Protecting your child from identity thieves
“About a year after Rory was born, I got a letter that said ‘your personal information has been obtained in a breach of the U.S. Government personnel records…'” That letter was Hillary Hunt’s first...
View ArticleRobbery suspect shoots himself in leg during struggle with police
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – A convenience store robbery suspect was arrested after the gun he was carrying went off and struck him in the leg, WFSB reported. Bridgeport police said it happened after Steven...
View ArticleHandyman accused of child rape: ‘I’m not evil’
A Pennsylvania handyman accused of serial child rape says he “never inflicted any pain on a child, nor would I want to.” Fifty-eight-year-old William Charles Thomas spoke by video during a brief court...
View ArticleArrest made in assault on woman at Marymoor Park last August
SEATTLE — King County Sheriff’s detectives said Tuesday that a man is in custody for a violent assault on a woman that occurred at Marymoor Park last August. Detectives said a DNA hit led to the...
View ArticleGig Harbor preschool employee accused of sex abuse of 5-year-old girl
GIG HARBOR, Wash. (AP) — A preschool employee in Gig Harbor has been arrested on suspicion of repeatedly sexually abusing a 5-year-old girl on the campus. The News Tribune reported Tuesday that Pierce...
View ArticleGig Harbor daycare worker charged with raping girl, 5, multiple times
GIG HARBOR, Wash. – A 26-year-old Gig Harbor daycare worker was charged Wednesday with repeatedly raping a 5-year-old girl on the campus. Parker Thomas Trotter was charged with four counts of...
View ArticleFormer Navy chaplain gets 30 years in child pornography case
DOVER, Del. (AP) — A former Navy chaplain and Catholic priest who was convicted of sexually assaulting a Naval Academy midshipman years ago has been sentenced to 30 years in prison on federal child...
View ArticleVictims targeted by thieves while working out at Puyallup gym; reward for ID...
PUYALLUP, Wash. — While their victims exercised inside LA Fitness in Puyallup, Pierce County sheriff’s detectives say thieves are using the time to strike. “This is unique in that usually when you go...
View ArticleKentucky teens who left newborn in trash bin sentenced to probation
PADUCAH, Ky. (AP) — A judge has sentenced two teen parents to probation for leaving their newborn girl in a trash bin in western Kentucky. According to media reports, McCracken Circuit Judge Craig...
View ArticleMonroe man trying to hire hitman to kill wife and daughter accidentally...
MONROE, Wash. – A Monroe man was arrested Wednesday after police said he wrote a text attempting to hire a hitman to kill his wife and young daughter, but accidentally sent it to his former boss. The...
View ArticlePolice: Driver flees after fatal hit-run crash in Kent
KENT, Wash. — Authorities are trying to locate a driver suspected of fleeing on foot after a deadly hit-and-run collision that killed a woman in the south King County city of Kent. Kent Police...
View ArticleCowlitz County man in jail after man’s body found in river
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A 20-year-old Castle Rock man is being held in Thurston County Jail on investigation of murder two weeks after a man’s body was found in a river in southwest Washington. The...
View ArticleSeveral arrested at large underage drinking party in Stanwood
STANWOOD, Wash. — Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested four adults and one juvenile at a large underage drinking party in unincorporated Stanwood Friday night. Lieutenant Keith Rogers...
View ArticleJerry Sandusky’s son Jeffrey charged with child sexual abuse
BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — One of Jerry Sandusky’s adult sons faces multiple charges of sexual offenses involving children, more than five years after the former Penn State assistant coach was himself...
View ArticleGeorgia police seek landscaper they say engaged in sex act with dog
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Police in an Atlanta suburb are seeking a man they say engaged in a sex act with a dog while working as a landscaper. Cpl. Deon Washington said in a news release they’re...
View ArticleSuspect returns stolen mortuary van after finding body
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A man was arrested after police say he stole a van from a Southern California mortuary with a dead body inside, returned it and then stole a different van from the same...
View ArticleEx-teacher’s aide who faked cancer gets 6 months in prison
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A former Dallas-area teacher’s aide who faked having cancer and took a car and donations from staff and students has been sentenced to six months in prison in a separate case...
View ArticlePolice looking for man charged in West Tacoma murder
TACOMA, Wash. – A man has been charged with murdering another man last week in a parking lot in West Tacoma, and a warrant has been issued for his arrest. Demetrius Monta Jackson was charged with...
View ArticleNo promises to ‘Making a Murderer’ inmate, lawyer tells panel
CHICAGO (AP) — State attorneys are trying to persuade a panel of federal appellate judges that a Wisconsin inmate featured in the Netflix series “Making a Murderer” was properly convicted. Brendan...
View ArticleOhio woman who live-streamed rape of teen gets 9 months in prison
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio woman accused of live-streaming images of a man raping a 17-year-old girl has been sentenced to nine months in prison. Nineteen-year-old Marina Lonina was sentenced Monday...
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