Jamel Alexander, center, listens as a Snohomish County jury records their verdict of guilty, in the murder of Shawna Brune, on Tuesday, May 18, 2021 in Everett, Washington.  Alexander was convicted in the first degree murder of Brune. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

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‘Pictures don’t lie’: Man guilty of stomping woman to death

Jamel Alexander of Everett killed Shawna Brune, reportedly after paying her for sex.

Karen Moore

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Civil attorney appointed to be Snohomish County judge

Karen Moore is a former deputy prosecutor. She also has experience as a pro tem judge and commissioner.

Martinez D. Mitchell (City of Mill Creek)

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Mill Creek man sentenced for ‘street justice’ attack on child

Martinez D. Mitchell, 44, must serve five years in prison for third-degree assault.

Jeffrey Phebus is sentenced to over 31 years in prison for the murder of his wife Rebecca Phebus, on Monday, May 10, 2021, at the Snohomish County Courthouse in Everett, Washington.  (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

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‘No words’: Arlington man sentenced for killing wife at work

Jeffery Phebus, 61, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder. He was sentenced to 31⅔ years in prison Monday.

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Everett man sentenced for crashing into police car head-on

Thomas Susnios, 27, pleaded guilty to first-degree assault. He was sentenced to 8½ years in prison.

Detectives are seeking the public’s help to identify a suspect in a bank robbery that occurred on Monday, April 26, at the Wells Fargo Bank located in the 1200 block of 13th Street in Snohomish. (Snohomish County Sheriff's Office)

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Police: Snohomish bank robbery suspect rented getaway car

Police tracked down a Sultan man with the help of a rented car with Montana license plates.

Snohomish artist Cathy Tanasse works on facial proportions on one of her "Memory Project" portraits on Friday, March 19, 2021 in Snohomish, Wa. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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Snohomish artist forges connections through art

Cathy Tanasse, a retired Glacier Peak High School art teacher, draws portraits of strangers as gifts.

An infant and a child were killed in a Dec. 13, 2016 crash on Camano Island. (Washington State Patrol, file)

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Island County to pay $16.5 million over fatal fiery crash

Tanya Canell suffered burns in crash that killed her two young girls, on a road known for icing…

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Everett medical worker charged with ID theft of 39 patients

The Swedish Hospital medical assistant used forged identities to buy two cars, according to charges.

Snohomish County prosecutor Jacqueline Lawrence makes her opening statements during the murder trial of Jamel Alexander on Friday, April 30, 2021 in Everett, Wash. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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Trial begins for Everett man accused of stomping woman to death

Jamel Alexander, 31, is accused of first-degree murder in the death of Shawna Brune, 29, of Everett.

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Fake coronavirus test sites pop up in Edmonds

Fraudulent health care workers were collecting birth dates and other personal information.

Detectives are seeking the public’s help to identify a suspect in a bank robbery that occurred on Monday, April 26, at the Wells Fargo Bank on 13th Street in Snohomish. (Snohomish County Sheriff's Office)

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Wanted: Bank robber strikes Snohomish Wells Fargo

Police are seeking public help to identify a man with a duffel bag who robbed a Wells Fargo…

Reed Baldwin (contributed photo)

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500 donors create scholarship in Jackson grad’s memory

His family wants to support students who share Reed Baldwin’s passions for music and robotics. He died at…

Medics take Jeffrey Phebus, the suspect in a fatal shooting, to an ambulance on McDougall Avenue on Friday, May 24, 2019 in Everett, Wash. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

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Arlington man pleads guilty to murdering estranged wife

Jeffery Phebus, 61, who shot his wife at her workplace in Everett, faces 25 to 31⅔ years in…

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One crime, two very different punishments for Everett teens

Two young men went on an armed robbery spree. One was sentenced to seven years in prison. The…

Simeon Berkley declines to make a statement during his sentencing hearing Friday afternoon at the Snohomish County Courthouse in Everett on March 16, 2021. Berkley was sentenced to 22-years in prison for the second-degree murder of Steven Whitmarsh in 2019.  (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

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Everett road-rage shooter gets 22 years for ‘execution’

Simeon Berkley, 75, was convicted of second-degree murder for the death of Steven Whitemarsh.

Simeon Berkley describes his fear of another driver's behavior as testifies in his defense at the Snohomish County Courthouse on Tuesday, April 6, 2021 in Everett, Washington.  In 1991, a jury acquitted Simeon Berkley in a shooting that paralyzed a man following a near-crash on a California freeway. Thirty years later, heճ on trial again, this time for second-degree murder. A Snohomish County jury will decide if Berkley, 75, acted out of road rage or self-defense in a shooting July 6, 2019, that left an Everett man dead. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

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‘Visceral’ reaction led to Everett homicide, defendant says

Simeon Berkley, 75, testified in his murder trial this week. A jury began deliberating Wednesday.

Simeon Berkley (left), who was found guilty of second-degree murder, with defense attorney Laura Shaver at the Snohomish County Courthouse in Everett on April 8, 2021. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

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Jury finds Everett road-rage shooter guilty of murder

It took only a few hours for jurors to convict Simeon Berkley in the death of Steven Whitemarsh.

Simeon Berkley pulls up his mask after taking a drink of water before the start of his trial at the Snohomish County Courthouse on Friday, April 2, 2021 in Everett, Wa. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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‘Tempers have consequences’: Everett road-rage trial begins

Simeon Berkley, 75, is accused of shooting to death Steven Whitemarsh, 49, a Safeway manager in Everett.

A man walks by a sign on the 25th Street pedestrian bridge on Wednesday, March 31, 2021 in Everett, Washington. The City of Everett posted the sign in response to an earlier sign that read "Reclaim America" which was removed by the city and replaced with a sign that reads "All are welcome in Everett, no place for hate."  (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

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The City of Everett decries white nationalist propaganda

City leaders have countered a banner that was hung in support of Patriot Front, a Texas-based hate group.