Teacher prevents student stabbing at Alderwood Middle School

LYNNWOOD—South County Deputies working with the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office responded to an attempted stabbing incident at Alderwood Middle School in Lynnwood Friday afternoon around 1:30 p.m. The 11-year-old male suspect, who is believed to be a former student of the school, arrived on campus Friday afternoon and attempted to stab another student with a […]
SAR recovers body of missing camper near Beckler River

SNOHOMISH COUNTY – At 11:30 a.m. Saturday, March 8th, the Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue (SAR) unit, along with the volunteer SAR Swiftwater Rescue Team, recovered the body of a 15-year-old male who had wandered away from his group of peers around 3 a.m. on Saturday. The group had been camping above the snowline near the […]
Crime Fighters: VOTF has record breaking year in 2024 with all-time-high violent offense arrests

MARYSVILLE—The Pacific Northwest Violent Offender’s Task Force (VOTF) had a busy year in 2024 with 206 felony arrests, 38 firearms recovered, 65 sexual assault arrests, 23 homicide arrests, and 68 DOC arrests. Last year also marked the most homicide arrests the task force has made since its founding in 2013. Despite homicide arrests hitting an […]
Officers rescue motorist who drove car into Lake Stevens

LAKE STEVENS—A Deputy working for the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office and an Officer with the Lake Stevens Police Department rescued a man who drove his vehicle into Lake Stevens Friday at the North Cove boat launch. At 10:48 AM this morning, Snohomish County 911 received a report of a vehicle that had driven into Lake […]