5 Killed in a Week in Washington Police Encounters
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:12:28 -0700
SEATTLE (AP) -- A deadly week in the Puget Sound area continued Saturday with the death of a 25-year-old Sultan man in a confrontation with Snohomish County sheriff's deputies.
3 officers fatally shoot armed man in Vancouver, Wash.
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:32:01 -0700
A man who refused to put down a gun was shot and killed by three officers early Tuesday in Vancouver. It was the seventh officer-involved killing in Washington in less than three weeks.
3 officers shoot armed man in Vancouver, Wash.
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:37:51 -0700
A man who refused to put down a gun was shot and killed by three officers early Tuesday in Vancouver.
Brown asks the U.S. Supreme Court to stay his execution
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:25:49 -0700
Lawyers for condemned killer Cal Coburn Brown on Tuesday filed two petitions with the U.S. Supreme Court asking the high court to stay his execution.
Officers Kill Suspect In Vancouver: 6th Deadly Police Confrontation in 8 Days
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:41:00 -0700
Another deadly officer-involved shooting is being reported in our state, this one in Vancouver. Another deadly officer-involved shooting is being reported in our state. It is the sixth fatal shooting involving Washington state police officers in eight days.
Police kill armed man in Fruit Valley
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:04:33 -0700
One man is believed dead after an officer-involved shooting overnight near the intersection of Fruit Valley Road and Fourth Plain Boulevard.
BRIEFLY METRO
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:37:02 -0700
Laser incident lands Eugene man in jail A 26-year-old Eugene man was arrested and lodged at the Lane County Jail late Saturday night after allegedly pointing a laser at a Eugene police officer. Police said a man was observed in the 500 block of Pearl Street at about 10:30 p.m. …
BAE lays keel for Thai patrol vessel
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 21:37:34 -0700
Bangkok (UPI) Sep 3, 2010 BAE Systems Surface Ships and its Thai partner Bangkok Dock laid the keel of what will be the country's most advanced offshore patrol ship. The 295-foot, helicopter-capable corvette is based on the BAE Systems three Port of Spain-class vessels built for the Trinidad and Tobago coast guard. The Thai ships will increase the navy's ability to monitor and protect its ...
Cops, psychologist give insight on shootings, tasings
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 11:12:33 -0700
LYNNWOOD, Wash. -- As law enforcement agencies across the region deal with a weeklong string of officer-involved incidents, most of them fatal, counselors and cops give some perspective. "On an individual officer, it's going to get their intention," said Dr. Norman Mar, a psychologist who works with police. "How often do they use levels of force, how often do they escalate, how does it fit into ...
Change of careers: Profiles of 8 people who took a risk and followed their dreams
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 02:42:54 -0700
A car salesman becomes an electrician. A contractor becomes an explosives disposal expert. A priest becomes a nurse, and a professional soccer star becomes an English teacher. Jobs change and lives change. • AUDIO SLIDE SHOW: Workers talk about their experiences • BILL VIRGIN: Labor's tenuous future • LABOR DAY: Holiday closures list
Wash. man dies under deputy's Taser
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 17:38:51 -0700
A 25-year-old northern Washington man died early Saturday morning after being "tased" in the town of Gold Bar. This is the second Taser death this week in the Puget Sound region.
Suspect in crime spree charged
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 08:27:14 -0700
Pierce County prosecutors on Friday charged a 24-year-old man with rape and sexual assault in an attack that last year was believed to be connected to a series of robberies in which two men posing as police targeted fast food managers after they closed their restaurants.
Spanaway, WA child molester sentenced to over 22 years in prison
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:24:40 -0700
TACOMA, WASHINGTON : A Spanaway, Washington child molester on Friday was sentenced to over 22 years in prison following his conviction on aggravated abuse of a minor, prosecutors said.
Man with knife shot, killed by Tacoma police
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:55:14 -0700
TACOMA, Wash. – A man who allegedly approached officers with a knife was shot and killed Friday afternoon by Tacoma police officers. But at least one witness says there was no knife. It happened around 3 p.m. at a bus stop in the 6100 block of Sixth Avenue, a couple blocks from Tacoma Community College. Tacoma police say the suspect went into a Dollar Tree store and bought a knife. He then went ...
Lakewood man charged in robbery, sexual assault of fast-food employee
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:34:46 -0700
Pierce County prosecutors have charged a 24-year-old man in the robbery and sexual assault of a woman last year, an incident that at the time was believed to be connected to a series of robberies in which two men posing as cops targeted fast-food managers after they closed down their restaurants.
Spanaway man gets more than 22 years for molesting girl in Lewis-McChord woods
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:53:23 -0700
A 37-year-old Spanaway man was sentenced in U.S. Court in Tacoma today to more than 22 years in prison for sexual child abuse. According to court records, Jeffrey Richard Smiley had molested the seven-year-old girl multiple times including at a make-shift camp on the woods of Joint Base Lewis-McChord in July of 2009.
5 activists indicted in Bangor base break-in
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:15:48 -0700
Five peace activists -- identified by federal prosecutors as the "Bangor 5" -- have been indicted on allegations that they broke into a Kitsap County submarine base.
Arsenic: Victorians' secret
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:16:11 -0700
UW medical historian Dr. James C. Whorton explains how arsenic poisoned 19th-century Britain, as the government regulators looked the other way. Even Darwin partook.
Rock throwing incidents from overpasses surging
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:42:32 -0700
SPANAWAY, Wash. -- The Washington State Patrol is issuing an alert for drivers to be careful under overpasses. They're investigating a recent surge in rock throwing incidents. So far, there've been six in Pierce County alone last night, three in Lakewood, and three in Tacoma. Joanna Bailey was on her way home in Tacoma when out of nowhere a rock hit her car. "I heard a big crunch and my ...
Rape victim hopes to change how Wash. sex offenders are classified, monitored
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:57:36 -0700
SEATTLE – Sabrina Rasmussen has filed a lawsuit to change the way sex offenders are classified and monitored in Washington state. The man who attacked her later kidnapped and murdered another young girl in Tacoma. It's hard to tell, but beneath her sunny demeanor, Sabrina Rasmussen is still haunted by a dark chapter in her life. "Every other girl he has gotten he killed except for me," she said ...
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