Crime Watch

Mason County man set to appear in court after one-car crash kills passenger

A man is expected to appear in Mason County Superior Court this week on suspicion of vehicular homicide after the car he was driving crashed into a tree north of Shelton on Tuesday, killing a 38-year-old female passenger.

Medical park hit by mailbox thieves

Thieves are targeting outdoor mailboxes at medical offices near Capitol Medical Center and Providence St. Peter Hospital.

Powell’s voyeurism case could go to jury today

A Pierce County jury might get the voyeurism case against Steven Craig Powell by noon Tuesday. Attorneys in the case are set to present their closing arguments beginning about 9 a.m.

Powell faces 14 counts after judge dismisses porn charge

The Pierce County judge presiding over the trial of Steven Powell, father-in-law of missing Utah woman Susan Cox Powell, on Monday dismissed one of 15 counts filed by prosecutors.

Olympia School District, council to mull club site

The Olympia School District and the Olympia City Council are scheduled to consider an agreement that would pave the way to locate a Boys & Girls Club on Garfield Elementary and Woodruff Park property, not one of the school’s athletic fields, as initially proposed.

Powell voyeurism trial begins this week

Jury selection starts today in the voyeurism trial of Steven Powell, the Pierce County man whose connection to missing Utah mother Susan Cox Powell has generated national interest in his case.

Capital Playhouse employee charged with voyeurism

Olympia police have seized a computer belonging to a former Capital Playhouse employee who is charged with voyeurism for allegedly using a hidden camera to film an actress as she undressed in a staff bathroom, a search warrant affidavit states.

Two more charged in Lacey arson case

The last two of five teenage boys accused of setting fire to four homes in a new Lacey housing development made their initial appearances in Thurston County Juvenile Court on Thursday.

3 juveniles arrested on suspicion of Lacey arsons, one at large

Three teens were arrested Tuesday and one remains at large after four Lacey homes were set on fire, causing more than $400,000 in damage.  

Lacey man shot dead reportedly had ongoing rift with 1 suspect

A Lacey man shot dead in front of his family’s home Saturday night had an ongoing dispute with one of two men charged in his death, court papers state.

Hunch, experience help tracker find killer’s bunker

NORTH BEND – Peter Keller had put bullets in his wife and his daughter, his cat and his dog. He didn’t want to be found.

Body found in N. Bend bunker

NORTH BEND – After a 22-hour standoff, police blew the top off a rugged mountain bunker near Seattle on Saturday, only to find their target – a man believed to have killed two family members – dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound inside.

Winlock man accused of rape

A Winlock man who was already in custody at the King County Jail was brought to Lewis County this week on an arrest warrant and charged Thursday with two counts of second-degree rape, one count of threatening to kill, and two counts of violating a court order.

Powell search warrant ruled legal; voyeurism case moves forward

To hear Superior Court Judge Ronald Culpepper tell it, it almost would have been a crime had Pierce County sheriff’s detectives not searched the South Hill home of a missing Utah woman’s father-in-law.

State Patrol looking for good hires

Faced with significant numbers of recent and impending retirements, the Washington State Patrol says it’s launching an unprecedented hiring campaign.

Ecology employee accused of embezzlement

A former secretary with the Shorelands Program at the Washington Department of Ecology is accused of stealing almost $8,000 from her employers.