63-year-old man is now serving a prison sentence after his DNA was linked, years later, to a 1986 rape and murder of a Spokane woman.Spokane County Superior Court Judge Kathleen O'Connor sentenced Gary Trimble to just over 17 years in prison Friday.

Date: 05/19/2012 | Northwest


Spokane Valley man dies in N. Idaho

PLUMMER, Idaho -- Authorities say a Washington state man is dead and a northern Idaho man has been taken into custody.

Date: 05/19/2012 | Northwest


Man accused of killing beauty-school classmate on trial

WENATCHEE -- Mackenzie Cowell told her beauty school classmates she would be gone for 15 minutes just before she walked to her car and drove off. Four days later, police found her body miles away on the edge of the Columbia River.

Date: 05/19/2012 | Northwest


County’s ‘reckless’ burglaries worry police

EVERETT -- A string of burglaries earlier this week was becoming increasingly dangerous, officials said Friday.Three break-ins between Monday and Wednesday resulted in encounters between intruders and either people living in the homes, or their neighbors.

Date: 05/19/2012 | Local News


Police dog allegedly escaped before attack

LYNNWOOD -- It now appears that a former Lynnwood police dog allegedly escaped from his handler's patrol car before biting a Snohomish County sheriff's deputy.

Date: 05/19/2012 | Local News


Charges in Shoreline shooting; suspect at large

SHORELINE -- King County has filed murder and attempted murder charges against a 20-year-old man suspected in a shooting earlier this week in Shoreline that killed a 17-year-old girl and critically wounded an 18-year-old man.

Date: 05/19/2012 | Northwest


Soldier faces murder charges in Iraq base deaths

SEATTLE -- Murder charges have been filed against a sergeant accused of killing four other soldiers and a Navy officer in May 2009 at a mental health clinic in Iraq, the Army said Friday.

Date: 05/18/2012 | Northwest


Man sentenced to 45 years for shooting death

EVERETT -- Brian Jones was executed and left to die in a cluttered south Everett apartment. His methamphetamine addiction led him to the apartment that morning on Jan. 2, 2011. It also put him in the path of Joshua Monson, an armed and violent meth addict.

Date: 05/18/2012 | Local News


State crime rate dropped in 2011

SPOKANE -- Crime rates dropped across the state in 2011, according to an annual report from the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs.The total crime rate fell to 38.3 crimes per 1,000 residents, down 3.4 percent from the 2010 rate.

Date: 05/18/2012 | Northwest


Duncan faces review in Idaho torture, killing case

BOISE, Idaho -- A man convicted of killing children in Idaho and California and suspected in the deaths of two Washington girls has returned to U.S. District Court in Boise to prepare for a complicated review of part of his death penalty case.

Date: 05/18/2012 | Northwest


Jury seated for couple accused of locking up boys

VANCOUVER, Wash. -- A jury has been seated for the trial of a Vancouver couple accused of locking up two young autistic boys in a dark room.The Columbian reported that opening statements are expected Monday in the Clark County Superior Court case.

Date: 05/18/2012 | Northwest


Fugitive Watch

The state Department of Corrections' Everett office has felony warrants for the following offenders. If you have information about them, call police or the Department of Corrections at 425-290-3200. Callers do not have to give their names. Bartholomew JonesAge: 29

Date: 05/18/2012 | Sirens


Feds: Prisons to step up anti-rape efforts

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration ordered federal, state and local officials Thursday to adopt zero tolerance for prison rape as it issued mandatory screening, enforcement and prevention regulations designed to reduce the number of inmates who suffer sexual victimization at the hands of other...

Date: 05/18/2012 | Nation & World


A fire crew of neighbors

On Hat Island, firefighters volunteer for the love of it

Date: 05/18/2012 | Local News


200 in county recent victims of mail theft

LAKE STEVENS -- It was shortly before noon May 1 when the man in a burgundy Toyota Corolla was pulled over because he wasn't wearing his seat belt.The man, 29, gave a phony name and claimed he didn't have any ID on him.The truth was, he had plenty of ID.

Date: 05/18/2012 | Local News


Safety fair set for Saturday in Sultan

SULTAN -- Sky Valley families are invited to spend Saturday learning all about safety."The name of our fair is Safety Fair, and that's exactly what we focus on," Police Chief Jeff Brand said.The Sultan Safety Fair is planned from noon to 4 p.m. at First and Main streets.

Date: 05/18/2012 | Local News


Edmonds school locked down during search

EDMONDS -- Westgate Elementary School in Edmonds was put into lockdown Thursday afternoon while police looked for a suspected burglar.About 11:45 a.m., a woman interrupted a burglar entering her home in the 22500 block of 98th Avenue W., Edmonds police Sgt. Mike Blackburn said.

Date: 05/18/2012 | Local News


Everett man presumed drowned is identified

EVERETT -- A man presumed to have drowned in Port Gardner on Monday has been identified as Richard L. Irby Jr., 49, of Everett.

Date: 05/18/2012 | Local News


Amid evidence cache in Trayvon case, questions nag

ORLANDO, Fla. — Prosecutors in the Trayvon Martin case dumped a mountain of evidence on the public this week. In many criminal cases, that would bring clarity, start answering the basic questions.

Date: 05/17/2012 | Nation & World


Sister of cop killer to leave prison soon

TACOMA -- Washington Corrections officials confirm that the sister of a man who killed four police officers in November 2009 will be freed in July after serving about half of the five-year sentence she got for her role in the case.

Date: 05/17/2012 | Northwest


Skateboarder hurt in collision with pickup

EVERETT -- A 15-year-old boy was seriously injured Thursday while skateboarding down a hill along 34th Street in Everett.About 3:15 p.m., the boy was crossing Wetmore Avenue on his skateboard when he collided with a Ford pickup truck in the intersection, officials said.

Date: 05/17/2012 | Local News


Man who died in motorcycle crash identified

SNOHOMISH -- Officials have identified a man who died Saturday after a motorcycle accident near Snohomish.

Date: 05/17/2012 | Local News


2 burglary suspects arrested after chase in Everett

EVERETT -- Police arrested two suspected burglars Thursday after a brief foot chase in Everett.

Date: 05/17/2012 | Local News


Steve Powell's legal troubles may not be over

OLYMPIA -- The voyeurism conviction of a missing Utah woman’s father-in-law may not be the last of his legal troubles, as an attorney said Thursday she is working on a lawsuit that could keep pressure on Steve Powell.

Date: 05/17/2012 | Northwest




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