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.
Ryan O’Dell was critically injured when he was attacked by two men — one armed with a machete, the other with a steel-studded belt. He...
Solid Ground argued that, as a housing provider, it didn’t have a legal duty to protect the pregnant mother of four against harm beyond its...
The judge said state lawmakers acted improperly when they passed an amendment to Initiative 940 before approving the initiative itself. She ordered that the initiative...
In the latest attempt to stop construction of King County's new youth jail, protesters gathered at the construction site. Three protesters entered the site and...
King County Executive Dow Constantine abruptly canceled a live State of the County address this month after demonstrators who want to stop the county from building a...
A 29-year-old Arlington man was charged Thursday with first-degree assault and residential burglary for allegedly kicking down a stranger’s door and viciously beating a woman...