Cowiche
CRIME & SAFETY
Tieton man charged with vehicular assault in drunken-driving crash that injured a man in Cowiche
A Tieton man is expected to be arraigned Tuesday on a charge that he injured another man in a drunken-driving crash. Yakima County prosecutors charged Lazaro Rebolledo-Gutierrez, 53 with vehicular assault in connection with an Aug. 8 crash in Cowiche. However, Yakima County court records show that he has not...
This Town in Washington State Takes the Crown for Most Violent
When I lived in Yakima years ago, I never realized that their violent crime rate was triple the national average. My wife joked that there was a shooting or stabbing there every day but you'll be surprised to find that Yakima isn't the most violent city in Washington State. This...
Yakima PD finds missing 26-year-old woman following search
YAKIMA, Wash. - UPDATE 4:34 p.m. Per the Yakima Police Department, Amber Ahyakak-Yazzie has been found. Yakima Police are currently looking for a missing 26-year-old woman. Amber Ahyakak-Yazzie has not been seen by her family or spoken to them in over a week, according to a post from the YPD.
Wapato man assaults ex-girlfriend, placing loaded gun in her mouth
WAPATO- 39-year-old Jonathan Christopher Vargas has been charged with second degree assault, felony harassment and third degree malicious mischief following an incident on July 28th, when he allegedly threatened to kill his ex-girlfriend and placed a loaded gun in her mouth. According to the charges filed with Yakima County Superior...
Yakima Police Seek Answers as Two Homicides Remain Unsolved
It's been over four days since Yakima's latest homicide, and police are still searching for answers following two violent shootings this month. On Monday, 37-year-old Mario Rique Giles was shot and killed in a gang-related incident near North Sixth and East F streets. Tragically, he died at the scene. This incident follows the shooting death of 30-year-old Tolerance Jackson, who was killed last Friday, August 23, in the area of North 18th Avenue and Willow Street.
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