A man was sentenced Friday for a series of escalating violent crimes targeting women at random across the Seattle area in 2023, including robbery, kidnapping, and rape, the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office said.
The defendant was convicted of five felonies across three cases: two counts of robbery, one count of assault, one count of kidnapping, and one count of second-degree rape. All five are classified as violent offenses under Washington state law.
Casey McNerthney, a spokesperson for the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, said the cases represented a clear pattern of escalating violence against women…