Authorities have identified the three people killed in last week’s high-speed crash in Spanaway that left a vehicle torn in half after it struck trees along Military Road East. According to the Pierce County Medical Examiner, the driver was Maurice Donnelle Brooks, 48, of Tacoma. Also killed was Keanae Mahealani Ka’ānapu Kelly Omoto, 37, of…
A Pierce County woman confessed to causing a devastating head-on crash after investigators said she spent hours smoking and injecting methamphetamine before slamming into another car, leaving a Spanaway man with a catastrophic brain injury. Kaitlyn Carl pleaded guilty in April to multiple charges connected to the Jan. 7 crash, including vehicular assault-DUI and reckless…
Human remains found earlier this year in Pierce County have been identified as a woman who vanished in 202. The remains were identified as Aidan Spear, who was 21 when she was reported missing, according to the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office. Investigators said the remains were discovered in January in an isolated, wooded area of…
A stolen car packed with four juveniles led officers on a high-speed chase through Pierce County before deputies used a PIT maneuver to stop it, authorities said. The chase began around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 20, when a Puyallup police officer spotted the stolen vehicle near 112th Street South and Pacific Avenue South. The car…
