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April 18, 2018 at 4:08 pm

Man claims to be soldier about to be deployed, steals $100K diamond from Bellevue store

Fingerprints left on the glass door at Diamonds Inc. in Bellevue led police to a 26-year-old man who had posed as a newly engaged soldier...

April 17, 2018 at 11:28 am

Seattle police say man arrested after stabbing his brother to death

The suspect had previously been charged with stabbing another brother in 2014. He pleaded guilty to fourth-degree assault.

Murder defendant Conner Michael Shierman sits in Judge Gregory P. Canova’s courtroom Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2006, in Seattle. At right is co-defense attorney Debra Redford. Schierman, 24, is charged with four counts of aggravated first-degree murder and one count of first-degree arson. Prosecutors say he killed the family of National Guard Sgt. Leonid Milkin on July 17. (AP Photo/Alan Berner, Pool)

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April 12, 2018 at 8:14 pm

Divided Supreme Court upholds death sentence for man who killed Kirkland family in 2006

In a 5-4 vote, the state Supreme Court affirmed Conner Schierman’s convictions on four counts of aggravated first-degree murder. The justices were split 6-3 in...

April 11, 2018 at 1:00 pm

Will new sketches lead to killer of Canadian couple, slain during trip to Seattle in 1987? VIEW

Investigators hope a new composite sketch created from DNA can help solve the homicides of two young Canadians who disappeared during an overnight trip to...

April 5, 2018 at 5:38 pm

Redmond woman held for investigation in wife’s death

The King County Medical Examiner’s Office has not yet released the 26-year-old victim’s name and cause of death. Police in Georgia are still trying to...

Police and a fire investigator in the back of the Islamic Center of Eastside, which was hit with another fire, Wednesday, March 21, 2018, in Bellevue. The first one, an arson, was in 2017. 205713

April 5, 2018 at 2:57 pm

Suspect in Bellevue mosque arson was ‘being stupid’, teens tell police

An 18-year-old has been charged with first-degree arson, accused of setting a fire last month at the now-closed Islamic Center of Eastside. It’s the second...

April 3, 2018 at 6:00 am

‘The officer still did nothing’: Bellevue police investigate detective’s alleged inaction during hate crime

A victim and witnesses said a detective refused to intervene when a man yelled racial epithets and made threats during a January incident at the...

April 2, 2018 at 4:49 pm

‘Let’s both burn in hell!’: Man accused of setting fire to Seattle police car as he was being driven to jail

Seattle police say Nickolas Osborne used a lighter he apparently found on the floor of a patrol car to set fire to the headliner, heavily...

April 2, 2018 at 6:00 am

‘Seismic shift’: New law will reduce number of juveniles sent to adult court in Washington state

The new law will reduce the number of 16- and 17-year-olds who have been charged with a handful of violent offenses from entering the adult...

Flowers are placed near where two teenage girls were killed last night in a shooting on the west side of Ambaum Boulevard SW in the north side of the Alturas apartment complex and near a strip mall just south of Southwest 136th Street in Burien. Bullet holes in the side of the apartment are marked by sticky notes in the background. Graffiti referencing gangs was freshly spray-painted on the side of the strip mall, and other gang-related killings have happened there in the past. 205800

March 29, 2018 at 6:38 am

Teen slain in Burien shooting was ‘full of joy,’ wanted fresh start in life, dad says

The older victim was reportedly from West Seattle and the younger victim lived in White Center. They were with a group of 10 to 15...