Tacoma WA

A 22-year-old Mexican man, Jose Carlos Peraza Alvarez, was sentenced to three years in prison for operating a drug stash house, seized with methamphetamine, heroin, and fentanyl. Seattle, WA. – Official Release: A 22-year-old native of Sinaloa, Mexico was sentence in U.S. District Court in Seattle to three years in...

TACOMA, Wash. – Pierce County prosecutors are asking a judge to reconsider the sentence given to former Seattle SuperSonics star Shawn Kemp for a 2023 shooting at the Tacoma Mall. Kemp faced charges of second-degree assault and was sentenced to 30 days of home detention and community service. The...

On a sunny, late August afternoon, there are a lot of families with little kids sitting in the dining room in Cooper’s Food & Drink in Tacoma, finishing lunch. It’s a scene that played out all summer. Cooper’s was among 18 restaurants where kids in Tacoma, Seattle and even Denver, Colorado, could come and get a free...

Donald W. Hogan, 52, of Auburn, was charged Tuesday in Lewis County Superior Court for violation of a court order, domestic violence, a class C felony punishable by up to five years in prison and

Deputies in Pierce County were called to the McDonald’s on Portland Avenue East and 112th Street East around 8:30 p.m., September 1, for a man asleep at the wheel in the drive-thru.

A series of distressing incidents unfolded over the past weekend in Pierce County, according to a recent post on the Pierce County Sheriff's Department blog. Ranging from a high-speed car chase to a public lewdness arrest, authorities were kept busy responding to various emergencies and crimes. On August 31st, a...

This weekend, Pierce County’s sheriff took to social media to post incendiary comments on a national issue. It wasn’t the first time, but it marked a low point in his online activity as a sheriff. The posts were irresponsible and repeated talking points that cruelly stigmatize a minority group, and I take issue with...

In a decisive move aimed at tackling gun violence, Seattle's City Attorney Ann Davison has taken legal action against prominent gun manufacturer Glock, Inc. and its Austrian parent company, Glock GES.m.b.H., as reported Seattle's official news. The lawsuit, which also lists three local gun retailers – Pantel...

A woman who hit and killed a man on Pacific Highway South in Federal Way after shoplifting and then fleeing Dick’s Sporting Goods has received a 93-month prison sentence. On Aug. 29, Hailey Bunkelman, 24, was sentenced to 93 months — a little under eight years — for vehicular homicide following a guilty plea. This...

A man who was stabbed in the neck outside a bar in Renton has had several surgeries, may have had a stroke and is paralyzed on his left side because of the attack, according to court documents.