The Seattle Times Crime section covers law enforcement by police, prosecutors and courts in Seattle, the Eastside, King County, the Northwest and nationwide. Topics include arrests and prosecution of suspects in cases of murder, manslaughter, rape and assault. Other topics are the federal courts; ...
SPD has been arresting hundreds of people under the new law, though the number of monthly arrests has recently been on a steady decline.According to Seattle Police Department data, arrests spiked during ahighly-publicized series of stingsin October and peaked in January. The number of monthly mi...
In 1918, Army Private James Carner attacked Annie O’Toole, the Brunswick’s proprietor, when she dumped him. Nabbed running onto the Milwaukee tracks, Carner told police that he had been “rejected in love” before being carted away. Today’s clienteles are well behaved by comparison, excep...
Barring an appeal, Jeffrey Nelson will be sentenced in January. He’s the first police officer in Washington convicted of murdering a suspect during an arrest. Local News Law & Justice Local Politics Northwest Puget Sound December 20, 2024at 9:55 am ...
Seattle Police Department’s ‘Thank An Employee’:https://www.seattle.gov/police/about-us/contact-us/thank-an-employee Contact information for other SPD Crime Prevention Coordinators: o North Precinct- Mary Amberg-Mary.Amberg@seattle.gov
Uber heist:An Uber driver said her Mercedes was boosted by two thieves as she loaded a passenger’s bags into the vehicle early Saturday morning on Bellevue Pl E. Police say two males jumped into the passenger and driver’s seat and told the Uber customer in the back seat to get out. ...
Seattle interim police Chief Sue Rahr fired OfficerDaniel Audereron Wednesday for the comments he made in the hours after the January 2023 death of Jaahnavi Kandula, CBS affiliate KIRO-TVreported. Rahr wrote in a departmentwide email sent Wednesday that it was her duty to u...
(Image: Seattle Police Department) Police are working to tie a flurry of armed robberies at Capitol Hill-area convenience stores to a string of nearly 80 increasingly violent hold-ups across Seattle and King County. TheSeattle Police Departmentsaysa task force arrested a group of teens and an ...
Seattle is not alone in hiring DACA recipients for police positions. Earlier in the year, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) made the same move. They even altered its written firearms policy to allow DACA cops to carry a firearm while off-duty. ...
I will continue to take meaningful, urgent action to comprehensively address public safety in Seattle, tackle gun violence like the public health crisis we know it is, and build a safe city for all." On Oct. 20, police said SPD detectives and King County SWAT arrested a suspect....