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Arlington mans 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
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 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
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
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
Accused killer logged lots of complaints
We know that some readers have had their fill of stories about the aggravated murder case involving Byron Scherf, the Monroe inmate accused of killing a Washington State Reformatory corrections officer.
Date: 05/16/2012 | Sirens
Woman arrested after standoff may have gang ties, police say
MARYSVILLE -- Police noticed something unusual when they interviewed a woman after a two-hour standoff over the weekend.
Date: 05/16/2012 | Local News
Bail set for woman arrested after standoff
EVERETT -- A judge Monday maintained bail at $50,000 for a woman who was arrested over the weekend after a two-hour standoff with Marysville police.
Date: 05/14/2012 | Local News
Marysville police arrest woman after 2-hour standoff
MARYSVILLE -- Marysville police arrested a woman Saturday after a two-hour standoff.
Date: 05/12/2012 | Local News
Teen charged with assault at Covington school
SEATTLE -- A 14-year-old accused of choking another boy unconscious at a Covington junior high school has been charged with assault.
Date: 05/09/2012 | Northwest
Man shot at Lynnwood bus stop improving
LYNNWOOD -- A man shot in the back at a Lynnwood-area bus stop this week is recovering from his injuries.The shooting happened about 7:45 a.m. Tuesday in the 2200 block of 148th Street SW.
Date: 05/04/2012 | Local News
Man shot in the back at Lynnwood bus stop
LYNNWOOD -- A man shot near Lynnwood early Tuesday morning remained hospitalized Tuesday evening.His condition was not immediately available.The shooting occurred about 7:45 a.m., Snohomish County sheriff's bureau chief Kevin Prentiss said.
Date: 05/01/2012 | Local News
4 arrested in Mukilteo home invasion robbery
MUKILTEO -- It is a quiet neighborhood at the bottom of a steep grade in upscale suburbia.The spacious single-family homes valued at more than a half-million dollars each line both sides of the aptly named Marine View Drive in Mukilteo.
Date: 05/01/2012 | Local News
Woman stabbed in neck at Spokane Valley fight
SPOKANE VALLEY -- A 19-year-old woman was stabbed in the neck during a fight Monday night in Spokane Valley.
Date: 05/01/2012 | Northwest
Brier woman arrested in alleged attack in her home
BRIER -- A Brier woman, 45, was arrested Sunday after she reportedly attacked a man at her home, hitting him with a revolver.
Date: 04/30/2012 | Local News
Former Miss New Hampshire USA faces assault charge
MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Police say a former Miss New Hampshire USA faces a simple assault charge stemming from a confrontation with her boyfriend.
Date: 04/29/2012 | Nation & World
Assault reported near Edmonds School District offices
LYNNWOOD -- Police are investigating an assault reported about 2 p.m. Thursday near the Edmonds School District offices.Two men were arguing in a parking lot when one was punched multiple times, Lynnwood police spokeswoman Shannon Sessions said. The suspect then left in a vehicle.
Date: 04/27/2012 | Local News
Fired corrections officer sentenced for assault of wife
EVERETT -- A Snohomish County judge on Wednesday urged a former Monroe corrections officer to make positive changes in his life while he is locked up for abusing his wife.
Date: 04/26/2012 | Local News
Police ask for help after random Seatttle shooting
SEATTLE -- Seattle's mayor and top police officials have asked the public for help in finding the shooter who critically wounded a young woman who recently moved to the city to become a chef.
Date: 04/24/2012 | Northwest
Woman stabbed in appliance dispute
LONGVIEW -- Longview police say a dispute over ownership of a washer and dryer ended with one woman stabbed in the back and another under arrest.
Date: 04/24/2012 | Northwest
Monroe man shot by deputy charged with assault
EVERETT -- A Monroe man survived being shot by a Snohomish County sheriff's sergeant last month, but now is facing legal troubles that could land him in prison.
Date: 04/24/2012 | Local News
Pair allegedly attacked Lynnwood woman, 63
LYNNWOOD -- The woman, 63, cried as she tried to describe what happened to her.She had trouble talking to the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office deputy, explaining that she was missing her top denture after being beaten.She told her story at an emergency room Saturday evening.
Date: 04/24/2012 | Local News
Woman surprises burglar, is stabbed in leg
TACOMA -- A Pierce County sheriff's spokesman says a 28-year-old woman who surprised a burglar in her home was stabbed in the leg when she wrestled with the man.Spokesman Ed Troyer said the encounter took place Monday afternoon in Fircrest.
Date: 04/23/2012 | Northwest
No one hurt in 2 rolling shootouts in Seattle
SEATTLE -- Police say two rolling shootouts in south Seattle may be related, and gang detectives are investigating.
Date: 04/23/2012 | Northwest
Woman accused in starving case competent for trial
EVERETT -- State doctors recently concluded that a Mukilteo woman suspected of starving and beating a girl in her care can assist with her own defense.
Date: 04/17/2012 | Local News
Deputy hurt in courthouse shooting back at work
MONTESANO -- A sheriff's deputy who was shot and stabbed in an attack at the Grays Harbor County courthouse in Montesano says her life may have been saved by the judge who came to her aid.
Date: 04/12/2012 | Northwest
Marysville man arrested, allegedly shot at 2 teens
MARYSVILLE -- Two teenagers were in for the fright of their young lives Sunday when a Marysville man allegedly chased after them and fired a rifle in their direction, according to court records.
Date: 04/11/2012 | Local News
Gold Bar man jailed after allegedly shooting at couple
GOLD BAR -- A Gold Bar man apparently didn't love his neighbor as himself.Now he's locked up in the Snohomish County Jail.Snohomish County sheriff's deputies arrested the man, 51, early Saturday morning for investigation of first-degree assault.
Date: 04/10/2012 | Local News
Wave of bomb threats at Pitt leaves campus on edge
PITTSBURGH -- Dozens of bomb threats at the University of Pittsburgh, including at least four on Monday, have made professors start holding classes outside and forced security officials to put in new building access measures and offer a $50,000 reward for information.
Date: 04/09/2012 | Nation & World
Monroe man shot by officer out of hospital, in jail
MONROE -- A Monroe-area man was carrying a carver knife with a blade more than 8 inches long when he was shot by a Snohomish County sheriff's officer last week, according to documents released Tuesday.
Date: 04/03/2012 | Local News
Victim in road-rage assault thanks witnesses for help
ARLINGTON -- The Arlington woman injured in a road rage assault Sunday says it still hurts to smile.Tiffany Shadbolt also said she's thankful to the three young men who came to her aid."It's my first black eye," she said. "I didn't realize the purple is going to start to spread."
Date: 03/29/2012 | Local News
Arlington man arrested after alleged road-rage incident
ARLINGTON -- The Washington State Patrol believes a minor fender bender escalated into a violent case of road rage.
Date: 03/28/2012 | Local News
Sergeant gets 10 years for setting fire to wife's legs
OLYMPIA -- An Army sergeant has been given a 10-year sentence for setting his wife's legs on fire with lighter fluid and a match.
Date: 03/27/2012 | Northwest
Trooper arrested after alleged assault of wife
EVERETT -- A Washington State Patrol trooper was arrested Monday for allegedly assaulting his wife and threatening to kill her.Jeffrey Muren, 37, was booked for investigation of first-degree assault, according to court papers. A judge on Tuesday set bail at $15,000.
Date: 03/27/2012 | Local News
Sergeant suspected in slayings had 2nd assault incident
OLYMPIA -- A second incident involving alcohol and violence surfaced Thursday in the background of the Army staff sergeant suspected of killing 17 Afghan villagers -- a 2008 allegation that he thrust a woman's hand to his crotch and fought with her boyfriend.
Date: 03/22/2012 | Nation & World
Man sentenced in Seattle bus shooting
SEATTLE -- A 25-year-old Seattle man has been sentenced to more than 7 years in prison for illegally possessing a gun that went off on a Metro bus in downtown Seattle last May.
Date: 03/17/2012 | Northwest
Bellingham man accused of attacking ailing mom
PHOENIX -- A man from Bellingham is in custody for allegedly trying to fatally choke his mother while he was visiting her in a Phoenix hospital.
Date: 03/13/2012 | Northwest
Doctor: Girl in school shooting nearly died
SEATTLE -- An 8-year-old girl nearly died when a classmate accidentally discharged a gun he brought to school, her doctor said Tuesday, describing the trajectory of a bullet that narrowly missed the child's vital organs but tore a liver and a major vein.
Date: 03/13/2012 | Northwest
Suspect arrested in Montesano courthouse attack
SEATTLE — Police on Saturday arrested a 34-year-old man accused of stabbing a judge and shooting a sheriff’s deputy in a courthouse struggle, one day after he fled the small town of Montesano.
Date: 03/10/2012 | Northwest
School shooting raises child-supervision questions
SEATTLE -- The anguished father of a girl who was seriously injured after a 9-year-old boy brought a gun to their third-grade classroom says the state failed his daughter.
Date: 03/10/2012 | Northwest
4 of 7 boys expelled over alleged sexual incident on bus
MARYSVILLE -- Discipline has been swift for seven Marysville Middle School boys involved in an alleged sexually motivated assault of a 13-year-old girl on a school bus last...
Date: 03/09/2012 | Local News
Snohomish man gets 10 years in shooting
EVERETT -- A Snohomish man was sentenced Thursday to a decade behind bars for opening fire on another man he once considered his friend.
Date: 03/09/2012 | Local News
6 boys investigated in alleged sexual incident on bus
MARYSVILLE -- Six Marysville middle school boys are under investigation after an alleged sexually motivated assault of a 13-year-old girl on a school bus last week, officials said Thursday.
Date: 03/08/2012 | Local News
Doctors leaving bullet in wounded Bremerton girl
SEATTLE -- Doctors have no plans to remove a bullet from an 8-year-old Bremerton girl who was wounded in a classroom shooting.
Date: 03/08/2012 | Northwest
Yakima shooting apparently gang related
YAKIMA -- Police say a shooting that wounded a 19-year-old Wednesday afternoon in Yakima appears to be gang-related.Witnesses said the shooter approached the victim, spoke to him briefly and then fired. The victim was treated and released at a hospital.
Date: 03/08/2012 | Northwest
Man arrested after woman, 86, punched
SNOHOMISH -- A Snohomish-area man has been arrested for investigation of second-degree assault after allegedly punching an 86-year-old woman in the face, according to court papers.
Date: 03/08/2012 | Local News
Lynnwood construction workers say man attacked
LYNNWOOD -- A Shoreline man who apparently has mental health issues was arrested for investigation of assault Tuesday after allegedly trying to stab a construction worker near Lynnwood.
Date: 03/08/2012 | Local News
Guilty plea in stabbings
Girl locked up for 13 years for attacking Snohomish students
Date: 03/07/2012 | Local News
Should stabbing suspect be tried as adult?
SNOHOMISH -- A Snohomish teenager had met with a therapist about three weeks before she allegedly stabbed two schoolmates, nearly killing one of the girls.
Date: 03/07/2012 | Local News
Arrest after 6 threatened by attacker with knife
SEATTLE -- Seattle police have arrested a convicted rapist accused of breaking into a house near the University of Washington and threatening six young women with a knife.
Date: 03/05/2012 | Northwest
Girl, man wounded in Spokane gang shooting
SPOKANE -- Police say the shooting of a man and a girl Sunday night in Spokane was gang-related, and the shooter is still at large.
Date: 03/05/2012 | Northwest
Mukilteo child abuse defendant objects but is sent to hospital for evaluation
EVERETT --The lawyer for a Mukilteo woman accused of starving and beating a girl is concerned his client might not be able to assist in her own defense.
Date: 03/03/2012 | Local News
Metro transit officer stabbed at Seattle bus stop
SEATTLE -- The King County sheriff's office says a Metro transit officer who was stabbed Friday at a Seattle bus shelter has been released from Harborview Medical Center.Spokeswoman Cindi West said the sergeant will recover.
Date: 03/02/2012 | Northwest
Suspect in stabbings at Snohomish school continues to talk about violent, disturbing acts
SNOHOMISH -- Prosecutors say a Snohomish girl accused of stabbing two fellow students in October continues to talk and write about harming others.
Date: 03/01/2012 | Local News
Shoplifting suspect stabs security man in Puyallup
PUYALLUP -- Police say a Macy's loss-prevention officer was stabbed by a shoplifting suspect at South Hill Mall in Puyallup.The 21-year-old victim was rushed to Tacoma General Hospital for emergency surgery and is expected to survive.
Date: 02/28/2012 | Northwest
Probation possible in school shooting
BREMERTON -- A Washington state prosecutor says his office will seek probation and treatment for a 9-year-old boy who took to school a gun that accidentally discharged and critically injured a classmate this past week.
Date: 02/25/2012 | Northwest
Man gets 33 years for brutal assault in Shoreline
SEATTLE -- A 22-year-old man who brutally beat an older man who tried to thwart the theft of his car has been sentenced to 33 years in prison.
Date: 02/25/2012 | Northwest
Female county jail inmate allegedly attacked corrections deputy, took keys, pepper spray
EVERETT -- A Snohomish County Jail inmate could face a felony assault charge after she allegedly attacked a corrections deputy early Friday morning and wrestled away her keys and pepper spray.
Date: 02/24/2012 | Local News
Stanwood man gets 8 1/2 years for 4 felonies, including assault of bound woman
EVERETT -- A Snohomish County judge on Wednesday called a Stanwood man a predator who used brute force and degradation to control drug-addicted and vulnerable women.
Date: 02/23/2012 | Local News
Teens report assaults in two Lynnwood parks
Two different sets of teenagers reported being assaulted in two Lynnwood parks Sunday night, according to police. None of those assaulted suffered serious injuries, Lynnwood police spokeswoman Shannon Sessions said. The incidents appeared to be unrelated, she said.
Date: 02/21/2012 | Local News
‘Bigfoot’ charged in slaying of robbery accomplice in Marysville
EVERETT -- Prosecutors in Snohomish County have charged "Bigfoot" with murder.
Date: 02/18/2012 | Local News
Washougal man arrested after Ore. police chase is charged
ASTORIA, Ore. -- A man accused of leading Astoria, Ore., police on a high-speed chase after he was shot and wounded has been released from a Portland hospital, charged with attempted aggravated murder and ordered held on $10 million bail.
Date: 02/17/2012 | Northwest
Man shot at Zillah convenience store
ZILLAH -- Police say witnesses to a shooting early Friday at a Zillah convenience store are uncooperative, but it involved a fight in the parking lot.A 23-year-old Toppenish man was wounded in the neck, back and lower leg by shotgun pellets.
Date: 02/17/2012 | Northwest
Arlington man sentenced to 10 years for shooting that left man with lingering injuries
EVERETT -- An Arlington man swore off guns on Thursday after being sentenced to 10 years in prison for an alcohol-fueled shooting that left another man with serious injuries."I have no intention of touching another gun in my life," Robert Eugene Peterson said.
Date: 02/17/2012 | Local News
Shooting victim expected to recover; 2 Marysville brothers remain jailed
EVERETT -- A man who suffered a life-threatening gunshot wound at an Everett restaurant on Monday morning is expected to recover.
Date: 02/14/2012 | Local News
2 wounded, 2 arrested in shooting at Everett restaurant
EVERETT -- Two people were hospitalized and two men were arrested on Monday after shots rang out at a north Everett restaurant.Police believe the pair were unhappy about being told to leave Dos Reales at 1100 Broadway Ave. when the restaurant was closing, Sgt. Robert Goetz said.
Date: 02/13/2012 | Local News
Man shot by King County deputy claimed to have gun
AUBURN -- The King County sheriff's office says no gun was found in the room where a man claiming to have a rifle was shot by deputies.The sheriff's office said a rifle was found in a safe outside the suspect's room.
Date: 02/13/2012 | Northwest
Bothell-area man faces assault charge after he allegedly concealed HIV infection from sexual partner
EVERETT -- A Bothell-area man is under investigation for assault after he allegedly failed to tell his sexual partner that he is living with HIV.
Date: 02/11/2012 | Local News
Wife reports assault; man found dead in Coulee City
COULEE CITY -- The Grant County sheriff's office says deputies investigating a woman's report of an assault by her husband found a man in his 50s dead at a Coulee City, Wash., home.
Date: 02/07/2012 | Northwest
Woman escapes freeway shooting, high-speed chase
EVERETT -- Courtney Smith thought it was going to be a quick trip from Bothell to Marysville.It didn't work out that way.Her plan was simple. On Friday night she borrowed a 2001 Chevrolet Malibu from one grandmother so she could visit her other grandma.
Date: 02/07/2012 | Local News
Spokane man accused of assaulting girlfriend
SPOKANE -- Spokane police have arrested a 28-year-old man accused of attempting to strangle his live-in girlfriend.Police said Wayne S. Cooper was booked into jail Saturday on investigation of second-degree assault.
Date: 02/04/2012 | Northwest
Murder suspect accused in lawyer stabbings allegedly assaults corrections officer
EVERETT -- Just a few hours after prosecutors ratcheted up the murder charge against Joshua Monson, the alleged lawyer stabber reportedly assaulted a Snohomish County corrections officer.
Date: 02/03/2012 | Local News
Everett woman held following knife attack
EVERETT -- An Everett woman was jailed Sunday evening after she reportedly attacked her boyfriend with a kitchen knife.The woman, 28, allegedly was drinking at a local restaurant when her boyfriend left without her, according to a police affidavit.
Date: 01/24/2012 | Local News
2 wounded in shooting at Spokane restaurant
SPOKANE -- Two men were wounded in the legs during a shooting at a restaurant in Spokane.
Date: 01/23/2012 | Northwest
Mental health treatment sought after bomb threat
WENATCHEE -- A Chelan County Superior Court judge has ordered 15 days of mental health evaluation for a man accused of threatening to bomb the Wenatchee Valley Medical Center pharmacy.
Date: 01/20/2012 | Northwest
Arlington man pleads guilty to August shooting that debilitated victim
EVERETT -- An Arlington man is facing up to a decade in prison after pleading guilty Tuesday to an August shooting that left another man with serious injuries.
Date: 01/18/2012 | Local News
Hearing about Snohomish High stabbing suspect delayed until March
EVERETT -- The decision about whether a Snohomish girl will be tried as an adult for allegations that she attempted to murder a fellow student and assaulted a second has been pushed to March.
Date: 01/13/2012 | Local News
Convicted sex offender arrested after Arlington girl, 12, tells of assault
EVERETT -- A convicted sex offender living in an Arlington halfway house has been arrested for allegedly trying to pull a 12-year-old girl into the woods."This is every parent's nightmare," Snohomish County deputy prosecutor Walt Sowa told a judge at a Tuesday bail hearing.
Date: 01/10/2012 | Local News
Bail set for Lake Stevens man who allegedly choked woman, struck man with SUV
EVERETT -- Bail was set at $500,000 Monday for a Lake Stevens man accused of choking his former girlfriend Friday before allegedly using his SUV to crush her new boyfriend.
Date: 01/10/2012 | Local News
U.S. redefines rape to count more people as victims
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration says it is expanding the FBI's more than eight-decade-old definition of rape to reflect a better understanding of the crime and to broaden protections.
Date: 01/07/2012 | Nation & World
3 suspected gang members held after assault in Monroe
MONROE -- Three suspected gang members were arrested this week after they reportedly attacked a teenager and broke his ankle in Monroe.The assault reportedly took place about 6 p.m. Tuesday in the 18400 block of Blueberry Lane SE, according to a police affidavit.
Date: 01/05/2012 | Local News
Record on man who attacked woman must be turned over, court rules
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Date: 01/05/2012 | Local News
Man, 61, suspected of Selah drive-by shooting
YAKIMA -- Yakima County sheriff's deputies believe a 61-year-old Gleed man took a neighbor's truck at gunpoint Wednesday night and fired shots near the home of his wife's parents. The sheriff's office said his wife was at work in Selah at the time and feared he intended to harm her.
Date: 01/05/2012 | Northwest
2 seriously hurt in Seattle sandwich shop shooting
SEATTLE -- A Seattle Fire Department spokesman says two people have been seriously hurt in a shooting at a sandwich shop in Seattle's Rainier Beach neighborhood.
Date: 01/04/2012 | Northwest
Harsher penalty for vehicular homicide possible
Over the years, Snohomish County Prosecutor Mark Roe has had to explain to grieving families the likely punishment awaiting those who have killed their love ones.
Date: 12/31/2011 | Local News
Citing husband's grave injuries, Everett police say woman could face homicide charge
EVERETT -- An Everett man, 42, remained in critical condition Friday night after he was shot in the head at his home Thursday.
Date: 12/30/2011 | Local News
Accused White House shooter to be held for trial
WASHINGTON -- A man accused of trying to kill President Barack Obama by firing several shots at the White House from long range must remain in custody to protect the public and the president, a federal judge said Monday.
Date: 12/19/2011 | Nation & World
Gunshots wound 3 in Des Moines
DES MOINES -- Three people were wounded in a shooting around noon Wednesday in Des Moines.Police told KOMO News shots were exchanged between two cars.
Date: 12/14/2011 | Northwest
Police ID Longview shoplift suspect with hatchet
LONGVIEW -- Police have identified a shoplifting suspect accused of hacking an ear off a security guard at a Fred Meyer store in Longview.
Date: 12/13/2011 | Northwest
Camano Island man charged in attempt to kill his mother
CAMANO ISLAND -- A Camano Island woman told investigators she had fixed lunch for her adult son just before he attacked her with a flashlight and choked her into unconsciousness.
Date: 12/08/2011 | Local News
Inmate faces sixth allegation of assault
EVERETT -- Inmate Joshua D. Monson was double-booked on Monday.
Date: 12/06/2011 | Local News
Man hospitalized after stabbing in Lynnwood area
LYNNWOOD -- An Edmonds man, 41, was hospitalized Monday after a reported stabbing in the Lynnwood area. His injuries weren't believed to be life-threatening.
Date: 12/06/2011 | Local News
Woman accused of attacking husband with power tool reportedly stockpiled supplies
EVERETT -- Police believe an Everett woman bought plastic sheets, bleach and garbage bags before attacking her husband with a Sawzall power tool in October.
Date: 12/02/2011 | Local News
Man arrested for vehicular assault near Granite Falls
GRANITE FALLS -- A man was booked for investigation of vehicular assault Thursday after he reportedly hit another man with a car.The victim, 21, of Marysville, apparently was the man's girlfriend's ex-boyfriend, Snohomish County sheriff's bureau chief Kevin Prentiss said.
Date: 11/25/2011 | Local News
1 hurt in UC Berkeley shooting; suspect in custody
BERKELEY, Calif. -- A man with a gun was shot by police Tuesday inside the business school at the University of California, Berkeley, after hundreds of students and anti-Wall Street activists descended on the campus for a day of protests.
Date: 11/15/2011 | Nation & World
Shoplifters often find themselves charged with robbery
EVERETT -- Kevin Prentiss has seen it countless times: A shoplifter is spotted by store security, tries to bolt and gets physical or threatens violence.Presto, change-o, a misdemeanor that routinely ends in a fine escalates into a felony with serious jail time.
Date: 11/14/2011 | Local News
2 injured in drive-by shooting near Mattawa
DESERT AIRE -- The Grant County Sheriff's office says two people have been injured after a drive-by shooting targeted a home in Desert Aire, about five miles south of Mattawa.
Date: 11/11/2011 | Northwest
Former Port Orchard cop gets 23-year sentence
PORT ORCHARD -- A former Port Orchard police officer convicted of pushing his girlfriend out a window was sentenced Thursday to 23 years in prison for assault.The Kitsap Sun reported that Dennis L. McCarthy, 49, was given the maximum sentence for his conviction.
Date: 11/11/2011 | Northwest
Decision on whether to charge stabbing suspect as adult not expected until January
SNOHOMISH -- It likely won't be until January before a judge decides if a Snohomish girl accused of stabbing two fellow students last month will be tried as an adult or if the case will remain in juvenile court.
Date: 11/08/2011 | Local News




