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Crime

The Seattle Times Crime section covers law enforcement by police, prosecutors and courts in Seattle, the Eastside, King County, the Northwest and nationwide. Topics include arrests and prosecution of suspects in cases of murder, manslaughter, rape and assault. Other topics are the federal courts; the FBI; Homeland Security; and Justice Department oversight of the Seattle Police Department.

Pakistani court: Release man accused in Daniel Pearl’s death

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s Supreme Court ordered the release Thursday of a Pakistani-British man convicted and later acquitted in the beheading of American journalist Daniel Pearl in 2002. The court also dismissed an appeal of Ahmad Saeed Omar Sheikh's acquittal filed by Pearl’s family and the Pakistani government. A minister in the Sindh province where Sheikh... VIEW

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“Let’s go in there and show them,” says an armed participant of the Olympia Freedom Party’s gathering at the State Capitol in Olympia Sunday January 10, 2021, the day before the start of the legislative session. He was referring to taking action similar to the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol last week. 216086

January 27, 2021 at 2:19 pm

Senate introduces bill to ban firearms at public demonstrations, Washington state Capitol

Washington state lawmakers debating a bill to make open carrying a firearm on state Capitol grounds a misdemeanor.

Seattle Police Advocate Garry Boulden listens to a case that he worked on in 2013.

January 27, 2021 at 6:00 am

Sexual abuse investigation into former Seattle police victim advocate closed as inconclusive

Seattle police's watchdog agency closed an investigation into a decades-old allegation of sexual misconduct against a former crime victims' advocate without concluding whether he committed...

Local News

January 26, 2021 at 6:27 pm

New Washington Black Lives Matter Alliance lobbies for changes that go far beyond police reform

Washington Black Lives Matter group presents its agenda to the state Legislature, a list that includes more police accountability and the declaration of racism a...

January 26, 2021 at 5:02 pm

Two Northern California men die after bizarre road-rage incident on Interstate 80 in Reno

Two California men were hit by pickups and killed after a road rage attack in the middle of Interstate 80 just west of Reno. The...

Nation & World

January 26, 2021 at 2:25 pm

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Pakistani court: Release man accused in Daniel Pearl’s death

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Senate introduces bill to ban firearms at public demonstrations, Washington state Capitol

Sexual abuse investigation into former Seattle police victim advocate closed as inconclusive

New Washington Black Lives Matter Alliance lobbies for changes that go far beyond police reform

Two Northern California men die after bizarre road-rage incident on Interstate 80 in Reno

Man picking up his stolen car fatally shot an alleged street robber in Des Moines, police say

Seahawks’ Chad Wheeler out on bond after arrest on suspicion of felony domestic violence

Washington state Corrections Secretary Steve Sinclair announces retirement

Nick Brown, former general counsel to Gov. Inslee, recommended as next U.S. Attorney for Western Washington

Deputies fatally shoot domestic violence suspect in Pierce County

Seahawks’ Chad Wheeler arrested on suspicion of felony domestic violence