A Port Townsend man who strangled his girlfriend, prevented her from escaping during a violent confrontation, and later tried to mislead authorities about his identity has been sentenced to more than two years in prison, prosecutors said. Pedro Francisco Munoz-Renteria was sentenced Friday, March 13, in Jefferson County Superior Court to 29 months in custody…
Two Lakewood parents are accused of murdering their 7-week old son. Pierce County prosecutors charged Mark Anthony Labaco Clamor, 21, with two counts of second-degree murder and Alyssa Jade Vanderbeck, 19, with one count of second-degree murder in connection with the death of their infant son, Nakoa Michael Clamor. The couple appeared Thursday, March 12,…
A Port Angeles drug dealer who sparked a fire and rammed patrol vehicles during a chaotic gas station arrest will spend the next decade in prison after pleading guilty to multiple felony charges tied to a fentanyl trafficking case Joshua Goudie, 37, — also known as Joshua Roaf — pleaded guilty Wednesday, Feb. 25, to…
A man was killed in a stabbing at a Covington clubhouse, and deputies arrested a suspect nearby. The stabbing was reported around 3 p.m. Sunday, March 1, at the Timberline Clubhouse, located at 19300 SE 267th St., the King County Sheriff’s Office said. Dispatchers received a call about a disturbance and were told someone had…
A man died after being shot in Tacoma, and detectives are now investigating the case as a homicide. Officers responded around 4:50 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, to the 1100 block of South I Street after receiving reports of gunfire, according to Tacoma Police. When officers arrived, they found a man suffering from apparent gunshot…
A Port Angeles man will spend more than 11 years in prison after a jury found he tried to kill another man during a confrontation that ended with a gunshot fired at a parked car. Brian Lester, 39, was sentenced Tuesday, Jan. 20, to 138 months in prison following a jury trial in Clallam County…
A former Port Townsend woman was sentenced to 10 years in prison for a violent domestic assault in which prosecutors say she repeatedly struck her husband with a hatchet, leaving him with life-altering injuries. Anna Young was sentenced Friday, Jan. 30, in Jefferson County Superior Court to 120 months in prison—including a deadly weapon enhancement—after…
An Everett ex-convict who detonated a pipe bomb that destroyed a neighbor’s car—and later called the victims to boast while using racial slurs—will spend five years in federal prison. Steven Goldstine, 55, was sentenced in Seattle federal court Monday, Dec. 15, after pleading guilty to three federal felonies: unlawful possession of a destructive device, unlawful…
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…
