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2013/05/21 21:44
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TACOMA — The practice of temporarily “parking” the mentally ill in hospital emergency rooms without treatment violates state and federal law, Pierce County Superior Court Judge Kathryn Nelson ruled in...
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2013/05/21 13:40
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Thousands of utility customers receiving water service from the city of Puyallup — both inside and outside the city limits — could see changes to their bills if the Puyallup City Council takes action...
2013/05/21 07:40
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A Tacoma man whose previous conviction in a fatal carjacking was overturned by the U.S. Court of Appeals pleaded guilty Monday a reduced charge. Santana Ocampo pleaded guilty to second-degree murder...
2013/05/18 07:40
2013/05/18 07:40
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The top three candidates for a vacant judgeship in Pierce County District Court passed their first hurdle this week. An ad-hoc committee appointed by the Pierce County Council chose three candidates...
2013/05/18 01:32
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A former Lakewood police officer already convicted on federal charges for stealing donations from a fallen officers’ fund has admitted to identity theft and forgery in a Pierce County superior...
2013/05/15 04:42
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A former Spanaway Lake High School student is suing the Bethel School District over a stabbing incident that occurred at a school in May 2010. The lawsuit, filed Monday in Pierce County Superior...
2013/05/15 03:41
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The slow-motion process of filling an empty judicial seat in Pierce County’s largest court takes another step Wednesday, with no clear date for a final decision. Members of an ad-hoc committee...
2013/05/10 01:32
2013/05/10 01:32
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Pierce County prosecutors said Thursday the death of 3-year-old Tacoma boy Terric Davis was not an accident, it was premeditated murder. In a probable cause affidavit charging Derrick Myers with...
2013/05/09 01:41
2013/05/09 01:41
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A 44-year-old man already serving a 10-year prison sentence was charged Wednesday with first-degree murder in a Tacoma gang shooting from 25 years ago. A not-guilty plea was entered on behalf of...
2013/05/03 03:41
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The City of Sumner is facing legal action on two fronts over its efforts to sell the municipal golf course. Six Kilns Apartments, a proposed residential development by local developer Investco, filed...
2013/05/02 16:44
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OK, here’s what not to say to police when they ask you how fast you thought you were going while trying to avoid a drunken-driving arrest: “Well, I was trying to get the (bleep!) away from you, so...
2013/05/01 05:41
2013/05/01 05:41
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A developer’s plans to build on a golf course in northeast Tacoma are almost certainly dead. A state court of appeals issued a ruling Tuesday that the developer of the Pointe at Northshore missed a...
2013/04/26 23:35
2013/04/26 23:35
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Angry Pacific citizens began their petition Friday to recall Mayor Cy Sun. The first signatures came just two hours after a judge threw out the mayor’s latest fight against city employees, noting how...
2013/04/26 19:21
2013/04/26 19:21
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Give the man his marijuana. That was the gist of a simple order Tacoma Municipal Court Judge Jack Emery gave to Tacoma police two months ago. Police refused. Thursday, Emery repeated himself with...
2013/04/25 22:41
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Bernadine Sanders and Leslie Burt said Thursday they never thought anyone would answer for the shooting death of their brother, Bernard Houston, thought to be the first fatality in Tacoma’s gang...
2013/04/25 15:29
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Lawsuit: Pacific mayor threatened to kill police PACIFIC, Wash. - And it seemed bad enough when they arrested him. Now, Pacific Mayor Cy Sun is facing allegations of corruption and incompetence from...
2013/04/23 07:40
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A man suspected of trying to smother an elderly Gig Harbor woman was ordered jailed in lieu of $250,000 bail Monday while prosecutors prepare their case against him. Karl Gremmler, 47, was to appear...
2013/04/21 13:40
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In the wake of the David Brame scandal 10 years ago, Tacoma city leaders, police officials and community members proposed changes and made promises to ensure that nothing similar happened again in...
2013/04/20 03:41
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A woman beaten and raped in her Tacoma home nearly 11 years ago was ready to leave her prison of fear Friday as her attacker prepared to enter a different kind of prison. Pierce County Superior Court...