Crime

Seattle Archdiocese settles sexual abuse case from 1960s

The Seattle Archdiocese says it’ll pay $250,000 to settle a sexual abuse case from the 1960s.

Crime

Alleged neo-Nazi from Washington state arrested in Texas

A Washington state man with alleged neo-Nazi ties has been arrested and charged in Texas with possessing firearms.

DNA samples from an estimated 30,000 convicted felons missing in Washington state

In the FBI’s database of convicted criminals, there should be more DNA samples from Washington state – potentially tens of thousands of them.

Crime

'It's gotta change, I wanna see more action.' 160 Seattle businesses call for increased public safety

Dozens of Seattle business owners and residents are demanding that the City Council invest in tougher crime-stopping measures in next year's budget.

Crime

She was raped 15 years ago. Her rape kit was finally tested and turned up a match

15 year-old J.D. was so embarrassed what had happened, she didn’t tell her father on the car ride home that she had just been raped.

Crime

British family's illegal border crossing into Washington state was no accident, feds say

U-S Customs and Border Protection released surveillance video today that CBP said shows a British family of seven illegally crossing Oct. 3 from Canada into the U.S. at Lynden, Wash. The incident has gotten international attention because the Connors family said they’re just tourists who swerved to avoid an animal in the road – and unwittingly crossed the border.

Politics

Misdemeanors report puts heat on Seattle City Attorney

The Seattle City Attorney’s office declined to file charges in nearly half of all non-traffic misdemeanor cases referred to them in 2017, according to a report released Monday. And the office takes six months on average to file cases when suspects are not in custody, the document said.