News Stories for October 2011
Stories for Monday, October 31
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Man accused in Carkeek Park attack will have mental evaluation
A man accused of attacking a jogger at a Seattle park will have a mental health evaluation before he will be arraigned. Jack Keewatinawin was scheduled to be arraigned on Monday morning, but the 19-year-old's defense attorney told the judge his client has suffered from mental health problems. The man ...
Trial underway in fatal drive-by shooting that killed Tacoma woman
The trial of four of seven men accused of shooting and killing a 20-year-old woman in a drive-by on Tacoma's east side got underway Monday. Camille Love was driving and her brother, Josh Love, was a passenger in the car on Feb. 7, 2009, as the two headed down ...
Cab driver victim of racially-motivated assault in Belltown
A man was jailed Sunday in what Seattle police said was a racially motivated assault on a cab driver in Belltown. Investigators said the violence occurred about 3:30 a.m. at Fourth Avenue and Cedar Street in Seattle when a drunken white man got into a taxi and asked the cabbie ...
Scary protest planned for ‘scary’ bridge
A group of people plan to stage a demonstration Monday afternoon, wearing Halloween costumes, to call attention to what they say is an unsafe bridge in Kent. The Alvord T Bridge has a posted weight limit and the Federal Highway Administration has called it "structurally deficient." The bridge crosses ...
Viaduct reopens with new construction bypass
Drivers on the reroute of the demolished mile of the Alaskan Way Viaduct will notice major changes, including new curves, exits in new places and revised speeds. There’s still a lot of construction equipment and Viaduct debris in the area, and drivers could be easily distracted. The Department ...
Sleeping driver blamed for crash, fire, power outage
A crash near Redmond early Monday knocked out power to 1,450 Tanner Electric customers. Deputies said a man fell asleep in a red car just after 12:30 a.m. while driving home from work. He veered off Northeast Union Hill Road near 256th Avenue Northeast and slammed into a power pole. ...
Two dead, one injured in Tukwila house fire
Tukwila fire officials say two people died early Sunday in a house fire. Flames were reported from the single-story home on 46th Avenue South around 4:30 am. Seven adults and one infant lived in the home. Five of the adults managed to escape the flames with the infant, but two ...
Stories for Friday, October 28
Armed men kick in door in Seattle home invasion
Police said two people armed with handguns stormed a house in South Seattle Friday morning. Seattle police said they responded to a call about a home invasion robbery in the 4600 Block of South Henderson Street at 6:45 a.m. According to the victim, the armed robbers kicked in the ...
Multiple alcohol bottles found in SPD officer's vehicle after DUI arrest
A Seattle police detective was charged with DUI after he was involved in a crash in Mukilteo that led to the discovery of numerous open and empty bottles alcohol inside his unmarked police vehicle, an arrest report said. The Mukilteo Police Department said officers responded to a report of a ...
Man, sans arm, enters Bellingham office after using self-made guillotine
A man who entered a Bellingham medical office with a severed limb later told medics he cut his own arm off with a self-made device. Police said the man walked into a urology office in the Birchwood neighborhood at 11 a.m. Thursday. His right arm had been severed below the ...
Court martial begins for soldier accused in thrill killings of 3 Afghans
Jury selection begins Friday in the court martial of a soldier accused of masterminding the thrill killings of three Afghan civilians last year. Staff Sgt. Calvin Gibbs, of Billings, Mont., is one of five soldiers from Joint Base Lewis-McChord charged in the deaths of the three Afghan men. Some soldiers ...
Man whose head crushed by hit-and-run driver angered by sentencing
A man whose head was crushed by a hit-and-run driver who sped through a parking lot outside a Boy Scout meeting in Olympia says he’s angered by the prison sentence the man responsible received. Dan Kitchings and his father-in-law, Dee Cooper, saw Cody Chipman speed into a parking lot near ...
Stories for Thursday, October 27
Man’s history of customer, employee complaints runs deep
KIRO 7 first started looking into a local company, Eagle Point Charters, because a customer complained about not receiving a promised refund. After filing public disclosure requests with multiple state agencies, Consumer Investigators learned the problems go much deeper than just one upset consumer. Former employees, like ...
Stories for Wednesday, October 26
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U.S. Bank to end rewards program for debit card users
There are new signs that bank rewards could soon become a thing of the past. It comes after another major bank told its customers that it's cutting perks and slashing benefits. A letter to a KIRO 7 newscast producer told him that his U.S. Bank debit card will ...
Stories for Monday, October 24
Royal Brougham on-ramp to SR 99 north closed after Viaduct pieces fall
The Royal Brougham on-ramp to the northbound lanes of the Alaskan Way Viaduct has been closed after chunks of the closed portion of the Viaduct began falling, the Washington State Department of Transportation says. A WSDOT worker shot this video, which shows the chunks falling off: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWXwd0tgBJY It ...
Tacoma police open child molestation investigation
The Tacoma Police Department opened a child molestation investigation Friday afternoon after allegations of sex abuse surfaced. A Tacoma youth leader was suspended from his job and ordered stay away from youth facilities after the allegations came to light. Leaders at Champions Centre church said the volunteer may have molested ...
Suspicious package found in front of Lynnwood business complex
A suspicious box was reported just after 5 a.m. Monday morning in front of a Lynnwood business complex. The box was found at the six-story Northview Corporate Center in the 20700 block of 44th Avenue West. Police responded, evacuated the building and cordoned off the area for safety as they ...
Commute without viaduct begins with multiple crashes
The first day of the Seattle commute without the Alaskan Way Viaduct began with multiple crashes on both directions on Interstate 5. The crashes at Mercer Street caused backups into downtown Seattle. The first crash occurred shortly before 5 a.m. Heavy rain caused standing water on the roadway. ...
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