12 women freed, 14 people arrested in sex-trafficking raid in Seattle area
SEATTLE (AP) — Police in the Seattle area say they freed a dozen women who were forced into prostitution, arrested at least 14 people and shut down a website this week as part of a human trafficking...
View ArticleWhite House responds to petition to free Steven Avery from ‘Making a Murderer’
WASHINGTON (AP) – Armchair detectives hoping for a different ending for two convicts featured in “Making a Murderer” will have to look beyond the president for help. An online White House petition...
View ArticleMan charged with stealing thousands of pounds of candy
HESPERIA, Calif. (AP) — Candy might not be so sweet for a Southern California man. Jesus Ibarra of Hesperia was arrested Thursday after authorities say they found his garage full of stolen sweets. He...
View ArticleBail bondsman, burglary suspect hospitalized after gun battle in Thurston County
OLYMPIA, Wash — A bail bondsman and a man wanted for burglary are in the hospital after gunfire was exchanged in Thurston County, detectives said Saturday. Deputies were called to a trailer on the...
View ArticlePolice: Arizona city hit by 54 BB gun attacks in past month
YUMA, Ariz. (AP) — The Yuma Police Department reports there have been 54 attacks on property with a BB gun in the city over a little more than a month. The department says in a statement Friday that...
View ArticlePolice investigating SPD officer-involved shooting of Department of...
UPDATE: A Washington State Department of Corrections spokesman confirmed to Q13 News that Slade was not one of the inmates that were mistakenly released early, due to a miscalculation. Seattle police...
View Article‘El Chapo’ secretly met Sean Penn in Mexican jungle before his arrest
Missing Attachment Missing Attachment Missing Attachment (CNN) — Three months after drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman escaped from prison, he held a secret meeting with actor Sean Penn in a...
View ArticlePolice: Five men force father to leave daughter at playground where they gang...
NEW YORK (CNN) — New York police are looking for five men who forced a father at gunpoint to leave his daughter behind so they could take turns raping her, according to a press release. The...
View ArticleMan fatally stabbed in Seattle’s International District
SEATTLE – Police are investigating the fatal stabbing of a man inside an International District market Sunday evening. A witness called 911 to report that a man had been stabbed at the store in the...
View Article4 teens arrested for gang rape after forcing father to leave daughter at...
Watch Video NEW YORK — Four teens who forced a father to leave his daughter so they could take turns raping her at a park have been arrested, New York police say — but a fifth suspect is still at...
View ArticleFugitive sends police a selfie because he hates his mugshot
LIMA, Ohio — An Ohio man on the run from police sent officers a selfie because he hates his mugshot. Donald A “Chip” Pugh, 45, is wanted by police in connection with several crimes. After police shared...
View ArticleProsecutor: Dad killed boy, 3, to continue romantic relationship with teenage...
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — Prosecutors say the father of a 3-year-old boy found dead in a New Jersey park last year killed the child because he had become an impediment to his relationship with a teenage...
View ArticleFormer coach charged with voyeurism for allegedly watching girls in locker room
TACOMA -- A former teacher and coach at Evergreen Lutheran High School is charged with a felony for allegedly watching girls get undressed in a locker room. According to charging documents, the school...
View ArticleWashington man gets prison time after bizarre arrest
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A Washington man who behaved bizarrely during his July arrest has been sentenced to more than two years in prison. The Olympian reports that 25-year-old Adam Lamar Fowler pleaded...
View ArticleDes Moines police seek public’s help in solving ‘unprecedented’ second murder...
DES MOINES, Wash. -- George Brown's sisters are still are in disbelief that he's gone. "I was devastated," said Stephanie Taylor, who described her brother as outspoken and genuine. "He would smile...
View ArticleJury selected for second trial in Carnation family slayings
SEATTLE (AP) — The jury has been selected in the trial of a woman accused of killing six family members in her parents’ rural Carnation home on Christmas Eve 2007. The Seattle Times reports the...
View ArticleMiss Washington USA resigns title after DUI conviction emerges
SEATTLE (AP) —Pageant officials say Miss Washington USA, Stormy Keffeler, has resigned her title in the wake of controversy surrounding an undisclosed DUI conviction. Maureen Francisco, co-executive...
View ArticleProsecutor: Man walked $1.6M in pills across border on sled
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Authorities say a Canadian man was arrested while pulling a sled carrying more than 180 pounds of prescription pills across the border into the United States. The U.S. attorney’s...
View ArticleWrongfully imprisoned Seattle man accused of selling meth
SEATTLE (AP) — A Seattle man who was wrongfully imprisoned for decades and awarded nearly $500,000 from the state is now back in custody. Our news partners at The Seattle Times report that 32-year-old...
View Article‘He was kind of an (SOB) taking advantage of us:’ Vulnerable mom, daughter...
SEATAC - Donna Snyder and her daughter, Debra, have a warning for other vulnerable adults after a convicted felon stole all their money. Sea-Tac police say Shan Rivers claimed he was homeless, earned...
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