Crime Reports

  • Cell phone-related wrecks down

    We were supposed to put down our cell phones and stop text messaging while driving.

  • Now pair face aggravated murder charge

    The Lakewood Wal-Mart employee suspected of helping plan the fatal robbery of a Loomis armored car guard now is charged with the state’s highest crime.

  • Robbery suspect has gang ties, records show

    One of the people accused of taking an active role in planning the killing 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 The News Tribune.

  • Scheme took home sellers, banks for millions

    A federal grand jury has indicted five real estate professionals – four of whom live in the South Sound area – in connection with a complex mortgage fraud scheme that cheated banks and property sellers out of more than $18 million.

  • Photos Caretaker’s murder trial begins in King Co.

    Jane Britt’s three children recounted Thursday the worried phone calls and searching that led to the discovery of their mother’s strangled body in her car’s trunk at their father’s nursing home.

  • Speech ends with flourish – and trip to jail

    The teachers wanted persuasive.

  • Soldier now faces federal charges

    A Fort Lewis sergeant accused of prostituting two teenage girls now faces federal charges.

  • McChord leader sentenced in sexual incident

    A McChord Air Force Base commander was sentenced to 11 months in prison and a dismissal from the service after he was found to have had inappropriate sexual contact with a male staff sergeant during a deployment to Turkey.

  • Woman's stalker awaits sentence

    OLYMPIA – Twelve years after his first felony stalking conviction for repeatedly violating a no-contact order filed against him by a local woman, Michael Van Mieghem stood in court Tuesday to face sentencing for stalking the woman again in 2008.

  • Two die in car crashes in region over holiday

    Four people were killed in traffic accidents – including one in Pierce County and one in Thurston County – over the extended Memorial Day weekend, the Washington State Patrol reported Tuesday.

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