Category: Law & Order
As per a ruling issued in Pierce County Superior Court, the City of Tacoma may have to pay $1.77 million for withholding public records from an ex-police officer. The decision was made and handed down by Judge Helen Whitener on Wednesday which states that the city wrongly withheld 546 pages of records from former Officer […]
As per authorities, the second suspect has been arrested in the shooting case of Kelso Clerk following a lengthy car chase erupted into gunfire on interstates in Portland, Oregon. As per Police, 23-year-old Erkinson K. Bossy was arrested after the long pursuit at about 8 p.m. The pursuit happened from Vancouver, Washington, into Portland. As […]
Washington lawmakers have introduced a bill on Monday which aims to eliminate a decades-old cap on the number of special education students the state will fund. It is one of the several steps to be taken to address Washington State’s special education funding crisis, which has left thousands of special needs students without access to […]
An unprecedented unethical act by the Sheriff’s office has made the whole legal fraternity worried. Defense attorneys in San Juan County worry that Sheriff Ron Krebs has a tool to manipulate on the scales of justice after learning he used a courtroom security camera to zoom in on defense documents and a juror’s notebook during a […]
Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed the bill amending Initiative 940. Initiative 940 was passed in November making it easier to prosecute police officers for negligent shootings. The bill will change when officers can be held liable for using deadly force. Now, I-940 would have required officers to show that they believed they were acting in […]
The Washington Citizens’ Commission on Salaries for Elected Officials has approved salary hike for elected officials, judges and lawmakers. It is the third pay raise since the Great Recession. The commission’s decision, which proposed a huge rise in salaries, drew the ire of anti-tax activist Tim Eyman, who has vowed a referendum that would put […]
Based on the crime rate statistics, new analysis ranks Snoqualmie, Oak Harbor, Sunnyside, West Richland and Enumclaw as the five safest cities of Washington. On the other hand, Kent, Federal Way, Tacoma, Spokane and University Place were ranked as the least safe cities. The National Council released the analysis statistics for Home Safety and Security […]
Aberdeen fire department received a call from Guest House Inn, located at 616 Heron St., at around 4 p.m. on Wednesday, for an unknown medical problem. On reaching the location, they found a deceased female inside the lobby and requested the police department. The police department was informed about a suspicious 35 yr old woman […]
Around 12:30 a.m. on Thursday, a fatal vehicle killed a pedestrian in Downtown, Seattle. Police officials are investigating the same as hit and run case, as the driver of the vehicle fled the scene. The police officials have no much information about how the pedestrian was hit. The incident occurred at the intersection of 4th […]
A mass shooting by 20 yrs. Old Adam Lanza at Sandy Hook Elementary school on December 14, 2012, was the deadliest mass shooting at either a high school or grade school in U.S history. The shooting prompted renewed debate about gun control in the United States, including proposals to make more stringent laws for the […]
