Stories for September 2007
Stories for Monday, September 24
Children Of Man Accused Of Animal Cruelty Taken Into State Care
According to investigators, a 46-year-old Parkland man who was arrested on 18 counts of felony animal cruelty has had his children seized into child protective care.According to store owners at a strip mall in Spanaway, Gregory Gordon and his children lived in a computer repair store he owned.Pierce County sheriff’s ...
Man Accused Of Assaulting 1-Year-Old Boy
Police arrested a man on suspicion of first-degree child assault after police said he injured a 1-year-old boy.Officers responding to a 911 call on Sept. 13 found the boy seriously hurt, with multiple fractures, bruising and a serious brain injury, police said. He was taken to Harborview Medical Center in ...
Fire Forces Boeing Workers To Evacuate
A fire at a building at Boeing's Renton plant forced the evacuation of hundreds of workers Monday morning, workers and firefighters told KIRO 7 Eyewitness News.Firefighters said fire was discovered at about 10:30 a.m. in a pile of rags on the mezzanine mechanical area of Building 420.At least 800 people ...
Seattle Sues Sonics To Hold Team To KeyArena Lease
Seattle city officials have announced a lawsuit to keep the SuperSonics from leaving town.The lawsuit filed in King County Superior Court is designed to block a Sonics attempt to be released from a lease on KeyArena.According to the complaint, "The Sonics promised to play all home games ... exclusively" at ...
UW Researchers Net Freak Fish
A rare, mutant ratfish caught off Whidbey Island is the only completely albino fish in the University of Washington's 7.2 million-specimen collection, UW researchers said.The foot-long female ratfish was caught this summer in about 200 feet of water."I've seen tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of ratfish in ...
Group Robs Bellevue Apartment Residents
Several people entered at least one Bellevue apartment in a home invasion robbery that left three victims with minor injuries early Monday morning, police said.Three to six people entered an apartment building in the 14200 block of Southeast Sixth Street at about 3 a.m., police said.It was not immediately clear ...
Sadness, Anger Mark Fatal Crash Anniversary
Friends gathered in Olympia on Sunday to remember a man killed in a car crash one year ago.Jeremy Cole, 26, was a passenger in a car that plunged off an Olympia overpass one year ago.Cole's friends and family lit candles at the crash scene.Police said the driver, Kayline Burgett, drove ...
Missing Car May Be Clue To 2 Tacoma Deaths
Police are looking for a car that belonged to one of two men found dead in a Tacoma apartment.The car may have been taken by the killer. It's a red 1994 Isuzu Trooper, Washington license 454 RYL.Police found the bodies of two men in their 20s at about 9 p.m. ...
Stories for Friday, September 21
Former KIRO Commentator Passes Away
Former KIRO 7 News political commentator Walt Crowley passed away Friday evening following a stroke at Virginia Mason Hospital in Seattle.In May of 1986, the liberal Crowley teamed with conservative John Carlson for a long running series of political commentaries called “Point-Counterpoint,” on KIRO 7.Crowley, his wife Maria, and longtime ...
Parkland Man Arrested For Multiple Counts Of Animal Cruelty
According to investigators, a Parkland man was arrested on 19 counts of felony animal cruelty.Investigators found dogs so severely neglected they had attacked and eaten other animals in an effort to survive.Animal control officer said they found cats and dogs inside the house filled with garbage, fecal matter and urine. ...
Missing Hiker Found Alive
A helicopter crew has spotted missing hiker Mary Wingfield alive.Ranger Kinsey Shilling said Wingfield is dehydrated and exhausted but not injured.Searchers in the copter saw her standing near the bottom of a waterfall, crews at the command post told KIRO 7 Eyewitness News. They said ground crews are on their ...
Pierce County Jail Officer Accused Of Sex With Inmate
A female corrections officer with the Pierce County Jail has been arrested on suspicion of having sex with a male inmate, KIRO 7 Eyewitness News has learned.The 29-year-old officer was booked into jail Friday afternoon, officials told KIRO 7 Eyewitness News reporter Kevin McCarty.The officer faces a charge of custodial ...
Sonics File Demand For Arbitration On KeyArena Lease
The Seattle SuperSonics have filed a demand for arbitration in hopes of a ruling that they don't have to play the final three years of their lease at KeyArena. RAW VIDEO: Bennett Speaks To Reporters - Full News Conference The ruling would allow the Sonics to relocate after this coming ...
Woman Pleads Guilty For Killing Seattle Police Officer
A woman who killed a Seattle police officer in a traffic crash has pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide. King County prosecutors are asking for an exceptional 20-year sentence when 32-year-old Mary Jan Rivas is sentenced on Nov. 16. She pleaded guilty Friday to vehicular homicide and cocaine possession. Rivas had ...
Clues Left By Missing Camper Give Searchers Hope
Swiftwater rescue crews, a helicopter and scent dogs scoured a remote area of Whatcom County where a woman who's been missing since last weekend left clues, including a handwritten note that read "Please help." UPDATE: MISSING HIKER FOUND ALIVE Searchers said time is of the essence in finding Mary Wingfield, ...
Stories for Thursday, September 20
Lead Poisoning Found In Toys Made In China
Dozens of toys made in China have been recalled because of concerns about lead poisoning.Some people here in the Northwest are leading the way, hoping to help parents pay for lead poisoning tests.Are the country's biggest toy companies doing enough to keep potentially dangerous toys from china off store shelves? ...
Police Arrest Man Accused Of Trying To Lure Children Over Phone
Investigators in Kitsap County tracked down a man who allegedly made hundreds of calls targeting children and attempting to lure them with the promise of free toys and prizes.According to prosecutors, 43-year-old Barry North would call department stores like Wal-Mart and Fred Meyer around Christmas time or Easter asking for ...
Uncle Of Murder Victim Tries To Attack Killer
The uncle of murder victim Sarah Lofstrom became so emotional in court Thursday he attempted to attack her convicted killer and husband, Jeramy Lofstrom.Lofstrom’s uncle who is a mortician, told the courtroom it took him 13 hours to prepare Sarah’s body for the funeral after she was brutally attacked while ...
Zoo Euthanizes Elderly Giraffe
Sukari, a 25-year-old female giraffe who was suffering from several age-related conditions, was euthanized at the Woodland Park Zoo on Thursday, officials announced.Sukari was less than 1 year old when she arrived at the zoo in 1982. Giraffes normally live 10 to 15 years in the wild but can live ...
Bail Set At $5 Million For Man In Connection With Covington Homicide
A judge set bail at $5 million for a Covington man in connection with a homicide investigation Thursday afternoon.According to police, investigators entered a Covington-area home on Wednesday, gathering clues in a shooting that left one person dead and another wounded. The incident led authorities to discover a booby-trapped marijuana-growing ...
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