News Stories for February 2010
Stories for Sunday, February 28
Teen Fugitive Harris-Moore May Be Responsible For Orcas Island Burglary
An attempted burglary at an Ace Hardware Store on Orcas Island Sunday morning may be the work of infamous teen fugitive Colton Harris-Moore, KIRO 7 Eyewitness News reported.San Juan County Sheriff Bill Cumming said police received a report of an alarm going off at the store in the village of ...
Stories for Saturday, February 27
Tribute Grows As Memorial Nears For Slain Teacher
A tribute of flowers, balloons and stuffed animals is outside the elementary school where a special education teacher was shot by a man who had been obsessed with her for years.Birney Elementary School in Tacoma is closed Monday after Jennifer Paulson was gunned down Friday morning.A moment of blessing will ...
Body Found In Lake Washington In Kirkland
A body was found in Lake Washington near Kirkland's Marsh Park Saturday afternoon.Kirkland fire and police told KIRO 7 Eyewitness News the body was reported just after 4 p.m.Police said the body was floating about 15 yards off shore.The 35-year-old man was wearing jogging clothes when he was found.Investigators said ...
FDIC Shuts Down Tacoma Bank
Regulators have shut down a Tacoma bank.The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. was appointed receiver of Rainier Pacific Bank on Friday, KIRO 7 reported.Rainier Pacific Bank had $718 million in assets and $446 million in deposits as of Dec. 31.Rainier Pacific's deposits will be assumed by Umpqua Bank of Roseburg, Ore. ...
Driver Arrested in Everett Double Fatality
A man and a woman were killed after an SUV crossed the median in Everett Friday night.The accident happened just after 10PM near 37th and Broadway, under the I-5 overpass.Everett Police's Robert Goetz tells KIRO's Chris Francis the SUV apparently crossed the median, hitting a sedan head-on.A man and woman ...
Stories for Friday, February 26
Rainier Pacific Bank Acquired By Umpqua Bank
Portland-based Umpqua Bank has acquired its second Washington state bank: Rainier Pacific Bank of Tacoma.Umpqua Bank acquired Seattle-based EvergreenBank on Jan. 22."Former Rainier Pacific Bank customers will be able to bank as usual during regular business hours. Their deposits are safe, accessible and remain FDIC insured to the maximum provided ...
Shots Fired In Northgate Area
Police are looking for a man who shot at another car in the Northgate neighborhood Friday afternoon.The man got out of a silver sedan and shot at another car in the 300 block of Northeast Northgate Way shortly before 4 p.m., said Jeff Kappel of the Seattle Police Department.The shooter ...
McCleary Mom Does Not Have To Pay Back Unemployment
The mother of missing McCleary girl Lindsey Baum will not have to pay back unemployment benefits which she was ordered to do.KIRO 7 spoke with Melissa Baum after she was given a notice that she was to pay $1,000 for unemployment checks that she was not suppose to receive.Baum took ...
Health: Cascade Bicycle Club
Cascade Bicycle Club serves more than 13,000 members and the Puget Sound bicycling community. Its mission is to create a better community through bicycling. It is dedicated to providing bicycle activities to promote individual health and recreation, and education and advocacy to promote a more bicycle friendly environment and a ...
Tacoma Public Utilities Evacuated For Hazmat
The Tacoma Fire Dept said a customer came into the lobby of Tacoma Public Utilities building at 2:45 p.m. Friday afternoon with envelope containing a disconnection bill.The envelope also contained cash and white powder, which spilled out of the envelope.The lobby and part of building was evacuated, and fire and ...
FBI Searches Home Of Missing McCleary Girl Before Family Moves
The FBI is searching the home of a missing McCleary girl one last time before her family moves out.Lindsey Baum’s family is moving to Rainier and Grays Harbor County Undersheriff Rick Scott said it’s the last chance to obtain samples of the old house before someone new moves in.Baum was ...
Tacoma Guardsman Dies From Injury Sustained In Iraq
A Washington National Guardsman from Tacoma died from an injury he sustained in Iraq.Sgt. William Spencer, 40, died Feb. 25 at a hospital in Germany after he was evacuated there from Iraq.Spencer’s injury was not combat related and is currently under investigation, said Washington National Guard spokesman Keith Kosik.Spencer served ...
Medicare Patients Hard-Pressed To Find Doctors
As the health care debate continues to pick up speed nationally, many Medicare patients in the Northwest are having a hard time finding a doctor.No one's accepting new patients.And as Consumer Investigator David Quinlan reports, it may get worse before it gets better.After 31 years working for the Washington Department ...
Gunman's Criminal History Before Shooting
A man whose fixation on Tacoma teacher Jennifer Paulson led to her fatal shooting had a prior arrest in addition to his violations of an anti-harassment order filed by the shooting victim.Jed Waits of Ellensburg was arrested in Nov. 2008 for a fight with a man at an apartment complex ...
Gunman Harassed, Stalked Victim For Years
The teacher gunned down outside her school in Tacoma had tried for years to keep the man who killed her at a distance, according to court documents obtained by KIRO 7 Eyewitness News.The documents revealed that Jennifer Paulson was harassed and stalked by Jed Waits and that a protection order ...
FBI Not Interested In Teen Serial Robber Harris-Moore
National law enforcement experts say to catch a nimble fugitive like Colton Harris-Moore, police need dedicated teams that can pounce swiftly and move easily across jurisdictional borders. The outfit best suited to the task -- the FBI -- doesn't consider the 18-year-old Camano Island serial burglar a grave threat. "He's ...
'F-Bomb Bandit' Strikes Fifth Bank
A woman who robbed a Maple Leaf-area bank Wednesday appears to be the "F-Bomb Bandit," surveillance video shows.The FBI believes the latest robbery at the Alaska credit Union at Roosevelt Way Northeast and Northgate Way is the fifth time the woman has struck in seven weeks.She is also suspected of ...
Gunman With Infatuation Fatally Shoots Teacher Outside School
A gunman with an infatuation with a Tacoma special education teacher lay in wait and fatally shot the woman as she arrived for school Friday morning, authorities told KIRO 7 Eyewitness News. Police later fatally shot the gunman after a chase and confrontation about 10 miles away.Police said the victim, ...
New Evidence Uncovered In Wenatchee Teen's Slaying
Detectives are working a new lead in the slaying of a teenage girl in Wenatchee earlier this month.Police said cell phone records indicated Mackenzie Cowell was likely at the Wenatchee Riverfront Park boat ramp area shortly after she left a beauty school class Feb. 9.The 17-year-old's body was found Feb. ...
Man Shot 3 Times In Home Invasion Near Renton
A 27-year-old man is in critical condition after he was shot three times during a home invasion near Renton early Friday morning.King County sheriff's deputies arrived at the man's mobile home on 196th Avenue Southeast after the man called 911 just after 1 a.m. The victim told deputies that three ...
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