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.
As the legislative session nears an end, proposed changes in state law aimed at relieving the juvenile detention system have largely failed to materialize.
Alki Beach and Golden Gardens Park will close an hour early in summer season from now on, starting Memorial Day. The city hopes the changes...
Harvey Weinstein is on trial again after an appeals court threw out the ex-studio-boss's 2020 rape conviction in a case that was a watershed for...
Voters are deciding on a ballot measure that would reauthorize a levy to fund King County's regional automated fingerprint identification system, known as AFIS.
The couple's daughter posted a video of the crash, showing the southbound motorcycle plowing into her parents in the crosswalk. Police are seeking tips.
Weinstein, 73, has pleaded not guilty and denies raping or sexually assaulting anyone.
The woman who was dragged out of a Republican town hall in Couer d'Alene intends to file a civil lawsuit against Sheriff Bob Norris and...
Salvador "Junior" Granillo, a senior at Garfield, was killed Sunday at a house party in Yakima. Students gathered outside the school Tuesday to remember him.
Prosecutors say the suspect befriended the 82-year-old woman over two years, then met her for dinner on April 1 — the last time she was...
Police say witnesses reported the shooter and another person left the Redmond Safeway after an argument. No injuries were reported.
