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Wash. Supreme Court Bans Former Pierce Co. Judge

The Washington State Supreme Court has banned ex-Pierce County Superior Court Judge Michael Hecht from ever again holding judicial office in Washington.The state’s Commission on Judicial Conduct in May voted to censure Hecht and recommend to the Supreme Court that he be disqualified from seeking to become a judge.A unanimous ...

Portable Toilet Destroyed By Explosive In Tacoma

An explosive device destroyed a portable bathroom Wednesday morning at Tacoma's Blueberry Park.Tacoma police received several calls just after 6 a.m. about an explosion, police spokesman Mark Fulghum said. At least one caller reported seeing smoke.Officers responded to the park, 7402 E. D St., and found the destroyed outhouse, Fulghum ...

3 Men Avoid Jail Time In Strip-Club Prostitution Case

A Tacoma man who ran a Parkland strip club was sentenced Tuesday in federal court in connection with a criminal enterprise run by a notorious Seattle family.Fox’s operator Steven Michael Fueston, 62, pleaded guilty in April to conspiracy to permit prostitution near a military establishment, a misdemeanor, according to the ...

JBLM Soldier Pleads Guilty To Wife's Murder

A Joint Base Lewis-McChord soldier pleaded guilty Wednesday morning to second-degree murder, domestic violence, in connection with the February strangulation death of his wife, also an Iraq War veteran and the mother of their 2-year-old daughter.Sheldon Plummer, 28, was composed during Wednesday’s hearing and calmly answered Thurston County Superior Court ...

Report Details Costly SR-16 Error In Tacoma

A simple engineering error led to the $1 million repair of the eastbound state Route 16 offramp to Sprague Avenue, top state highway officials told legislators Thursday.Transportation Secretary Paula Hammond told members of the state Legislature’s Joint Transportation Committee that failures in the state’s oversight of the project allowed the ...

Pierce Co. Judge Refuses To Return 20 Dogs To Owners

A Pierce County District Court judge refused Thursday to return 20 dogs and a duck seized last month by the county to their Eatonville owners, telling them that simply “loving” their pet dogs is not enough.Judge Judy Jasprica said the dogs, which are being sheltered by the Tacoma Pierce County ...

2 Tacoma Men Suspected Of Prostituting 17-Year-Old

The Seattle Police Department’s vice squad arrested two Tacoma men for allegedly recruiting a 17-year-old girl into prostitution.On Tuesday, the teenager and her mother called the Seattle Police to file a report, according to a media release.The victim said she met the two Tacoma men, ages 21 and 20, over ...

2 Tacoma Men Suspected Of Prostituting 17-Year-Old

Charges Filed Against Girlfriend of Accused Gunman In Deadly Craigslist Robbery

Pierce County prosecutors have filed charges against the girlfriend of the alleged shooter in a deadly Edgewood home-invasion robbery.Prosecutors charged Jenna Nicole Ford, 18, on Tuesday with three counts of first-degree rendering criminal assistance. A warrant has been issued for her arrest. Charging documents indicate she has been in Arkansas ...

Man Charged In Hit-And-Run Death Of 15-Year-Old Girl

Pierce County prosecutors filed charges Friday against a 47-year-old man accused of hitting and killing a teenage girl Wednesday night in Milton.Robert V. Mitzel has been charged with vehicular homicide and failure to remain at the scene of an accident resulting in a death. He's scheduled for a bail return ...