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Teen faces charges in fatal motorcycle crash near Lake Stevens

Friends of Anthony Palko pushed authorities for action after he was killed last summer. He was 33.

Daniel Scott (center, in green jacket) and Eddie Block (bottom right) are shown in a video before the Proud Boys and other rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6 in Washington, D.C.

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Ex-Arlington Proud Boy pleads guilty to fighting police in Jan. 6 riot

In his plea, Daniel Lyons Scott admitted assaulting federal officers to block the Electoral College vote.

Kyle Caperoon appears in court to receive sentencing for a 2020 homicide Monday, Feb. 13, 2023, at Snohomish County Superior Court in Everett, Washington. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)

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Shooter gets 31 years for murder in Everett park

A drug robbery turned into a fatal shooting when Kyle Caperoon shot James Scannell, 56, at Langus Riverfront…

Chad Walton sits at his resentencing hearing at the Snohomish County Courthouse on Friday, Feb. 10, 2023 in Everett, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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Sentenced to life for Arlington murders, he’ll get out after 32 years

Chad Walton was 19 when he stabbed Herbert and Westley Joyce in 1997. A state Supreme Court ruling…

The state Court of Appeals in 2018 upheld the conviction of former Monroe police Sgt. Carlos Martinez, seen here during his Aug. 13, 2013 arraignment hearing, for engaging in sexual misconduct with a minor he groomed for years. (Jennifer Buchanan / The Herald)

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Judge: Sex abuse lawsuit against Monroe schools, state can go forward

The victim of a Monroe cop’s abuse alleges state and school officials failed to report, despite warning signs.

Exterior of Arlington high school (Arlington High School)

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Marysville schools employee accused of raping Arlington High girl

Police said Christopher Carpenter sexually assaulted a teenager he was training while working at the Boys and Girls…

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Snohomish home-invasion suspect had been released weeks earlier

Eleazar Cabrera, 33, is accused of breaking into a home and shooting a man three times. He has…

Alderwood Manor, a HASCO building, in Lynnwood, Washington on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. (Annie Barker / The Herald)

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Lawsuit: Housing authority took Lynnwood domestic violence survivor off voucher

After her husband’s domestic violence arrest, Shawna McIntire was kicked out of public housing, according to a federal…

A suspect removes a rifle bag from a broken rear window of a Seattle police car on May 30 in downtown Seattle. An Everett man, Jacob D. Little, 24, has been charged with the theft of the high-powered rifle stolen from the car. This image is from the criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court. 20200904

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Everett man sentenced for stealing police gun in Seattle protest

Jacob Little, 26, now faces second-degree murder charges for allegedly killing a man in Renton in August 2020.

FILE - This scanning electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows rod-shaped Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria. U.S. health officials are advising people to stop using the over-the-counter eye drops, EzriCare Artificial Tears, that have been linked to an outbreak of drug-resistant infections of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday night, Feb. 1, 2023, sent a health alert to physicians, saying the outbreak includes at least 55 people in 12 states. One died. (Janice Haney Carr/CDC via AP)

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Eye drops linked to Snohomish County man’s death

Amid dozens of non-fatal infections, federal health leaders this week urged people to stop using EzriCare Artificial Tears.

Counterfeit pills containing fentanyl allegedly dealt to a law enforcement informant in April 2020 by Laura Rodriguez-Moreno, of Lake Stevens. (U.S. Attorney's Office)

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Family sentenced for running fentanyl ring at Lake Stevens restaurant

Laura Rodriguez-Moreno pleaded guilty to dealing heroin, meth and fentanyl out of Fuente de Café with her husband…

Tala Davey-Wraight, 3, is thrown in the air by her dad Oscar Davey-Wraight, one of the Summer Meltdown headliners also known as Opiuo, during Cory Wong’s set on Thursday, July 28, 2022 in Snohomish, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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After Monroe debut, no Summer Meltdown music fest in 2023

Organizers announced Wednesday they would “take the year off in order to figure out the best path forward…

Federal agents seized many pounds of meth and heroin, along with thousands of suspected fentanyl pills, at a 10-acre property east of Arlington in mid-December 2020. (U.S. Attorney’s Office) 20201223

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Leader of Snohomish County fentanyl, meth ring gets federal prison

A search of Cesar Valdez-Sanudo’s property in Arlington unearthed kilos of drugs and hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Ismael Cruz-Sanchez speaks at his sentencing at the Snohomish County Courthouse on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023 in Everett, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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Driver in fatal I-5 crash in Arlington gets 10 years

Ismael Cruz-Sanchez had a lengthy history with impaired driving. He pleaded guilty to killing Jason Vogan, 45.

The building at 307 Olympic Avenue, seen on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, is home to the office of Omni-Mana Services in Arlington, Washington. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)

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Charges: Arlington drug trafficker masqueraded as a pastor

Prosecutors say Steve Parker led a double life, helping people in addiction while dealing drugs across Western Washington.

Traffic moves along Highway 526 in front of Boeing’s Everett Production Facility on Nov. 28, 2022, in Everett, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / Sound Publishing)

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Boeing settles with Everett security guard claiming chemical exposure

Holly Hawthorne was assigned to Building 45-335 at the south end of Paine Field, while employees used aerosolized…

U.S. Attorney Nick Brown and the victim of a brutal attack in 2018 answer questions from reporters on Jan. 27, 2023 in Seattle, Washington. (Jake Goldstein-Street / The Herald)

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White supremacists sentenced for racist beating at Lynnwood bar

A federal judge handed out stiffer sentences than prosecutors had asked for in a series of sentencing hearings…

Dr. Robert Carsrud from the 2015 King County Voters Pamphlet. (King County Elections)

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State to pay $600K over psychologist’s harassment at Monroe prison

In a federal lawsuit, Tressa Grummer alleged persistent sexual harassment as an intern by her supervisor, Robert Carsrud.

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County to pay $1.9 million over Everett man’s fatal shooting by deputy

A Snohomish County sheriff’s deputy shot and killed Ryan Hemmingson during a welfare check in 2019. He was…

Cars move along Frank Waters Road next to a contaminated land site purchased by Robinett Brothers on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023 in Stanwood, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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County settles lawsuit over PCBs at former landfill near Lake Goodwin

At the landfill, Snohomish County accepted waste that may have included PCBs decades ago. The county’s insurer agreed…