A container ship captain was arrested in Seattle after Coast Guard investigators determined he was operating the vessel while intoxicated, officials said. The incident happened Wednesday, Aug. 20, when the captain of the MSC Jubilee IX was taken into custody at Terminal 5. The Coast Guard Investigative Service (CGIS) said the captain’s blood alcohol content…
A man was killed and another injured early Saturday, Aug. 23, when a vehicle fleeing a DUI investigation crashed into a building in north Everett. The wreck happened around 2:30 a.m. on Rucker Avenue near 44th Street, close to the Totem Pole Diner, according to Everett Police. Two men were inside the car when it…
Three days have passed since a 16-year-old Pierce County girl disappeared after stepping outside of her home. Yarelsy Castellano-Chacon was last seen in the 8400 block of McKinley Avenue in Tacoma at around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 19, according to the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office. The teen went to take the garbage out and did…
A 22-year-old Vancouver man accused of robbing a U.S. Bank branch and fleeing on a bicycle has been arrested, the Clark County Sheriff’s Office announced. Elijah Evans was taken into custody on Thursday, Aug. 21, three days after the robbery at the branch on NE 117th Avenue, as Puget Press reported. Investigators credited a public…
Former Seattle SuperSonics star Shawn Kemp will avoid prison in connection with a 2023 shooting outside the Tacoma Mall. Kemp, 55, was sentenced to 30 days of home confinement in Pierce County Court on Friday, Aug. 22. He must also complete one year of supervised release and 240 hours of community service. Before sentencing, Kemp…
President Donald Trump said his administration would turn its focus to Chicago in its push to clamp down on crime, after deploying federal law enforcement and National Guard troops in Washington, D.C. Speaking from the Oval Office Friday, Aug. 22, Trump said his next move would be to intervene in Chicago, which he described as…
Support is pouring in for a well-known member of Seattle’s swing dance community who was left seriously injured after a violent robbery in Pioneer Square. Michael Darigol, 42, known affectionately as “Dargoff” in the swing dance world, was assaulted and robbed late Wednesday, Aug. 6, in what Seattle police described as one of the most…
Everett Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man accused of assaulting two employees at a business on East Casino Road earlier this month. The attack happened just before noon Friday, Aug. 1, at a business in the 300 block of East Casino Road, police said. Investigators reported that the suspect entered…
An 18-month investigation into a Tacoma-based street gang resulted in nine indictments and multiple arrests tied to a fentanyl trafficking conspiracy stretching from Arizona to Washington and beyond. Large-Scale Operation Over the last 36 hours, law enforcement executed 13 search warrants and arrested eight of nine people charged in a ten-count federal indictment, the US…
President Donald Trump said he plans to patrol the streets of Washington, D.C., Thursday night alongside police officers and National Guard troops. Trump made the remarks during an interview with conservative radio host Todd Starnes, saying he expected to join law enforcement as part of a federal crime crackdown. “I’m going to be going out…
