CRIME & SAFETY
Person fatally shot in North Burien early Saturday morning
A person was fatally shot early Saturday morning, May 4, 2024 near the intersection of S. 116th Street and 1st Ave South near the Beverly Park neighborhood of Burien (map below). King County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to the scene at around 1 a.m. and located a victim with a...
Former Boy Scout Volunteer Gets 22 Years In Prison For Hiding Cameras In Camp Bathrooms
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A former Boy Scout volunteer has been sentenced to 22 years in prison for hiding cameras in a bathroom at a Missouri camp. A federal judge on Thursday also ordered David Lee Nelson, a 41-year-old from Redmond, Washington, to pay more than $60,000, with some of the money going toward counseling for the victims. Some of them described at the hearing being fearful and unable to trust because of what happened.
Jury returns ‘guilty’ verdicts on 10 counts against defendant in 2021 triple homicide in Des Moines
A King County Superior Court jury returned a guilty verdict in the Triple Homicide case that occurred on Sept. 26, 2021, outside a sports pub along Pacific Highway South in Des Moines. As we previously reported, this case gained national attention when a judge prohibited the defense’s request to use...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Resident shares concerns over Monday night’s Sheriff’s Office community meeting
[EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is a Letter to the Editor, written and submitted by verified resident. It does not necessarily reflect the opinions of South King Media, nor its staff.]. In response to the very-late notice of Monday night’s Community Information Meeting, I am struck by the composition of...
King County deputies hope to solve 45-year-old cold case
KING COUNTY, Wash. - The King County Sheriff's Office is still looking to solve a 45-year-old cold case involving a woman who disappeared from Lake Forest Park. The Sheriff's Office hopes the community will have information that will help them figure out what happened to Barabara McClure on November 2, 1978.
Fire at self-storage building near SR 167 ruled accidental
Investigators have ruled the large self-storage fire in Kent to be an accidental fire that was not intentionally set. Firefighters from the Renton Regional Fire Authority and Puget Sound Fire — which serves Kent, Covington, Maple Valley, SeaTac and Tukwila — responded to the fire at Valley Self Storage on 84th Avenue at 5:10 p.m. on Thursday, May 2.
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