Recent sentencings in Pierce County Superior Court

This list of curated articles highlights recent criminal sentencings in Pierce County Superior Court.

One article details a pawnshop owner who sold stolen Lego sets. Another article examines the sentencing of a couple for murder after a plot involving a Tacoma strip club patron. In a different case, a man received an exceptional sentence for murdering his roommate, with his daughter's trauma heavily influencing the court's decision. One article is about a Tacoma teen who was sentenced below the standard range for a shooting incident at Lincoln High School.

Defendant Anthony Wayne Neely gives a statement to the Pierce County Superior Court prior to his sentencing on October 24, 2024. By Bonny Matejowsky

NO. 1: LEGO LARCENY: PUYALLUP-AREA PAWNSHOP OWNER SENTENCED FOR SALES OF STOLEN TOYS

Lego sets can be a lot of things. | Published October 25, 2025 | Read Full Story by Bonny Matejowsky

NO. 2: ‘ALARMING DEFICIENCIES’ BY TACOMA POLICE IN MURDER CASE, DEFENSE ATTORNEY SAYS

A 30-year-old man jailed for nearly three years for a Tacoma homicide case was given no further jail time at a sentencing hearing Nov. | Published November 20, 2025 | Read Full Story by Peter Talbot

Jamari Webb and Ashley Arrieta are pictured in grocery store surveillance video law enforcement used to tie them to the Aug. 25, 2024 murder of Hector Gonzalez Jimenez, of Eagle Creek, Oregon.

NO. 3: COUPLE SENTENCED FOR MURDER OF OREGON MAN LURED TO HOTEL FROM TACOMA STRIP CLUB

Two people convicted of first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of an Oregon man lured to a Tacoma hotel room to be mugged under the premise of a paid hookup have been sentenced to more than 30 years in prison each. | Published December 2, 2025 | Read Full Story by Peter Talbot

The windshield of a vehicle Juan Jose Carbajal shot out of while fleeing from law enforcement amid a mental health crisis in Pierce County on July 4, 2022, is shown in a photograph filed with the court.

NO. 4: PIERCE COUNTY MAN WHO THOUGHT WORLD WAS ENDING SENTENCED FOR SHOOTING AT COP

A man who shot at a Pierce County sheriff’s sergeant in Graham and then fled at over 100 mph, firing at another driver before intentionally crashing his vehicle into a deep ravine, was sentenced Tuesday to 12 years, three months in prison. | Published December 2, 2025 | Read Full Story by Peter Talbot

Casey Vincent Christianson, 49, (second from right) was sentenced to 29 years, seven months in prison Friday, Dec. 12, 2025, after he was convicted of intentional and felony second-degree murder for the October 2023 death of 37-year-old Richard Cooley in Parkland. By Peter Talbot

NO. 5: AUNT OF PIERCE COUNTY GIRL WHO SAW FATHER COMMIT MURDER DESCRIBES LASTING TRAUMA

Little girls shouldn’t have to wonder what the point of life is if it only ends in violence, but Casey Christianson’s daughter has seen death up close. | Published December 13, 2025 | Read Full Story by Peter Talbot

Tacoma Police block off the in front of Lincoln High School at the intersection of South 37th Street and South G Street after a shooting on Tuesday, June 17, 2025, in Tacoma, Wash. By Brian Hayes

NO. 6: TACOMA TEEN SENTENCED FOR SHOOTING OUTSIDE LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL

A teenager who shot and injured a 16-year-old boy outside Lincoln High School in Tacoma during the last week of school before summer break was sentenced Monday to six years in state custody. | Published December 24, 2025 | Read Full Story by Peter Talbot

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