News release from Valley Regional Fire Authority.
At 7:53 a.m. Valley Regional Fire Authority responded to a reported building collapse and gas leak at 530 West Main St. in Auburn. First arriving units found a residence that had partially collapsed. The collapse of the structure caused a rupture of a gas [...]
Southbound Interstate 5 traffic exiting to 54th Avenue in Fife is backed up this morning on the off-ramp to the mainline due to a truck fire, the Washington State Department of Transportation reports.
The left lane of the off-ramp is open but the right lane remains blocked due to a [...]
A 41-year-old Sumner man is in critical condition following a one-car crash late Sunday night on Highway 162 south of Sumner, the Washington State Patrol reported today.
Martin E. Schuler was driving northbound on the highway at 96th Street East at Alderton about 11:15 p.m. when he lost control of the [...]
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Federal prosecutors have charged a 36-year-old convicted bank robber with holding up a North End bank branch last month.
Ezekiel T. Black is being detained at the federal detention center in SeaTac. He's been charged federally with one count of bank robbery for the July 6 holdup at Key Bank, 3917 [...]
Crews are working to put out a van that's on fire on Highway 512 at Pioneer Avenue.
Both lanes of westbound Highway 512 and one lane of eastbound Highway 512 are blocked for the activity. The eastbound off-ramp to Pioneer Avenue also is closed.
Firefighters and troopers are on the scene.
[...]
Lakewood police have released a photograph of a man believed to the husband of a woman suspected of scamming several Hispanic families out of nearly $140,000.
The man went by the name Jose Fernandez when he got a business license to lease storefront space in the 8600 [...]
The Crystal Judson Family Justice Center in Tacoma has received a national award for its continued dedication to supporting domestic violence victims.
The National Criminal Justice Association presented the center with the Outstanding Criminal Justice Program Award at a three-day conference in Bellevue. The annual conference ended Tuesday.
The national association honors [...]
Lakewood police are searching for a woman who promised to cleanse the money of at least seven Hispanic families but stole it instead.
The families were supposed to have their final session with Señora Monica on Sunday night at a small store in the 8600 block of South Tacoma Way, Lakewood [...]
Pierce County has agreed to pay $100,000 to settle a federal lawsuit brought by the parents of a man who committed suicide in the jail.
The county admitted no fault in reaching the settlement with Ralph Close and Laura Larson, according to documents filed this week in U.S. District Court.
Close and [...]
Local clergy and others will gather Friday for a brief, spiritual ceremony in honor of a man killed in a hit-and-run crash last week in Puyallup.
The Moment of Blessing ceremony for Ryan Seward, 46, begins at 11 a.m. in the 2800 block of Ninth Street Southwest in Puyallup.
Seward, a career [...]
The Auburn Police Department has been re-accredited by a commission that evaluates how law enforcement agencies stack up against national policing standards.
Chief Jim Kelly announced today the re-accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies.
The department was accredited in 1997. It's evaluated by CALEA every three years [...]
A Red Cross spokeswoman said one adult and three children were displaced Thursday night by a house fire in Parkland.
One adult and three children were affected by the fire, on the 14000 block of Yakima Avenue South, Red Cross spokeswoman Karen Kim said.
UPDATE: 9:39 p.m. There was no fire, but [...]
Firefighters are still mopping up today at a home near Puyallup where an early morning fire destroyed a home and took the life of the family dog.
A man who was house-sitting for the owners and asleep in the house was able to escape without injury, according to [...]
A woman who convinced nearly two dozen Tacoma-area residents to file false income-tax returns has pleaded guilty to a federal charge.
Deborah S. Satcher pleaded guilty Friday in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to one count of false claims conspiracy.
Satcher faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine [...]
Pierce County prosecutors have charged a 32-year-old man with first-degree murder in the shooting death of another man early Wednesday morning in Tacoma.
A nationwide arrest warrant has been issued for Antwane Goolsby, who also is charged with unlawful possession of a firearm.
Prosecutors contend Goolsby shot and killed James William Smith, [...]
Emergency crews are on the way to the scene of a plane crash near County Park in Eatonville.
According to radio traffic, two passengers were able to get out of the plane and are trying to signal authorities with an emergency beacon.
The plane's pilot is on the phone with dispatchers [...]
Tacoma firefighters are still battling a sizable, two-alarm fire this afternoon on South G Street.
"It's pretty stubborn," Tacoma Deputy Fire Chief Jolene Davis said just before 3:30 p.m., more than two hours after the fire fight began.
Flames ripped through the 120-year-old, two-story building at the corner of South 16th and [...]
I didn't quite get to this one on Friday ...
Pierce County prosecutors have filed charges against a 21-year-old man accused of robbing two Jiffy Lube shops while armed with a gun.
Willie S. Lewis is being held in Pierce County Jail in lieu of $100,000 bail. He was charged Thursday with' [...]
In preparation for this week's hot, hot, hot temperatures, Pierce County has announced the availability of several "cooling centers."
The Pierce County Library system branches and other facilities invite people to step inside and cool off for a few minutes. The county also urges people to go to other, air-conditioned public [...]
Tacoma police need the public's help in solving the following homicide from last year.
The victim: James Guillory Jr., a 28-year-old University Place father. (pictured here)
The homicide: Guillory was out with friends early on Dec. 27, 2008. They were involved in a fight outside of Maggie O'Toole’s Irish' [...]
A man considered a "person of interest" in a suspected arson fire that killed two people in University Place was arrested by Seattle police tonight in an unrelated attack that left a woman dead and another injured, the Seattle Times reported.
Seattle police said today that Isaiah M.K. [...]
A Lakewood police officer acted lawfully when he shot and killed a knife-wielding man who advanced on him earlier this year, the Pierce County Prosecuting Attorney's Office reported today.
Officer Brian Wurts was justified when he shot Curtis Wetzel, 37, inside a mobile home in the 3200 block of 96th Street [...]
Two South King County incidents from today ...
Firefighters from South King Fire & Rescue and the Regional Valley Fire Authority battled flames at a detached garage this afternoon.
Smoke from the fire in the 29200 block of 65th Avenue South in Auburn could be seen for several blocks, the fire departments [...]
Pierce County prosecutors have charged a 35-year-old man in connection with two sexual attacks on teenage boys.
Dwayne Clark was charged with first-degree kidnapping with sexual motivation and third-degree child molestation in connection with the abduction in May 2007 of a 15-year-old boy. Clark was charged with indecent liberties and second-degree [...]
Tacoma police were investigating a shooting early Friday on the Hilltop.
No one was injured in the incident. Officers collected 10 shell casings from the street and the sidewalk, police spokesman Mark Fulghum reported.
Tacoma police were called to the 2300 block of South Wilkeson Street just after midnight Friday for a [...]
Jennifer Rice, the former Tacoma teacher convicted of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 10-year-old student, was sentenced to a minimum of 25 years in prison Friday.
There was no argument over the what Rice's punishment would be. Pierce County Superior Court Judge Gary Steiner followed state statutes in imposing the sentence [...]
Pierce County prosecutors have decided not to seek the death penalty against a man accused of killing his estranged wife and stepdaughter with an ax at their home south of Orting earlier this year.
Prosecutor Gerry Horne said he based his decision on Charles W. Nettlebeck's documented history [...]
Tacoma Fire crews are investigating a fire that damaged a playground at Ailing Park in Tacoma's South End late Saturday.
Fire spokesman Joe Meinecke said crews were called to the park, at the corner of South 61st Street and Sheridan Avenue, for a playground on fire. Crews arrived at about 11:20 [...]
Here's the press release from Fort Lewis officials regarding the arrests of 10 soldiers in Tacoma over the weekend:
Ten Fort Lewis Soldiers assigned to the 5th Stryker Brigade were arrested late Friday night, July 17, by Tacoma Police for setting off military smoke grenades in a residential area in [...]
The Tacoma man accused of robbing two women and trying to sexually assault one of them pleaded not guilty on Monday to two counts of first-degree robbery.
Earl Lee Sherrod, 53, is being held in lieu of $250,000 bail. Prosecutors are trying to determine Sherrod's criminal history to see if [...]
Tips led Pierce County sheriff's investigators to a sizable underground marijuana grow operation constructed in buried shipping containers on a property in the South Prairie area last week.
Investigators believe the operation had been in the works for some time and said the man in charge had not had a job [...]
Pierce County investigators say a man's body floated to shore this morning at Sunrise Beach County Park on the Gig Harbor Peninsula.
The body was spotted about 7:45 a.m., sheriff's spokesman Ed Troyer said.
Detectives and the Pierce County Medical Examiner's Office were on scene.
The body is that of a man. [...]
Local clergy will gather today for a Moment of Blessing for two people found dead after a devastating house fire in University Place.
The brief spiritual ceremony for Rachel Kalebu, 61, and John E. Jones, 57, begins at 11 a.m. at Kalebu's home, 5508 64th Ave. W.
Kalebu and Jones were [...]
Firefighters evacuated a building in Fife on Friday afternoon while they cleaned up a hazardous materials spill, the Tacoma Fire Department reported.
Firefighters responded to 2807 Valley Ave. about 2:45 p.m. after someone at that address reported a solvent spill.
Firefighters found that a 540-gallon container filled with Isobutyl [...]
Tacoma police arrested a teenage girl this week for allegedly helping her friends beat, tie up and rob her grandmother.
The girl and three other juveniles were booked into the Remann Hall juvenile detention center for investigation of robbery, authorities said. Their ages could not be determined Friday.
Authorities contend the three [...]
Pierce County law enforcement officers recovered a body from The Narrows on Friday morning and were investigating how the man died.
A boater spotted the man's body about 7:15 a.m. Pierce County sheriff's deputies recovered the body along the shore below the 4400 block of Reid Drive Northwest, sheriff's spokesman Ed [...]
The Tacoma Police Department has initiated a crackdown on the East Side in response to a flurry of gang-related violence.
They've added more officers to the East Side after Sunday's homicide and a handful of driveby shootings in this week.
Here's the story I've written about the crack down.
Here's the press [...]
Puyallup police are camping out on the top of Krispy Kreme this weekend to raise money for Special Olympics of Washington.
The fundraiser at the Puyallup Krispy Kreme, 3610 S. Meridan, began at 2 p.m. today. It will end at 6 p.m. Sunday.
From the doughnut shop's rooftop, officers will be fishing [...]
A woman was seriously injured this morning when her motorcycle crashed into a jersey barrier on a ramp to eastbound Highway 18 in Auburn, the Valley Regional Fire Authority reported.
Paramedics took the woman, described as in her mid-30s, to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle for treatment of her injuries.
According to [...]
King County sheriff's detectives are asking for the public's help in identifying two people suspected of stealing mail and using a stolen debit card in several cities, including Tacoma and Puyallup.
Investigators released a surveillance photo of the two suspects today.
A SeaTac resident recently discovered the theft when [...]
Pierce County prosecutors have charged an 18-year-old man with first-degree murder in the Sunday shooting death of another teenager in Tacoma.
A nationwide arrest warrant was issued Monday for Xavier Magana. Tacoma police were searching for Magana (pictured here) but have not yet located him.
Authorities believe Magana shot [...]
There is some work this morning in downtown Puyallup that is likely interrupting traffic.
Here's the press release from the state Department of Transportation.
PUYALLUP – Drivers should expect delays Tuesday, July 14 in downtown Puyallup near the State Route 161/State Route 167 interchange.
With the northbound SR 167 bridge across the Puyallup [...]
Tacoma police were investigating an early morning driveby shooting on the city's East Side.
No injuries were reported in the incident.
Officers were called to a home in the 600 block of East 56th Street at 12:25 a.m. for a possible driveby shooting, police reported.
When officers arrived, they found [...]
A single-car crash is blocking the right lane of northbound Interstate 5 in Lakewood at Thorne Lane.
Traffic is backed up about one mile to Berkeley Street.
The crash happened at about 7:30 p.m. No word on any injuries.
Update: 8:14 p.m.: The lane is now open. Final back up is [...]
A Tacoma man was sentenced to 13 years in prison Monday for heroin distribution, in an investigation that resulted in the largest heroin bust in the city's history.
Alfonso Ibanez Martinez, 32, was convicted in March on conspiracy to distribute heroin and two counts of heroin possession with intent to distrute. [...]
The northbound Interstate 5 rest area in Federal Way is partially closed right now because of police activity.
Federal Way police have closed off the lower lot, the state Department of Transportation reports. We've got a call into Federal Way police to see what's going on.
The upper lot is open to' [...]
As Tacoma police were responding to reports of a man shot and wounded outside an apartment complex in the West End, another shooting occurred – this one deadly – at East 55th and G streets, near the Stewart Heights Playfield.
In the second incident, at about 8:30 p.m., witnesses reported hearing [...]
Tacoma police are responding to reports of an apparent shooting in an apartment complex on Pearl Street.
A man was reportedly lying in the courtyard of the complex, crying that he had been shot.
Indications are that they had at least one gunshot wound to his chest.
[...]Family and friends of slain Loomis armored car guard Kurt Husted will hold a concert and silent auction in honor of him Sunday.
The event starts at 4 p.m. at The Swiss, 1904 Jefferson Ave., Tacoma. The event will end at 7:30 p.m.
The bands Heartless and Dirty Bird [...]
The northbound lanes of State Route 167 over the Puyallup River Bridge will be closed this weekend for a bridge inspection.
Here's the press release from the state Department of Transportation.
PUYALLUP – Motorists traveling on the SR 167 Puyallup River Bridge can expect delays Saturday and Sunday, July 11 and 12. [...]
There's not much new information today about the deaths of two people found after a suspicious house fire in University Place.
Autopies have been done on a man and woman found dead after the flames were doused. However, the cause and manner of their deaths was pending further investigation.
The names [...]
A 15-year-old boy was arrested early this morning by Auburn police in connection with the shooting Monday of two teenagers in Auburn.
The youth was arrested about 3 a.m. and taken to the King County Juvenile Youth Center. He was booked into jail for investigation of two counts of first degree [...]
Pierce County prosecutors have charged a 39-year-old man with assault after he threw hot coffee on two convenience store clerks in Lakewood last month.
Richard Lee Myers was charged Thursday with two counts of second-degree assault.
Court documents provide the following information:
Lakewood police were called to the 7-Eleven store in the 7700 [...]
A woman charged with stealing more than $72,000 from a Pierce County youth soccer club pleaded guilty today to 10 counts of first-degree theft.
Superior Court Judge Lisa Worswick sentenced Deborah Lea Angilley, 43, to 90 days in jail. Angilley also is subject to deportation back to her native South Africa, [...]
Five South King County family members were sentenced to prison today for growing thousands of marijuana plants inside houses in Kent, Federal Way and Des Moines, the U.S. Attorney’s Office reported.
The five men, all Vietnamese immigrants, were among 17 family members initially arrested after a Drug Enforcement Agency raid last [...]
There may be more activity than usual at Pierce County Airport this weekend.
Members of the Civil Air Patrol will converge on the South Hill airport to practice responding to emergency situations, the organization said in a news release issued Friday.
Here's an excerpt:
Beginning Saturday morning, CAP members will be expected to [...]
Tacoma residents are invited to a 100th birthday celebration for one of the city's fire stations.
Station 11 at 3802 McKinley Ave. will host its centennial celebration Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The station opened April 17, 1909, and has been serving the citizens and businesses of the East [...]
Fourteen Tacoma neighborhood groups will show their resolve against criminal activity tonight on their streets.
The third-annual March Against Crime begins with a rally at 6 p.m. at the 76 gas station, 6329 Pacific Ave., in Tacoma. There will be speeches from Tacoma Police Department officials, a Safe Streets representative and [...]
Lakewood Police said the man who was found injured earlier this month died this evening.
Robert Hill Fraser, 57, was found apparently beaten at a Lakewood apartment complex on June 16. Lt. Heidi Hoffman said the incident is now a possible homicide.
"It appears at this point as if Fraser was" [...]
Puyallup Tribal and Tacoma police officers talk at the scene of a shooting on Thursday afternoon. Brian Everstine/The News Tribune
Tacoma and Puyallup Tribal police are investigating a shooting that injured one man on Columbia Avenue East.
Multiple shots were fired at about 5:45 p.m. in the 2000 block [...]
Tacoma Police are looking for a child who has been missing since about 6:30 p.m. Thursday.
Police spokesman Mark Fulghum said a woman and her two children drove to the Home Depot on Tacoma Mall Boulevard. The mom went in, leaving her 14-year-old daughter and 10-year-old son in the car. The [...]
An Orting man stands accused of beating Lily, his Doberman Pinscher, with metal bicycle handle bars because she was scared of the noise his motorcycle made, according to charging documents filed in Pierce County Superior Court on Monday.
Orting police were called to the home of Thomas T. [...]
The Coast Guard has recovered the body of a man who went off the Narrows Bridge this morning.
Witnesses saw the man jump or fall from the west side of the bridge about 11:30 a.m., Washington State Patrol trooper Brandy Kessler said.
A short time later, a U.S. Coast Guard tug boat [...]
They are on the road again.
The Mission to Mexico crew left Mazatlan this morning and are headed to Ayutla. One group is taking an ambulance to Barra de Navidad, then will rejoin the rest of the group.
Here's a couple of Twitter posts today from Pierce County sheriff's spokesman Ed Troyer:
"Lied" [...]
Hear what John-David Faddis had to say about the South Hill robbery by clicking here.
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A warrant has been issued for a 37-year-old man suspected of kidnapping and assaulting a 79-year-old man last week.
Pierce County prosecutors have charged Bryan Lee Stetson (pictured here) with first-degree kidnapping and first-degree assault. The charges were filed and an arrest warrant was issued Wednesday.
Meanwhile, the victim [...]
A Tacoma police officer suffered a minor concussion Wednesday night when the officer's patrol car was struck by a suspected drunken driver on the East Side.
The officer was eastbound on East 72nd Street, approaching McKinley Avenue, in a fully-marked patrol car just before 11:45 p.m., the police department reported. Meanwhile, [...]
Delacruz
Lakewood Police are looking for information leading to the arrest of a man wanted on suspicion of trafficking stolen property and possession of stolen property.
Jason A. Delacruz, also known as"Popeye," is considered to be armed and dangerous, police say. The 26-year-old man is described as 5-foot-7, 185 [...]
A Burlington Northern Santa Fe engineer was injured when his locomotive derailed in a collision at the railway's Tacoma shipyard.
BNSF spokesman Gus Melonas said a train was leaving the yard, bound for Portland, at about 7:45 p.m. when it collided with another train that was switching cars. The locomotive derailed, [...]
Tacoma Fire crews work to extinguish a duplex fire Monday night. Brian Everstine/The News Tribune
Tacoma Fire crews are working to put out a fire at a duplex off of South Pine Street in Tacoma.
Fire crews were called out shortly before 9 p.m. for the fire, on the [...]
Emergency crews are at the scene of a rollover involving a water truck at the interchange of Highway 167 and Highway 410.
The tanker truck rolled over into the median between an exit and the highway. Washington State Patrol troopers and fire crews are at the scene. No [...]
A Pierce County jury today delivered guilty verdicts against four men charged with murdering another man outside a Spanaway lounge last year.
Mike Robert McCreven, Carl Lee Smith, Terry Nolan and Barry Ford were convicted of second-degree murder in the death of Dana Beaudine.
The jury also found Nolan guilty of second-degree [...]
What a surprise ... it's not been a smooth start for a team of South Sound residents who are driving 10 used emergency vehicles to a handful of Mexican towns.
Two vehicles have broken down, hours have been spent in small towns and there was a rain storm [...]
Pierce County prosecutors have charged a 21-year-old man with second-degree robbery and attempted second-degree robbery for allegedly stealing a wallet and cell phone from two 12-year-old boys.
John-David Faddis is scheduled to be arraigned this afternoon.
Prosecutors contend in charging papers that Faddis was one of three young men or older teenagers [...]
Tyler Stetson snapped this photo on his way to work today at 6 a.m.
Here's what he wrote The News Tribune:
On my bicycle commute from Tacoma to Kent, I saw this on Dock Street, across from the Sea Scout base. At least there was light traffic at [...]
Kitsap County Sheriffs announced today they are conducting a homicide investigation on the foot and other human remains recently discovered near a construction site in South Kitsap.
Based on the King County Medical Examiner’s preliminary analysis of the remains, it appears they belonged to a male in his late teens or [...]
The monthly reports for April were recently posted on the Tacoma Police Department's Web site. Here are some of the highlights from the four sectors and three specialty units.
Sector 1: On April 11 (a Saturday), someone fired a shotgun at the Tacoma Municipal Building and struck a fourth-floor window. [...]
Just in case you passed by and were wondering ....
This is a press release from Central Pierce Fire & Rescue:
Firefighters from Central Pierce Fire & Rescue responded shortly after 12:00 noon on Friday to a report from Tacoma City Light crews of a possible Hazardous Material spill in the 80th [...]
More than 20 volunteers will be heading out Saturday with emergency vehicles bound for Mexico.
The trip is the third "Mission to Mexico."
The News Tribune chronicled the first two trips.
During this trip, volunteers are taking down 11 emergency vehicles. They'll be delivered to small towns, including' [...]
The Stone Drive tunnel is now open to traffic.
The tunnel under the Tacoma Narrows Airport opened at 11 a.m. after issues with the fire detection system were addressed, according to a press release from Pierce County.
The Pierce County fire marshal's final inspections are not yet complete. Until they are, security [...]
Pierce County prosecutors have charged a man with burglarizing a woman's Parkland apartment early Wednesday and then running through traffic on Highway 512 in an attempt to get away.
Andrew Kyle Pinson, 20, was charged Thursday with residential burglary, disorderly conduct and being a minor in possession of or consuming liquor.
Court [...]
Grads and others who might be celebrating commencement ceremonies this weekend consider this a warning.
Law enforcement officers from several south King County cities will be out enforce to make sure everyone gets home safely, the Kent Police Department reports. They hope to prevent serious-injury and deadly crashes by pulling over [...]
A woman was killed and five men were critically injured in a wrong-way crash on Interstate 90 early today, the Washington State Patrol reported.
The eastbound lanes of the highway were closed for three hours as troopers investigated the deadly collision. The roadway is back open this morning.
The State Patrol received [...]
Lakewood Fire alumnus Tim Devenney stares down Lakewood Police officer Dave Butts before the first fight begins. Photos by Brian Everstine/The News Tribune
The sellout crowd began to get loud when the fighters approached the stage.
The firefighter's crowd cheered along with his entrance music, police took their turn [...]
Two lanes of southbound Interstate 5 are blocked because of a multiple-vehicle crash, the state DOT reports.
The crash occurred about 8:40 a.m. at the Puyallup River Bridge.
Tacoma firefighters and transportation crews are at the scene. Troopers are en route.
The two right lanes are open to drivers. Traffic [...]
Auburn police are asking the public's help in identifying a man wanted on suspicion of robbing a pharmacy last month.
The police department and Crime Stoppers of Puget Sound are offering up to $1,000 for information leading to an arrest in the heist.
The robbery occurred May 20 about [...]
A 26-year-old Sumner man was killed when the car he was riding in left State Route 167 on Wednesday night and struck a tree, the Washington State Patrol reported.
The 46-year-old driver is now under investigation for vehicular homicide. He was injured in the accident and taken to Good Samaritan Hospital [...]
UPDATE: The Washington State Patrol reports all lanes were reopened at 11:45 p.m. Wednesday.
From the state Department of Transportation:
A serious-injury collision blocks southbound SR 167 at the SR 512 interchange. Southbound SR 167 traffic is being diverted to westbound SR 512. The eastbound SR 512 on-ramp to southbound SR 167 [...]
An Auburn Police investigation led to the arrests of multiple suspects at a Puyallup Fred Meyer.
Puyallup Police Lt. Dave McDonald said Auburn police were investigating drug activity, which led to arrests at the River Road and Meridian store, with Puyallup Police assisting. The Washington State Patrol's air unit and a [...]
The Tacoma-Pierce County DUI Task Force is launching a DUI-party emphasis patrol this weekend.
About 40 offficers from area departments will work together in two teams to target drunken drivers. They will do it in honor of Timothy "Beau" Bockmann, who was killed in 2007 when he was hit by [...]
Pierce County deputy prosecutor Tim Jones said today he's not ready to file charges against a 20-year-old man suspected of causing a wreck Tuesday on Interstate 5 that injured nine people, six of them children.
Jones said he will await the results of toxicology tests before deciding what charges if any [...]
One of the people believed to have taken an active role in planning the murder and robbery of an armored car guard in Lakewood last week belonged to a Chicago street gang before moving to the Tacoma area, according to court records obtained by Lights & Sirens.
A [...]
A rollover crash is blocking two lanes of northbound Interstate 5 near Mounts Road near DuPont this afternoon.
The crash was reported in the center and left lanes. The incident began at 1:30 p.m.
Troopers and medical aid are on the scene. Transportation crews are headed to the scene.
UPDATE: The state DOT [...]
A snow slide is blocking the westbound lanes of State Route 410 at the junction with State Route 123 near the Crystal Mountain Ski Resort, the state DOT reports.
Transportation crews are headed to the scene.
The incident began at 1:15 p.m., DOT reports.
UPDATE: The slide has been cleared.
All lanes [...]
Extra holiday traffic is causing congestion on highways from Interstate 90 to the Canadian border, but the worst is on the Hood Canal Bridge detour on Highway 101 near Hoodsport.
As of about 4:30 p.m., traffic is backed up nine miles there, state Department of Transportation spokeswoman Kelly Stowe said.
Extra holiday [...]
The Pierce County Sheriff Department is asking for the public’s help to locate a 90-year-old Roy man suffering from dementia who was reported missing by his family after he failed to return from a morning outing.
Robert D. Walker was last seen about 7:30 a.m. Tuesday when he left his [...]
Police say they've arrested three teenagers suspected of using the online classified-ad site Craigslist.org to lure robbery victims to Tacoma.
Heavily armed officers arrested an 18-year-old man and two 16-year-old boys about 10 p.m. Thursday near East 36th and East McKinley, Tacoma police spokesman Mark Fulghum said.
"Our guys responded to one'" [...]
