A 67-year-old landlord is accused of killing his tenant and hiding the victim’s body inside a barrel on his Cowlitz County property. Cowlitz 911 received a report around 6:50 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 16, after a caller said a family member, identified as Ricky Dean Miller, admitted to killing someone and claimed the body was hidden…
Tacoma Police have impounded a vehicle believed to be involved in the hit-and-run crash that killed a Washington State Patrol trooper last week. The vehicle was located and seized within the past 24 hours, the agency revealed Tuesday, Dec. 23. Trooper Tara-Marysa Guting, 29, was struck around 7:20 p.m. Friday, Dec. 19, while investigating an…
Two West Virginia National Guardsmen were shot and critically wounded near the White House on Wednesday, Nov. 26, in an attack authorities say was carried out by a 29-year-old man last known to be living in Bellingham, NBC News reports. Police and federal investigators said the gunman — identified by four senior law-enforcement sources as…
A former state child welfare worker from Port Townsend accused of sexually abusing his stepdaughter for years will avoid prison after being convicted of a lesser charge. Robert Judd, 61, was sentenced in Jefferson County Court Friday, Nov. 21, to 364 days on electronic home monitoring after a jury convicted him of 4th-degree assault. Jurors…
A 2-year-old Tacoma boy has died days after first responders found him unresponsive in a downtown apartment, triggering a homicide investigation. Officers were called around 10:20 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 13 to the area of St. Helens Avenue near Division Avenue after firefighters responded to a report of a child who was not breathing, according to…
A former Alaska Airlines pilot who tried to disable a passenger jet’s engines while riding in a cockpit jump seat will avoid prison time. Joseph Emerson, 46, was sentenced in Portland federal court Monday, Nov. 17, to the 46 days he previously spent in custody, along with three years of supervised release. It followed his…
Support is surging for a Port Angeles man who was allegedly stabbed and carjacked after helping a couple and their seven children along Highway 101 near Sequim. Melvin Swagerty, 60, was stabbed multiple times and left on the side of the road early Monday, Oct. 20 after offering a ride to the family, his daughter…
A Marysville man who groomed and sexually abused his girlfriend’s young daughter for years will spend over a year in prison. Michael Hill was sentenced to 13 months behind bars in Clallam County Superior Court on Friday, Nov. 14, following a conviction of third-degree rape of a child. The sentence includes 36 months of community…
Three years after a Lacey toddler was found covered in bruises, skull fractures, and catastrophic head injuries, a Thurston County jury convicted his mother’s boyfriend of murder. Jurors found that 31-year-old Eric Boudreau caused the fatal injuries that killed 13-month-old J.A.M., rejecting his claim that the child tumbled down a staircase while in his care….
Everett Police arrested a suspect days after a missing landlord was found murdered in an alley, wrapped in plastic. The case began on Wednesday, Nov. 5, when 71-year-old Daniel Lytton was stabbed to death inside a residence in the 2600 block of Grand Avenue during daytime hours, Everett Police said. Lytton was reported missing that…
