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One person killed in head-on crash on Blewett Pass
BLEWETT PASS - One person is dead after Saturday's three-vehicle crash on Blewett Pass. According to a press memo, Saul Avila Valadez of Guanajuato, Mexico was going north on US 97 in a Nissan Altima at around 3:30 p.m. when he crossed the centerline and collided with two-oncoming full-sized Ford pick up trucks. Saul's passenger, 21-year-old Elmer Morales, died at the scene. Morales was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle for treatment. No one else was hurt in the crash. The cause of the crash is under investigation.
'Lasting shame': Officer fired for joking about woman who was fatally run over by another police officer
The police officer heard on bodycam joking about a young woman's traffic crash death has been fired. Det. Daniel Auderer, a vice president of the police guild, lost his job on Wednesday. The post ‘Lasting shame’: Officer fired for joking about woman who was fatally run over by another police officer first appeared on Law & Crime.
“Unacceptable”: Burien City Manager Complained to Police Chief, Sheriff About Lack of Immediate Response to His 911 Calls
We’ve reported before on Burien City Manager Adolfo Bailon’s habit of calling 911, sometimes multiple times a day, to report on the presence of people he believes are using drugs, setting up tents, or behaving oddly outside the window of his office at Burien City Hall, which overlooks Town Square Park in downtown Burien. But emails obtained through a records request show that he took things a step further earlier this year when he felt the police weren’t responding quickly enough to his requests for immediate, in-person service.
14-year-olds, 13-year-old arrested for brandishing 'fully automatic' firearms at Seafair parade in Seattle
SEATTLE — Two 14-year-olds and a 13-year-old were arrested after brandishing fully automatic firearms at a Seafair parade in the Chinatown-International District in Seattle over the weekend. On Sunday night at around 7:31 p.m., patrol officers responded to reports that the three teens were brandishing firearms near 7th Avenue...
Tacoma arson suspect returns to scene, arrested
TACOMA, Wash. - One woman has been arrested following an arson fire in Tacoma over the weekend. Police say the suspect was caught on video just prior to the blaze at around 6:45 a.m. on Saturday, and later returned to the scene on Sunday. This is when officers made the arrest in the 300 block of East 26th Street.
Seattle police: Woman shot in both hands in early morning drive-by shooting
Detectives are looking into a Seattle drive-by shooting that happened early Saturday morning. The shooting, according to the Seattle Police Department (SPD), was in the Capitol Hill neighborhood on 10th Avenue East around 3:09 a.m. ‘Unsettling’: North Seattle shooting wounds 1; neighbors are fed up. Police arrived and found...
Kent man, 47, under investigation for vehicular assault on SR 509
A 47-year-old Kent man is under investigation for vehicular assault and DUI after he reportedly drove the wrong way on State Route 509 in Burien, collided with two vehicles and injured six people, including himself. The man was driving alone in a 2012 Lincoln MKS sedan southbound in the northbound...
High-profile juvenile crimes continue to rock Kent this summer
A burst of high-profile crimes committed by juveniles continue to strike Kent in June and July. Kent Police Chief Rafael Padilla, in a June 18 report to the City Council, noted juvenile crime numbers had skyrocketed from 2021 to 2023. He said the numbers were up in King County as well.
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