Crime HEADLINES
Imprisoned ex-Fort Lewis Army Ranger allegedly tried to kill cohort
Published July 3rd, 2009 - 2:12AM
An ex-Fort Lewis Army Ranger who led a bank holdup is charged with trying to kill a fellow robber behind bars.
Charges filed against man accused in Fife bank robbery
Published July 3rd, 2009 - 2:12AM
Pierce County prosecutors have filed charges against a man accused of robbing a Fife bank on Tuesday, then halting the heist and eventually surrendering to police.
Pierce County detectives arrest ‘transient’ sex offenders in sting
Published July 3rd, 2009 - 12:05AM
For weeks, Pierce County sheriff’s deputies watched the small house in Tacoma’s Hilltop neighborhood, making sure their man was there.
Tacoma police are on fireworks patrol
Published July 3rd, 2009 - 12:05AM
Detective Richard Voce pointed his police cruiser down a Northeast Tacoma street, in the direction of some colorful explosions of fireworks.
Man sought for 2004 killing arrested
Published July 3rd, 2009 - 12:05AM
Tacoma police caught up Thursday with a man who’s been sought for more than two years in connection with a 2004 gang-motivated slaying on the East Side.
Drug ring bust nets 31 arrests
Published July 3rd, 2009 - 12:05AM
Federal, state and local law enforcement officials have busted a large drug trafficking organization that was bringing methamphetamine and cocaine into Washington from Mexico and operating in parts of Pierce County.
More time OK’d to consider death penalty in robbery case
Published July 3rd, 2009 - 12:05AM
A Pierce County Superior Court judge has extended the time prosecutors have to decide whether to seek the death penalty against the man charged with fatally shooting an armored car guard during a robbery last month.
One of Tacoma's Most Wanted arrested on murder warrant
Published July 2nd, 2009 - 3:18PM
Tacoma police have arrested a man wanted in connection with a 2004 gang-motivated slaying on Tacoma's East Side.
31 arrested in major bust of Mexican drug trafficking organization
Published July 2nd, 2009 - 11:33AM
Federal, state and local law enforcement officials say they've busted another drug trafficking organization that was bringing methamphetamine and cocaine into Washington from Mexico.
Charges filed against Fife bank robber who surrendered
Published July 2nd, 2009 - 10:10AM
Pierce County prosecutors have filed charges against a man accused of robbing a Fife bank on Tuesday, then halting the heist and eventually surrendering to police.
Police investigate two stabbings in Tacoma Wednesday night
Published July 2nd, 2009 - 8:44AM
Tacoma police were investigating two separate stabbing incidents Wednesday night in the city.
Two killed in early morning crash in Orting area
Published July 2nd, 2009 - 8:42AM
Two people were killed early today when their vehicle crashed into a tree in the Orting area, the Pierce County Sheriff's Department reports.
Judge’s trial delayed until September
Published July 2nd, 2009 - 5:23AM
Pierce County Superior Court Judge Michael Hecht on Friday received a three-month postponement of his trial on charges he hired a prostitute and threatened to kill a man.
Judge claims paper 'poisoned' trial
Published July 2nd, 2009 - 5:19AM
Superior Court Judge Michael A. Hecht wants the criminal case against him tried outside Pierce County, contending in court documents that “the Tacoma News Tribune has deliberately poisoned” his right to a fair trial here.
Pierce County judge denies charges brought by state
Published July 2nd, 2009 - 5:08AM
In a written response bolstered by letters and sworn declarations from more than a dozen witnesses, Pierce County Superior Court Judge Michael Hecht denies every charge brought against him by the state’s Commission on Judicial Conduct, including that he has patronized prostitutes.
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