A man who was killed Wednesday in Tacoma has been identified, according to the Pierce County Medical Examiner’s Office. Jason Johnson Jr., 48, died from a stab wound to the neck near South 11th and South M streets. His manner of death was listed as a homicide, the medical examiner said in a news release. […]
A 16-year-old Bonney Lake girl is missing. Hayden Locke was last seen leaving her home on the evening of April 16, the Bonney Lake Police Department wrote May 1 in a social media post. The police department said Locke has run away before, and she usually hangs out in Parkland and Tacoma. Locke has blue […]
Detectives are looking for help to identify a man and woman involved in a theft and assault at the Safeway grocery store on Canyon Road in the Summit View area. On May 1, loss prevention stopped two suspected shoplifters outside the store, recovered merchandise and asked them to go back inside to sign trespass paperwork. […]
FORT PIERCE — A star-spangled banner flew upside down Wednesday at the United States Post Office on Orange Avenue, days after U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito faced criticism for years-old pictures of the same sight at his home. The upside-down American flag has been a symbol used by “Stop the Steal,” groups backing false […]
Around 3:41 a.m. Saturday morning, Olympia Police tried to stop a suspect with warrants when he sped away. According to police, the driver was driving suspiciously and without lights leading police to suspect impaired driving. The suspect fled on Interstate 5 leading police through unincorporated Pierce County, Lakewood, and Tacoma. Pursuing police backed off to […]
FORT PIERCE — Authorities are at the scene this afternoon at what Fort Pierce Police officials are describing as an “officer-involved shooting” in the area of North 25th Street and Avenue P, according to a statement issued on social media. Officials with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office […]
A man who spent nearly a year in the custody of the state Department of Corrections is free after his burglary conviction in Pierce County was reversed by an appeals court. Prosecutors conceded they didn’t have sufficient evidence. In an unpublished opinion authored by Judge Rebecca Glasgow, a three-judge panel of Division II of the […]
Sunday night KIRO 7′s Jake Chapman spoke with a devastated Tacoma business owner that thought he was going to have to start from scratch after his box truck was stolen. Ron Baker’s entire gutter business was in that truck which was stolen off his property Friday night. Monday night the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office told […]
A Pierce County man is recovering after he says he was randomly attacked with an ax late last month. Serena Marcy, 21, is facing attempted murder charges in connection with two attacks on March 29. “She tried to kill him. Like she literally hit him in the face with an ax and shattered his skull,” […]
Several cars were hit by bullets in a drive by shooting Friday night in the 400 block of East 10th Ave. in Kennewick, according to police. Several people called 911 to say they heard gunshots at about 11:40 p.m. Police found parked cars hit by bullets and casings on the ground nearby. No one was […]
Apr. 10—PIERCE — The future of the Idaho Youth Challenge Academy took a big step forward in creating a permanent residential presence in Pierce. A groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday took place to build new housing for cadets in the program. A helicopter brought in attendees from the governor’s office and the Idaho National Guard. Locals from […]
Fort Pierce’s former outlet mall is expected to be 100% occupied by August — for the first time since the 1990s — thanks to new home development in the surrounding area, the owner said. Florida Nexus Park, at Okeechobee Road and Interstate 95, will soon have 14 tenants and 40 electric vehicle charging stations in […]