Stories for April 2007
Stories for Monday, April 30
Man Wanted On 22-Year-Old Warrant Turns Himself In
Braxton Proctor walked into a Pierce County Jail over the weekend and turned himself in for a crime he committed in 1985.“Because I wanted to clear up my name,” Proctor said.In 1985 Proctor, a soldier stationed at Fort Lewis, was accused of assaulting an undercover sheriff’s deputy outside a motel ...
Breeder May Have Sold Infected Dogs
Health officials in Lewis County have warned that dogs sold by a breeder in the Ethel-Toledo area were infected with canine brucellosis.Health officials said anyone who bought or adopted a dog from a woman in a red car since mid-February should have their animal tested. CANINE BRUCELLOSIS Cause, Symptoms The ...
Week 1: The Beginning Of The End
Posted: April 30, 2007 Well, I made it through my first week of training and it is going to be a lot harder than I can imagine. The running part of it felt fine -- it was the rearranging of my entire life that is making it difficult to adjust. ...
Several Thousand March For Immigration Reform
Smaller crowds than last year were reported at Tuesday's May Day immigration reform marches in Seattle and Yakima. VIDEO: Thousands Gather In Downtown Seattle, Snarl Evening Commute In Seattle, police estimated about 4,000 people marched between Westlake Center and the Seattle Center, waving signs along with U.S. flags and the ...
State Sets Tolls For New Tacoma Narrows Bridge
The state Transportation Commission has adopted a plan for tolls on the new Tacoma Narrows Bridge, when it opens this summer.KIRO 7 Eyewitness News reporter Jeff Dubois said the toll for cars equipped with transponders will be $1.75. Drivers paying cash will pay $3 when crossing from Gig Harbor to ...
Memorial Held On UW Campus For Shooting Victim
A memorial will be held on the University of Washington campus at Kane Hall Monday at 5 p.m. for Rebecca Griego, the woman shot to death five weeks ago.Griego was gunned down in her office at Gould Hall on April 2 by her ex-boyfriend Jonathan Rowan, who then turned the ...
Former WSP Gun Expert Defends His Work
Evan Thompson, a firearms expert who resigned from the Washington State Patrol, said his mistakes noted by the WSP are hurtful and he is confident in his abilities."I have been deeply hurt by all this. I have served the WSP to the very best of my abilities for the past ...
Targeting Kids, Drug Dealers Push Flavored Meth
We have a warning about a new way drug dealers are targeting kids: Meth that tastes like candy is just beginning to show up on local streets.Just minutes after we arrived at the Aberdeen bus station, we heard all about strawberry-flavored meth."There's a lot, a lot of it," said Chris, ...
Fire Erupts At Kirkland Condo Complex
Investigators are working to figure out what sparked a fire that caused residents to evacuate a condominium complex in Kirkland on Sunday morning.Smoke began pouring onto several floors of the Portsmith Condos at 109 Second Street South at about 4 a.m."They knocked on my door. I was asleep. I was ...
2 Escape Federal Way House Fire
At least two people escaped from a burning Federal Way home early Monday morning, firefighters said.Neighbors told KIRO 7 Eyewitness News the fire started in a shed, spread to the home's garage and then to the home in the 29800 block of 42nd Place South. "It was in flames, you ...
Stories for Sunday, April 29
Victim’s Mother Asks Judge To Raise Bail
Police arrested a 45-year-old man after his ex-girlfriend was found dead in her home, apparently strangled, according to officials.Medics were called to the home just after about 11 p.m. Saturday, where they found the 41-year-old woman dead.Police said they believe the man and the woman got into an argument, which ...
Stories for Saturday, April 28
Washington Presidential Primary
Washington's Democratic Party will keep using caucuses, rather than the state's presidential primary election, to choose its delegates to the presidential nominating convention, party leaders decided Saturday.At a meeting of the state Democratic Central Committee here, members voted 119-42 against an amendment that would have replaced the caucuses with the ...
Man Fatally Shot; Suspects Still At Large
Seattle police still looking for suspects Sunday after a fatal shooting on Saturday night.Seattle police dispatchers received multiple calls around 7:30 p.m. Saturday with reports of shots fired. Police arrived at the scene and discovered a 24-year-old man who had been shot. The man was transported to Harborview Medical Center ...
Woman Slain In Des Moines
Des Moines poice said that a man chased a woman down and fatally shot her Friday night.A police spokesman said that witnesses reported seeing the man chasing the woman near the 21800 block of 31st Avenue south around 7:10 p.m.Police said the man fired several shots at the woman. The ...
Stories for Friday, April 27
Owner Searching For Stolen Show Horse
Phil Ledorze first worried that his champion show horse Patty worth $100,000 had hurt herself somewhere out on his 100-acre farm in Lewis County, but after hours of searching, he and the police concluded Patty had been stolen.“I panicked for a moment, and I didn’t know what to do,” Ledorze ...
Pregnant Teacher Accused Of Sex With Student Wants Reduced Sentence
Rebekah Todd, a 25-year-old teacher accused of having a sexual relationship with one of her students, asked a judge to reduce her sentence after learning she was pregnant.According to Todd, the student she is accused of having a relationship with is not the father of her unborn child, her husband ...
Luggage 'Lost' More Than Ever Before
If you're flying to a vacation destination this year, beware. You are at greater risk of losing your luggage now than ever before.The amount of bungled baggage at our airports is staggering, and getting worse.Kirsti Thomas of Tacoma admits she isn't the best seamstress, so when she and her husband ...
Watch, Listen and Win Contest Official Rules And Regulations
Watch for the secret clue during The Rachael Ray Show each weekdays at three on KIRO 7 from April 30 - May 18. Then listen to Monti the following day weekday at 2:00pm on MOVin 92.5 for your chance to call in and qualify to win a trip to see ...
Seattle Ranks In Top 10 For Auto Theft
The Seattle area has one of the worst rates of auto theft in the U.S., according to a report prepared by the National Insurance Crime Bureau.The report ranked the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue area sixth and Yakima ninth in auto theft rates.The Northwest Insurance Council said 44,563 vehicles were reported stolen in Washington ...
New Cyber Enemy Turns Computers Into Zombies
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill want Americans to be concerned about a new cyber enemy who's turning our computers into zombies! Sounds like something out of a science fiction movie, but programming crooks are gaining control of millions of personal computers and turning them into their own personal PC army, without ...
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