Controversial Republican figure Loren Culp may be expelled from WASPC
LACEY, Wash., April 4, 2024—The Washington Association of Sheriffs & Police Chiefs (WASPC) sent a letter to failed 2020 Washington state Republican gubernatorial and 2022 Congressional candidate, Loren Culp, proposing to expel him from his WASPC membership after making a series of offensive social media posts. WASPC membership is not a requirement to licensure of […]
Mother charged for the murder of her 4-year-old son, Ariel
EVERETT, Wash., March 29, 2024—The Everett Police Department arrested Janet Ernestina Garcia on Friday, March 29, for the death of her 4-year-old son, local missing boy Ariel Garcia. Janet Garcia was placed in custody by the Clark County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday, March 27, for “making false statements to a public servant,” jail records state […]
Missing 4-year-old Everett boy, Ariel Garcia, found dead
EVERETT—The body of 4-year-old Ariel Garcia was located in a location outside of Everett around 5:55 p.m., Thursday, March 28, according to Everett Police. The family has been notified. The Snohomish County Medical Examiner will determine the cause and manner of death. Major Crimes detectives from the Everett Police Department are actively involved in this […]
Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced 25 years in multi-billion-dollar fraud scheme
NEW YORK—Samuel Bankman-Fried, also known as SBF, 32, of Stanford, California, was sentenced today, March 28, to 25 years in prison, three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $11 billion in forfeiture for his orchestration of multiple fraudulent schemes. Bankman-Fried faced up to 110 years but the DOJ requested a sentence between 40 […]
Officer Dan Rocha: End of Watch two years ago on March 25
EVERETT—Two years ago on March 25, 2022, Officer Dan Rocha, 41, was shot and killed by Richard James Rotter following gunfire in a Starbucks parking lot across the street from the Everett Community College campus. Rotter was found guilty of aggregated first-degree murder on Monday, April 3, 2023, and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. […]
New police academy coming to Snohomish County, cities recognize new graduates
SNOHOMISH COUNTY—With passage of Engrossed Senate Bill 5950 on March 7, a new regional police training academy is now funded to open in Snohomish County this year, with hopes to close the gap of police shortages across Washington state. For 13 years, according to the Washington Association of Sheriff’s & Police Chiefs (WASPC), the state […]
Stricter penalties for animal cruelty in Washington signed into law
OLYMPIA—A bill sponsored by Representative Sam Low, R-Lake Stevens, aimed at deterring acts of animal cruelty through tougher criminal penalties for perpetrators was signed into law by Governor Jay Inslee on Wednesday, March 13. House Bill 1961 will take effect in July of this year. “By aligning penalties with the gravity of the offenses, House […]
Washington state leads the US in burglaries
New research has revealed the states where you are most likely to be burglarized and Washington is at the top of the list, with 548 burglaries per 100,000 citizens. Criminal defense firm, Suzuki Law Offices, analyzed FBI crime data to determine the number of burglaries committed in each state in 2022. They then looked at […]
Nonprofit thrift store, that improves lives of animals, hit with three burglaries within a month
LYNNWOOD—Bella’s Voice in Lynnwood City Center, a nonprofit thrift store which donates 100% of its sales to local food banks and animal nonprofits focused on animal welfare, was broken into last night, Wednesday, February 21, by two masked individuals resulting in $500 in damages and hundreds more in stolen product. The break in was just […]
Massive solar flares strike Earth but communications blackout was not related, experts say
Two massive solar flares hit the earth last night around the same time that a widespread communications disruption for tens of thousands of cell phone users across the globe without service. The disruption primarily targeted AT&T and Verizon users and affected many daily activities including ride share apps (like Uber and Lyft), delivery food services […]
