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27-year sentence for habitual offender that killed Lynnwood grandmother

Robert Rowland

LYNNWOOD—Robert Craig Rowland, a 39-year-old man with a lengthy criminal record, was sentenced to 27 years in prison on Tuesday, December 2, for the second-degree murder of 83-year-old Trudy Slanger in a fatal wrong-way collision on 525 near Highway 99. Snohomish County Superior Court Judge George Appel facilitated the sentence hearing. The tragedy unfolded on […]

Sprint queen Sha’carri Richardson arrested for DV at Sea-Tac Airport after clash with track star beau

Shacarri Richardson

PORT OF SEATTLE—Sha’Carri Richardson, the reigning world champion in the women’s 100 meters and an Olympic gold medalist, was arrested on Wednesday, July 27, at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport following an alleged domestic violence incident involving her boyfriend, fellow sprinter Christian Coleman. According to police reports, the altercation began as a verbal argument after the couple […]

Lynnwood Police team up with Bellevue PD to teach free women’s self-defense class

lynnwood self-defense

LYNNWOOD—In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the Lynnwood Police Department and Bellevue Police Department teamed up to present a free Women’s Self Defense Workshop on Saturday, October 26, at the Lynnwood Police Department Community Room. “We had an amazing day at our women’s self-defense workshop,” Maren McKay, Public Information Officer for the Lynnwood Police […]

LPD to hold free women’s defense workshop in honor of DV Awareness

LYNNWOOD—In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the Lynnwood Police Department and Bellevue Police Department are teaming up to present a free Women’s Self Defense Workshop on Saturday, October 26. The event will be held from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m., located in the Lynnwood Police Department’s Community Room first floor, 19321 44th Avenue West. […]

Stalking offense bill passes House, moves on to Senate

Stalking bill

OLYMPIA, Wash., March 15, 2023—Representative Lauren Davis-sponsored bill HB 1696, concerning stalking-related offenses, unanimously passed the House, on February 27, with 97 yeas, zero nays, and three absentees. The bill now moves to the Senate for further consideration. The decision came just two-weeks before a married couple were murdered in Redmond, March 10, after a […]

Presentations and Proclamations at City Council Meeting

Lynnwood City Council

By LUKE PUTVIN | Last Updated October 3, 2019 At the September 23 City Council Business Meeting, the proceeds of the Par 4 Kids and Eggs-plore fundraisers were announced by Lynn Sordel, Director of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts. Par 4 Kids, a golf tournament fundraiser held on August 2 at the Lynnwood Municipal Golf […]

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