Police: Kent firetruck, patrol car hit in separate DUI crashes Sunday
KENT, Wash. — A Kent firetruck and police car were hit by drunk drivers in two separate incidents Sunday, according to Kent Police. A Kent Police patrol car was rear-ended by a DUI driver around 2 a.m....
View ArticleCops: Man arrested in killing of elderly Snohomish County woman
EVERETT, Wash. — Investigators arrested a man after an elderly woman was found dead and another her daughter was injured Sunday afternoon in Snohomish County. Police arrested a 31-year-old man Sunday...
View ArticleChicago woman faces murder charge in baby’s starvation death
CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago woman accused of starving her 2-month-old son to death is facing a first-degree murder charge. Court records show 22-year-old Shawnquail Minnis’ baby became so emaciated that...
View Article2 California police officers shot, 1 fatally, after responding to car crash
WHITTIER, Calif. -- Officials say a California police officer was killed and another wounded in a shooting while they were trying to help a man who had been in a traffic accident in Whittier. Lt. John...
View ArticleTexas neurosurgeon sentenced to life for maiming patients
DALLAS (AP) — A jury has sentenced a former neurosurgeon to life in prison for maiming patients who had turned to him for surgery to resolve debilitating injuries. The decision came Monday, almost a...
View Article‘Stand your ground’ hearing opens in Florida theater shooting
(CNN) — Three years after a dispute over texting in a movie theater left a man dead, a “Stand Your Ground” hearing is underway for a former Tampa, Florida, police captain charged with murder. The...
View ArticleDallas surgeon gets life in prison for purposely maiming patient
DALLAS – A Dallas jury has sentenced former neurosurgeon Christopher Duntsch to life in prison, KDAF reported. Evidence from the case revealed Duntsch incapacitated patients while they were under his...
View ArticlePolice: Naked man breaks into Portland apartment; woman, children escape
PORTLAND, Ore. – A naked man broke into a northeast Portland apartment and tried to force a woman into the bathroom before she managed to escape with her children, according to police. Officers...
View ArticlePolice: Son killed mom, began trying to dismember her body
VANCOUVER, Wash. — Police say a 45-year-old man killed his mother at her Vancouver home last week and tried to dismember her before he was arrested. Kenneth Moore appeared in Clark County Superior...
View Article3rd person sentenced in scalding of cat in Mississippi
MOSS POINT, Miss. (AP) — A third person in Mississippi has been sentenced to jail for the scalding of a caged cat in a video posted online. Police say the cat died after being doused with boiling water...
View ArticleProsecutors: 2 teen boys in Utah shot 14-year-old girl in head to rob her;...
LOGAN, Utah (AP) — Prosecutors say two Utah teens charged with shooting a 14-year-old girl in the back of the head and leaving her wounded in a ditch lured her there with a plan to rob and kill her....
View ArticleFire truck hit head-on by allegedly impaired driver in Kent
KENT, Wash. – An impaired driver crossed the center line and hit a fire crew’s ladder truck head-on Sunday night in Kent, according to a post on Puget Sound Fire’s Facebook page. None of the crew on...
View ArticleWoman found dead in Mill Creek apartment; cops arrest husband
MILL CREEK, Wash. -- Police are investigating a homicide after a woman was found dead early Tuesday morning in a Mill Creek apartment. Officers were called shortly after 4 a.m. to Heatherwood...
View ArticleMissouri man accused of trying to aid ISIS-inspired attack
(CNN) — A 25-year-old Columbia, Missouri, man was charged with attempting to provide material support to people he thought were ISIS-inspired terrorists, according to the US Attorney’s Office. Robert...
View ArticleLakewood woman accused of shaking 2-year-old so hard he suffered stroke
TACOMA, Wash. – A Lakewood woman is accused of shaking her friend’s 2-year-old son so hard that that he suffered a stroke and swelling of the brain. Atalani Tili pleaded not guilty to first-degree...
View ArticleKnife found along SR 522 in search for evidence in murder of elderly woman
SNOHOMISH COUNTY, Wash. — Detectives found a knife while searching for evidence along SR 522 in the murder of 78-year-old woman and the assault of her 62-year-old daughter. Snohomish County sheriff’s...
View ArticleAberdeen jail guard accused of tipping off drug traffickers
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A guard at the Aberdeen city jail has been arrested on allegations that he tipped off drug traffickers about police activities. Charles Andrew Stocker was due to make an initial...
View ArticleWashington Senate passes bill making fourth DUI a felony
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The Senate has unanimously passed a bill that would make driving under the influence a felony if the driver has three or more prior offenses on their criminal record within 10...
View ArticleMissionary sentenced to 40 years for sexually assaulting children in Kenya
(CNN) — An Oklahoma missionary who volunteered at a children’s home in Kenya was sentenced to 40 years in prison Monday for sexually assaulting three girls and a boy while working at the facility,...
View ArticleDrive-by shooting caught on camera; police say Spanaway family not...
SPANAWAY, Wash. – A Pierce County family had some scary moments after someone opened fire on their Spanaway home early Saturday morning in an apparent drive-by shooting. Pierce County sheriff’s...
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