WSU Everett to launch nation’s first new all-incident public safety data portal
EVERETT—Washington State University’s (WSU) Everett Campus is currently beta testing a new, state of the art, public safety data center that, when it launches this fall, will be the nation’s first ever publicly accessible portal that collects, organizes, and delivers information related to all things public safety across Washington. The program is an effort to […]
Lynnwood condo homicide victim identified as Brandon Lloyd
LYNNWOOD—The Snohomish County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the 32-year-old Lynnwood man who was found dead in his condominium, in February, as Brandon J Lloyd. The manner of death is deemed a homicide by “sharp force injuries” consistent with stab wounds, incised wounds, and/or chop wounds. On March 6, a 17-year-old boy was taken into custody […]
17-year-old boy arrested for 2nd degree murder of Lynnwood man
LYNNWOOD—The Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed that a 17-year-old boy was taken into custody on Wednesday, March 6, for second-degree murder in connection with the death of a 32-year-old man on February 26, 2024, at Brio Condominium in Lynnwood. The 17-year-old boy was arrested in the 15600 block of 35th Avenue West, less than […]
Community on edge, homicide at Lynnwood condominium complex
LYNNWOOD—A man in his 30’s has been found dead in his north Lynnwood condominium early Tuesday morning, February 27, in what Deputies believe to be a targeted homicide. Deputies working for the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office responded to an assault with weapons call around midnight Tuesday morning. When they arrived on scene, they located an […]
WSP Chief thanks public for outpouring of support for Trooper Seaburg
OLYMPIA—In a press release, Washington State Patrol Chief John Batiste shares his appreciation and thanks to the public for their overwhelming support to Trooper Ray Seaburg and his family after a near fatal shooting on February 16. “We are in a dangerous business, but that danger is the price of public safety for the state […]
From the Publisher: When did public safety become a partisan issue?
LYNNWOOD, Wash., October 28, 2023—This morning our inbox was inundated with emails and my cellphone with 14 voicemails and 23 texts from readers frustrated at what they consider partisan propaganda perpetuated by a competing mainstream local newspaper in Snohomish County regarding the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office race. We at the Lynnwood Times follow objective journalism […]
Murders in Washington at all-time-high as available officers at record lows
LACEY, Wash., July 20, 2022 – Violent crime in Washington State increased 12.3% in 2021, according to a report released today by the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs (WASPC), while the number of commissioned officers able to respond decreased 4.4% (a 495 net loss statewide). Washington State retains its ranking as the lowest […]
