Thurston County man now facing 2nd degree murder charge in connection to body found Jan. 9
A 41-year-old man who was arrested earlier this month in south Thurston County — the same area where a dead man was later ...
He shot his wife and left her to die. On Friday, he faced justice in a Tacoma courtroom
Ruben Cervantes Rios, 46, was convicted of second-degree murder in a jury trial for the Feb. 28, 2022, shooting of Heather Cooper.
Deputies tie handcuffed man to rope, drag him across jail cell floor in WA, lawsuit says
“Dragging a handcuffed Black man around the jail floor with a rope is inhumane and a vile abuse of power,” Alicia LeDuc Montgomery, one of the attorneys representing the case, said in a Jan. 22 news ...
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Spanaway man sentenced to 12 years in prison for leadership role in drug ring
A Spanaway man was sentenced to more than a decade in prison for his leadership role in a drug distribution ring in Western ...
Kohberger’s Idaho defense argues FBI skirted policies, lack of warrants to dump DNA evidence
If society is not ready to support suppression of every bit of our DNA when the government does not have a warrant and searches it, there is no privacy right left,” said Anne Taylor, lead defense ...
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Family of Teekah Lewis remains hopeful 26 years after Tacoma abduction
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children marked 26 years since Teekah Lewis went missing from a Tacoma bowling alley.
26 years later, case of kidnapped Tacoma toddler remains unsolved
It’s been 26 years since two-year-old Teekah Lewis was kidnapped from a Tacoma bowling alley, and her disappearance remains a ...
Have homicide rates in Tacoma continued to decline after hitting its peak in 2022?
The Violent Crime Reduction Plan launched in July 2022 with the goal of reducing crime in Tacoma such as murder, robbery and ...
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Suburban Seattle officer gets over 16 years in prison for fatally shooting a homeless man
A suburban Seattle police officer who was convicted of murder in the 2019 shooting death of a homeless man has been sentenced to over 16 years in prison. Auburn police ...
Funeral home finds ‘suspicious’ wounds on man, GA cops say. Arrest made 5 years later
More than five years after a man was found stabbed to death, a woman has been charged in his killing, according to Georgia authorities. Carmen Marie Hunt, 50, faces charges of felony murder and ...