Once again, DNA technology has been used to make an arrest in a cold case. In 1991, Federal Way teenager Sarah Yarborough was raped and strangled near her high school campus. She had gone to campus early one Saturday morning to join her drill team, which was going to a high school dance competiti...
In August, an eight-year veteran Renton police officer texted a woman he claimed was a confidential informant to meet him at a neighborhood park, saying he needed to discuss a case with her. When she arrived, Officer Tanuj Soni was waiting for her at a picnic table with wine, and he encouraged he...
The internet can be an amazing place to look up information, connect with friends and family via social media, or shop online. There are always new platforms and technologies emerging, and scam artists seem to be manipulating the internet to their advantage. Two stories out of Washington recently...
The reality television show “Cops” has been on the air for 30 years, making it the longest-running reality show of all time. New episodes are still being filmed, and it is in syndication as well, meaning you are very likely to find an episode on your TV at any given moment if you scan through eno...
Two Montana men filed federal lawsuits against several counties and individual investigators over their false convictions in a kidnapping and murder case from 25 years ago. In January 1994, Donna Meagher was found beaten to death outside of Helena, Montana. She had been kidnapped and robbed from ...
A woman is in serious trouble in Utah after she tried to pass herself off to a law enforcement officer as her own daughter. She is now facing charges of giving false personal information, driving on a suspended license, driving without insurance, and possessing drugs and drug paraphernalia. On A...
Need to get somewhere around Seattle and want to use a rideshare vehicle? You should probably just download an app and use it to hail a ride rather than what a local man did recently. On Tuesday, August 27, 2019, a rideshare driver had stopped along the 1900th block of Third Avenue to pick up a ...
A former Spokane resident and current NASA astronaut has been accused of identity theft while she was on a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station. Anne McClain, who is in the middle of a bitter divorce and child custody battle with her wife, Summer Worden, is accused of logging ...
A woman took a car salesman for a ride, and she is now facing charges of kidnapping, assault, taking a car without permission, driving with a suspended license, and driving under the influence. After her arrest, the woman told police officers that "her occupation is to cleanse the world of demons...
Dion Earl, the former owner of the professional indoor soccer team Seattle Impact, was found guilty of six counts of sexual assault in Phoenix, Arizona. Earl, who commuted between a home in Mesa, Arizona and Kent, Washington, had been charged with sexually assaulting two different women in his Me...
It is a solemn fact that all across the country, prisons are overcrowded, underfunded, and understaffed. Since the 1990s when the country adopted a tough-on-crime approach to law enforcement and sentencing, the number of people incarcerated has skyrocketed. This has led to unsafe and deadly condi...
News of Jeffrey Epstein's death rocked the media on Saturday, August 13, 2019, when it was reported that he had hung himself in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York. Epstein had been charged with child sex trafficking and had reportedly attempted suicide two weeks before. ...
Sometimes the latest technology can be a wonderful, smart thing, but criminals will find a way to be even smarter and exploit it to their advantage. Police in Seattle and Bellevue have confirmed that they are investigating several criminal cases that have involved car-sharing vehicles like LimePo...
A Kent, Washington teenager was shot by a police officer in the early morning hours of August 6, 2019, just a day after a report by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) said that police violence should be treated as a public health issue. The 15-year-old Kent teenager, who h...
A Seattle woman who frequently used the online pseudonym “Erratic” has been arrested and federally charged with one of the largest computer data breaches in U.S. history. On Monday, July 29, 2019, it was announced that Paige Thompson had gained access to over 106 million Capital One customers' in...
A Seattle man with a long criminal record of repeat offenses is back in jail, just after being released last week. Francisco Calderon had only been out of jail for a few days when he was arrested again--this time for throwing coffee on a toddler. The incident involving the toddler was first charg...
According to the Washington Department of Corrections, as of June 2018, there were a total of 17,845 inmates being held in correctional facilities and 18% of those were aged 50 years or more. There are 12 correctional facilities in Washington, and unfortunately, most of them are not equipped to m...
Last month a man in Seattle found himself in inescapable circumstances. Still, he took the time to smoke a cigarette while he considered the situation and while the police had him surrounded. Police arrived at the 1000 Block of NE 112th Street after a parking officer called the police to report ...
Last week a judge granted a 30-day extension to the Seattle Police Department (SPD) to come up with a plan to come into compliance with a consent decree in police reforms. The city of Seattle had asked for the extension because it said it needed more time to interact with the Department of Justic...
Genetic genealogy is being used more and more by police to investigate cold cases that are sometimes decades old, but some ethicists say that using this kind of technology is questionable. Just as the suspect in the Golden State Killer case was apprehended, a Washington man is on trial for the mu...
When one thinks of the death penalty, one might think of Texas, which has executed more inmates than any other state in the country since 1930. But California is ranked fourth in the number of executions it has carried out, and 13 people have been put to death by the state of California since 197...
Many people in the surrounding counties were in for a surprise last month when 70 cars were stolen in a 48-hour period. King, Pierce, and Snohomish Counties Affected According to the head of the Puget Sound Auto Theft Task Force, thieves stole 44 cars in King County, 16 cars in Pierce County, a...
The Everett Police Department is considering the implementation of body cameras for its officers. Success of the pilot body camera video program will be measured by tracking several metrics, including: the use of police force, assaults by police, complaints made by the community, police inj...
Michele Bocci is a man with prior convictions for acting as a “con artist” who has apparently struck again. It was reported in an affidavit from the Clark County Superior Court that a Vancouver couple recently lent him roughly $60,000. A search warrant was issued; however, it was determined that ...
A group of young men has been brazenly targeting retailers in Washington and Oregon recently. The group is accused of significant thefts of devices including iPhones and Apple Watches from stores. They recently entered an AT&T store in Marysville and stole roughly $5,000 in merchandise. They are ...
