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.
Council members began advocating for the tax before the new state law that would authorize the local tax was even finalized.
Friday’s lawsuit names the county, its jail director, 11 jail guards and its health care contractor, alleging negligence, assault and civil rights violations.
Arsema Barekew died last month when a 2018 GMC Arcadia rolled unattended onto a sidewalk outside Washington Middle School and struck her.
Three people were killed in a shooting in Newcastle on Thursday night, the King County sheriff's office said.
The two men allegedly ripped a red "Trump 2024 TAKE AMERICA BACK" hat from the head of the president of the Washington State University College...
At least nine Washington students whose legal status was revoked had their statuses reinstated.
The Tacoma City Council on Tuesday voted to pay $500,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a former chief of staff for the police department.
Nick Hokema, a driver for RediCab, was found on the ground in the Westfield Southcenter mall parking lot on Jan. 15, 2024, with sharp force...
