Intense Debate: Downtown Seattle Witnesses 36% Drop in Violent Crime, Lowest Since 2017
kiro7.com - 10/25/2025 12:49:47 AM. Recent reports indicate a significant drop in violent crime in downtown Seattle, with the summer crime rate hitting its lowest since 2017. The decrease is a substantial 36% compared to the figures from 2024. The city's economic indicators are also showing positive trends, with...
1 Suspect Arrested In Connection With $2 Million Jewelry Heist In Seattle
Police have arrested a 29-year-old man in connection with the August smash-and-grab robbery that netted more than $2 million in jewelry, diamonds, and luxury watches from a West Seattle jewelry store. The Seattle Police Department said the suspect, already a convicted felon barred from possessing firearms, was taken...
Another Depredation Confirmed In NE Washington
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife confirmed last week the Sherman Pack was responsible for another depredation in Ferry County.
Man stole $750K in merchandise from malls across western Washington
A man described as one of the most “prolific retail thieves” the Washington Attorney General’s Office has seen in years has been sentenced for stealing $750,000 in merchandise from malls across three counties, including Pierce. Micah Snyder, 43, was sentenced last week in Snohomish County Superior Court...
Prisoner faces murder charge after allegedly beating cellmate to death
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A Clackamas County Grand Jury indicted a prisoner for murdering his cellmate in the Clackamas County Jail earlier this month, authorities said. On Tuesday, Sapastian Year, 23, of Renton, Washington, was arraigned on first-degree murder and harassment in two separate incidents, the Clackamas...
Prosecutors: Husband confessed to killing Shoreline woman, hid gun in cemetery
The victim’s adult daughter told investigators her parents had been having serious marital problems and that her father was known to own several firearms.
“ONE STEP FORWARD, TWO MILES BACK”: Jason Rantz Discusses the Seattle Mayoral Race, Spreading...
Jason Rantz, host of The Jason Rantz Show on Seattle Red 770AM and author of What’s Killing America: Inside the Radical Left’s Deadly Plan to Transform the Nation, joined The Guy Benson Show today to discuss the undercovered Seattle mayoral race, and why it mirrors the radical trends taking root in cities like New...
Seattle fire rescues man after jumping off I-90 floating bridge
Authorities responded to a vehicle incident on the I-90 floating bridge where a man exited a disabled car and intentionally jumped into Lake Washington.
Family of teen who fell to his death at Gas Works Park sues City...
SEATTLE — The family of a teen who fell to his death at Seattle’s Gas Works Park is suing the city, calling the historic structures a public nuisance, according to new documents. In July, 15-year-old Mattheis Johnson died after falling about 50 feet from one of the structure’s...
2 Seattle men arrested for armed robbery in their own apartment building
Two men were arrested in Downtown Seattle on Friday night for an armed robbery at their own apartment building. At approximately 6:30 p.m., Seattle Police Department (SPD) officers responded to the 100 block of S. Stewart Street, where victims told officers that three suspects armed with knives and firearms forced...

















