CRIME & SAFETY
'Not guilty' plea for Seattle man accused of shooting, killing dog
SEATTLE - The man accused of shooting and killing a dog in a possible case of ‘mistaken identity’ pleaded not guilty on Monday. Magan Yussuf, 21, was in court Monday facing charges of first-degree animal cruelty, stemming from the killing of a dog in Seattle's Lake City neighborhood on April 4. According to charging documents filed in the King County Prosecutor's Office, Yussuf gunned down the dog "Stevie" in the middle of the street.
A Washington police officer killed 3 people in 8 years -- and faces a murder trial for the last one
SEATTLE (AP) — Jury selection began Monday in the trial of a suburban Seattle police officer charged with murder in the death of a 26-year-old man outside a convenience store in 2019 — the third person the officer had killed in the past eight years. Auburn officer Jeff Nelson shot and killed Jesse Sarey while trying to arrest him for disorderly conduct in an interaction that lasted just 67 seconds, authorities said. Sarey had reportedly been throwing things at cars. Citing surveillance video from nearby businesses, prosecutors said Nelson wrestled with Sarey, repeatedly punched him in the head and shot...
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