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Cheaters with beaters taking advantage of classic car collector plates

If you own a beautifully restored classic, like a 1969 Impala, state law gives you a big break on licensing fees. That perk comes with reasonable restrictions, but lack of enforcement has made a mockery of the program. When the sun shines, Jerry Yoder loves to fire up one ...

Third-world mechanics paid $2 per hour for Boeing, Airbus jet repairs

From engine overhauls, to drilling out rivets to fixing faulty flaps, Boeing and Airbus-made passenger jet repairs are increasingly being done in third-world countries. The outsourcing is definitely an economic threat to U.S. union workers, but KIRO Team 7 Investigators also found it's raising new concerns over safety. Investigative ...

Former SPD Cop Suspected Hit Man

The high-profile, cold-case murder of Bellevue realtor Mike Emert is on the verge of being solved. Both Emert’s widow -- and confidential police sources -- tell KIRO Team 7 Investigative Reporter Chris Halsne that previously undisclosed DNA evidence identifies the killer as a recently deceased Seattle police officer. ...

Seattle officer's 'Just yank 'em' comment raises questions

What turns out to be an innocent black suspect ends up at the hospital with a bloody face and a broken rib -- courtesy of a pair of white Seattle police officers. SPD defends the injuries as "justified" but finds itself again fighting an uphill public relations battle over ...

Child rapist living near where Sky Metalwala disappeared

A convicted child rapist is living just a few hundred yards from where 2-year-old Sky Metawala was last reportedly seen by his mother. KIRO Team 7 Investigative Reporter Chris Halsne uncovered the proximal connection while mapping Bellevue’s registered sex offenders. Police keep saying Sky Metawala’s mom, Julia Biryukova, is ...

Military spends $363,000,000 on weight loss surgery

DNA evidence submitted in Tube Sock Killer case

'Shredding Party' At Renton PD Connected To Cartoon Debacle

While the Renton Police Department was trying to jail a cartoonist mocking them on the Internet, they were also busy destroying public records related to the case. That's the latest explosive new development uncovered by Investigative Reporter Chris Halsne. He first exposed Renton's controversial adaptation of Washington's ...

Camp kids piled in van without enough seat belts

Apologies from the city tonight after KIRO Team 7 Investigators videotape an overloaded van full of children coming back from a summer camp outing. Fourteen middle school-age students - 9 seatbelts - and a cargo load stuffed with squirming kids. It's a scenario that could have turned deadly with ...

'Horrific' Child Sex Abuse Investigation Linked To Dead Fireman

It appears a veteran Pierce County firefighter killed himself rather than face a police investigation into the repeated molestation of his adopted daughters.KIRO Team 7 Investigators have discovered that 48-year-old Lt. Scott D. Hamrick of Eatonville, committed suicide by carbon monoxide on June 30 inside a horse trailer at the ...

Cartoonist Targeted With Criminal Probe For Mocking Police

The Renton City Prosecutor wants to send a cartoonist to jail for mocking the police department in a series of animated Internet videos. The "South-Park"-style animations parody everything from officers having sex on duty to certain personnel getting promoted without necessary qualifications. While the city wants to criminalize the ...

States Green Idea For RV Waste Costly To Taxpayers

The Washington State Parks Department spent about $225,000 on a broken RV dump site at one campground and then, when the fix succeeded, they undid all the work. KIRO Team 7 Investigative Reporter Chris Halsne tries to help taxpayers understand.By just looking over a little plot of land at Kitsap ...

Inspection crackdown at foreign passenger jet repair facilities?

First, KIRO Team 7 Investigators exposed how Boeing-made passenger jets are routinely sent to third world countries to get repaired. Read Original Investigation Now, Investigative Reporter Chris Halsne uncovers a long list of mechanical, safety and training procedure "discrepancies" related to some of those foreign shops. Halsne recently ...

KIRO 7 Exclusive: Violent Offenders Allowed To Roam Free On 'Social Outings'

A prison work-release program that rewards inmates with unescorted trips for fun activities - like Mariners baseball games and shopping at the mall - is the focus of an exclusive KIRO Team 7 Investigation.“Social outings" are a simple concept, but controversial.Social outings are when some inmates, nearing the end of ...

Cop In Stomping Incident Involved In Police Video Cover-Up

Seattle police officer Shandy Cobane is caught up in another controversy -- this one dealing with the alleged manipulation of patrol car camera video and audio.Just a week after Cobane was videotaped kicking a Latino suspect in the head in a high-profile incident in April of last year, he was ...

Food Bank Volunteers Caught Stocking Up On Donations

Some volunteers at a popular International District food bank stuff their personal cars with donated goods after the doors close. KIRO Team 7 Investigators offered hidden camera proof to operators and then asked why they repeatedly let it happen.The Asian Counseling and Referral Service is better known as ACRS to ...

Criminal Element Creeping Into Bail Bond Industry

The allure of fast, easy money has attracted some bottom feeders to Washington's bail bond industry, including a fair number of former criminals lending cash to current criminals, so they can get out of jail.Tonight, Team 7 Investigative Reporter Chris Halsne exposes unsavory trade secrets which have lawmakers in Olympia ...

SPD Officer From Stomping Video Recorded Flipping Off Suspect

That same Seattle police officer who was videotaped in April as he kicked and said to a Latino detainee that he would "beat the f***ing Mexican piss" out of him has been caught in another embarrassing situation.KIRO Team 7 Investigators recently acquired additional videotape of Seattle Police Department gang detective ...

Cold Case Leads Jefferson County Detectives To New Remains

While following new leads on a cold case double-murder, Jefferson County detectives have stumbled onto what they believe are the remains of yet another unsolved homicide. KIRO Team 7 Investigators first reported in September that police were looking into the possibility that some charred bones, found on Protection Island years ...

October 18, 2010: Images exclusively acquired by KIRO Team 7 Investigators show a teenager getting kicked in the leg, chest and face by an undercover police officer during a round-up of suspects.

Image Shows Teen's Face Bruised, Swollen After Videotaped Incident

Seattle police, politicians and prosecutors scrambled for answers on Thursday after KIRO Team 7 Investigators revealed video that showed a Seattle officer repeatedly kicking a juvenile suspect at a downtown minimart last month.The video taken by a surveillance camera shows the teenager, his hands up high, being kicked in the ...

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