News Stories for September 2006
Stories for Saturday, September 30
Man Shot In Everett
A 48-year-old Everett man has been arrested for investigation of second-degree murder following an early morning shooting in which a 45-year-old Snohomish County resident died.Police say the two had been drinking at the time of the shooting.Detectives removed more than a dozen weapons from a home on Harrison Avenue Saturday ...
Stories for Friday, September 29
Toxic Algae Blooms In Pierce County Lakes
The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department said toxic algae blooms have been seen in Lakewood’s Steilacoom Lake and Ohop Lake near Eatonville, and the size of the existing bloom in Spanaway Lake is increasing.According to the Health Department, areas that have heavy concentrations, usually along the shoreline, look like green paint ...
Mount St. Helens Eruption Slowing, Scientists Say
The eruption of Mount St. Helens that began two years ago is slowing down, a U.S. Geological Survey scientist said on Friday, but experts have no estimate of when the current eruption will end. Video: Time-Lapse Of Dome’s Growth Video: Time-Lapse Of Fin Growth Video: Thermal Imaging Of Rock Avalanche ...
NAACP Calls For Investigation Of Videotaped Arrest
The Seattle-King County National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on Friday called for a full investigation of three Seattle police officers who arrested two Kent women at a White Center gas station earlier this week.At a news conference, NAACP leaders said the officers "roughed up" Jalena Vaughn, 19, ...
Everett Woman Pulled From Car, Beaten By Teens
Authorities said a group of about 15 teenagers pulled a woman from her car and beat her Thursday afternoon near Mariner High School in Everett.The attack happened after the woman honked her horn at them to move out of the way so she could enter her mother's apartment complex on ...
Arrest Caught On Tape Sparks Internal Police Investigation
The Seattle Police Department has launched an internal affairs investigation into the arrest of two women in White Center on Monday that was captured on surveillance tape, KIRO 7 Eyewitness News reported.Officers said they were following proper procedure and doing their best in a tense situation when they took Jalena ...
Federal Way Boy Nearly Drowns
A 3-year-old boy is recovering after nearly drowning in a pool at a Federal Way home Thursday night, KIRO 7 Eyewitness News reported.Police said the boy gained access to the pool through a closed gate while his mother was inside and his father was in the home’s back yard.Upon finding ...
Rear Window Of Seattle Police Car Shot Out
Someone shot out the rear window of a police car in Seattle on Thursday night. The officer was responding to a disturbance in the Rainier Valley when he came under fire. The shot shattered the window. The officer was not injured. Police conducted an extensive search, using dogs and a ...
2 Hurt In High-Speed Crash
Police are investigating a high-speed crash in Seattle's Rainier Beach neighborhood early Friday morning that left two people seriously injured.The single-car crash happened at Seward Park Avenue South and South Cloverdale just after 3 a.m., police said.Police said the driver of the car was speeding, lost control, and the car ...
Stories for Thursday, September 28
Spinach Back On The Shelves
Spinach is back on the shelves at 32 Haggen and Top Food Stores in Washington and Oregon for the first time since a nationwide E. coli outbreak.Shoppers are purchasing the spinach without hesitation.“Any hesitation at all, no. Well I think they've pretty much taken care of the issue and there's ...
Retired Officer Faces More Sexual-Related Charges
Retired Tacoma police officer and former Crimestoppers spokesman Lee Giles will be arraigned on new charges following a search of Giles home where police evidence from a previous case was found.Prosecutors searched Giles' home and found videotapes from a child molestation case Giles had investigated in 1991.The case involved Robert ...
Kirkland Man's Death Investigated As Homicide
Police are investigating the case of a Kirkland man who was found dead in his apartment as a homicide.The body of John Schouler, 23, was found by a roommate on Sept. 14, police said.The medical examiner's office said Schouler died from head trauma.Initially, police called it a suspicious death, but ...
Serial Exposer Targets UW Campus
A man has been seen either completely naked or without pants three times in the past two weeks on the University of Washington campus leading the UW police department to announce a crime watch in the area for what they are calling a serial exposer.Campus police describe the man as ...
Bicyclist Hurt In Collision With Van Dies
A woman on her bicycle who collided with a van in West Seattle on Wednesday has died, the medical examiner's office said.The 26-year-old woman was on her bike at 35th Avenue Southwest and Southwest Graham Street when she collided with the van as it turned the corner at about 7:45 ...
Pedestrian Struck By SUV In Seattle
A pedestrian who ran into the street was struck by a sport utility vehicle in downtown Seattle early Thursday morning, police said.The man, in his 30s, was taken to Harborview Medical Center with a head injury. He was listed in critical condition.Investigators said the driver of a Jeep was traveling ...
Pit Bull Attacks Under Investigation
Neighbors in one Auburn neighborhood fear for their animals and children after they said a pit bull attacked at least twice.Steve Stoffel told KIRO 7 he came home to find his cat fleeing for his life on Tuesday. He said the cat was running away from a neighborhood pit bull."I ...
Stories for Wednesday, September 27
Woman Charged With Stalking Co-Worker Drives Off Stevens Pass
Christina Orozco was charged with felony stalking for harassing and stalking a former co-worker Monday morning.Orozco was sentenced to 10 months in jail for posting a Web site and sending harassing e-mails to her former co-workers family.Orozco was scheduled to report to jail Tuesday morning but did not show.Tuesday afternoon ...
Teacher With Phony Doctorate Gets Charged
A Bremerton school counselor has been charged with stealing your tax money after KIRO Team 7 Investigators catch him profiting from a fake doctorate.Teachers automatically get extra pay if they have an advanced college degree. Over the past two years, KIRO Team 7 Investigators have exposed more than a dozen ...
Seattle Ocean Rowers Cross Atlantic, Set Record
Four Seattle rowers are back in town after winning an incredible race across the Atlantic Ocean that involved 71 days of rowing.The group -- called Ocean Adventure Racing Northwest -- is the first crew of Americans to row from the U.S. to Great Britain.For more than two months, they were ...
Fire Investigators Look Into Grand Mound Fire
Thurston County fire investigators were at the scene of a fire in Grand Mound trying to determine the cause.A 2,500-square-foot building was consumed in flames early Wednesday morning.The building located at Sheldon Lane Southwest has an apartment above a business, KIRO 7 Eyewitness News reported.Nobody was inside and no injuries ...
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