A convicted felon who got a favorable plea bargain after helping Pierce County authorities crack down on the Hilltop Crips street gang is back in jail, facing charges of dealing drugs and gun theft.
A convicted felon who got a favorable plea bargain after helping Pierce County authorities crack down on the Hilltop Crips street gang is back in jail, facing charges of dealing drugs and gun theft.
Curtis D. Hudson, 24, has court appearances later this week. He’s charged with unlawful delivery of a controlled substance, unlawful possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, theft of a firearm and first-degree unlawful possession of a firearm.
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The key was patience, with a dash of cunning. John Ringer, a longtime Tacoma police detective and gang expert, knew what went down the day 17-year-old Bernard Houston was killed. Knowing it and proving it are different, though.
Bernadine Sanders and Leslie Burt said Thursday they never thought anyone would answer for the shooting death of their brother, Bernard Houston, thought to be the first fatality in Tacoma’s gang troubles of 25 years ago. It's a good bet the three men dragged into Pierce County Superior Court minutes earlier had similar feelings.
Pierce County prosecutors have charged a 22-year-old Edgewood man after finding an explosive device, drugs and stolen weapons in his home.
More than two decades after a teenage gangster was felled by a bullet to the head – popularly believed to be the first gang member killed in Tacoma – the man suspected of pulling the trigger will answer for the death.
Kennewick police on Wednesday said they arrested the last of five suspects in a suspected gang-related drive-by shooting earlier this week.
Eduardo Morfin-Mendoza, 20, who uses the nickname "Tigger," of Pasco, was booked into the Benton County jail on investigation of drive-by shooting, unlawful possession of a gun and possessing stolen property.
The drive-by happened Monday night on the 1300 Block of South Beech Street, police said. No one was hurt in the shooting.
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