Lawyer: Up to 1,000 DUI cases affected by breath test error
Philadelphia police say their breath test machines have been recalibrated and returned to service after discovering they were improperly calibrated. Private attorney Joseph Kelley, who notified police...
View ArticleGood samaritan steps in to stop man from beating toddler
Vancouver, WA — A man who stepped in to stop the brutal assault of a toddler at a motel Tuesday night said he didn’t think twice about intervening. Don Gilbert was in his room at the Sunnyside Motel on...
View ArticlePot shop owner: Thieves used ladder to break in, steal marijuana
WHITE CENTER -- Security cameras captured video of thieves breaking into a pot shop in White Center early Friday morning. The owner of Nimbin Pot Shop said two people used a ladder to climb through a...
View ArticleLawsuit filed against John Reed, suspect in Arlington killings
EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — A lawsuit has been filed against a man accused of killing a couple near Oso, burying their remains in a remote forest clearing and then fleeing to Mexico. The Daily Herald reports...
View ArticleSuspect’s hand cut off with machete during home invasion
NORTHAMPTON, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania man says his son defended himself with a machete during a home invasion and used it to cut off one suspect’s hand. Police didn’t immediately identify the two home...
View ArticleProsecutor: Ohio man shot his dad and a deputy after hummus fight
LEBANON, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say an Ohio man shot and injured his father and a sheriff’s deputy last month after a dispute over hummus. Warren County’s prosecutor says 19-year-old Mohammed Abdou...
View ArticlePolice: Men taped themselves throwing firecrackers at dogs
ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) — Police say detectives monitoring social media over the holiday weekend watched a live video of two men throwing fireworks at dogs chained in a backyard in South Carolina....
View ArticleEscaped inmate turns himself in at Arkansas bar, has a beer
PARIS, Ark. (AP) — An inmate who escaped a northwestern Arkansas jail, showed up at a nearby bar a week later, ordered a beer and declared he was turning himself in. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette...
View ArticleFour homeless men have been set on fire in San Diego this week
SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego police say a homeless man is severely injured after a suspect in a spate of assaults on transients attacked him while he was asleep and tried to set him on fire. The latest...
View ArticleFlorida homeowner slashes would-be robber with machete
CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — Investigators say a would-be burglar died after a homeowner repeatedly hit him with a machete and police shocked him with a stun gun. The Tampa Bay Times reports that Heather...
View ArticleMan apologizes for stopping Houston freeway to propose
HOUSTON (AP) — A 25-year-old Houston man who was charged with a misdemeanor after stopping traffic on a downtown freeway to propose to his girlfriend has been given a year of probation and apologized...
View ArticleBill Cosby’s sexual assault trial will proceed, judge rules
NORRISTOWN, Pennsylvania (CNN) — Bill Cosby’s trial on sexual assault charges can proceed, a Pennsylvania judge ruled, and Cosby’s accuser, Andrea Constand, won’t have to testify in person at a...
View ArticlePolice say two men killed acquaintance, set fire to his Auburn home as...
AUBURN – Two men are accused in the shooting death of a 19-year-old acquaintance whose body was found in the rubble of a mobile home fire in Auburn. According to probable-cause documents released...
View ArticlePolice: Teens kill acquaintance, burn down home to conceal murder
AUBURN, Wash. -- Two men are under arrest, an adult man and a teenage boy, both accused of shooting and killing 19-year-old Michael Clayton and then setting fire to his home in an attempt to conceal...
View ArticleScammers in Puyallup using Dallas police shooting to con people out of money
PUYALLUP – Puyallup police say scammers in the area are preying on people’s sympathies in the wake of the shooting deaths of five police officers in Dallas last week. PPD said they’ve learned somebody...
View ArticleMan charged with murder in Tacoma stabbing
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A 24-year-old Tacoma man who allegedly told police he stabbed a man as part of a local gang initiation has been charged with first-degree murder. The Pierce County Prosecutor’s...
View ArticleParents of baby found dead in Auburn charged with second-degree murder
AUBURN – Two parents were charged with second-degree murder Monday in the death of their four-month-old baby on June 23 in Auburn. Mariah Phillips, 24, was arraigned, while Lee Dupay, 34, will be...
View ArticleMontesano man who supported ISIS, bin Laden, pleads guilty to illegal firearm...
MONTESANO, Wash. – An Army deserter from Montesano who allegedly said he sympathizes with ISIS and called Osama bin Laden a “beautiful man” pleaded guilty Tuesday to illegally possessing machine guns...
View ArticleLynnwood day care is repeated target of security camera thief, police say
LYNNWOOD, Wash. -- Police are looking to identify a man caught on video ripping surveillance cameras off the walls outside of a Snohomish County day care center. Cops believe the same suspect has been...
View ArticleEdmonds police looking for 2 suspects who burglarized family’s home
EDMONDS, Wash. -- Edmonds police say a suspect caught on surveillance video left a family in fear, after entering their home through an unlocked bedroom window to steal jewelry, an iPad and credit...
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