Seattle officials revisit ‘exclusion zones’ to disrupt drug activity, sex trafficking Seattle City Attorney Ann Davison and members of the city council are seeking new criminal penalties to ban certain people from zones of drug-related crime and prostitution. Amy Radil
Prosecutors won’t charge woman who says she abandoned newborn in Ballard Prosecutors have declined to file charges against a woman who admitted abandoning the body of her newborn along a Seattle roadway. They said they lack independent evidence to prove that a crime was committed and that the baby, who had a gestational age of just 32-36 weeks, was in fact born alive. Amy Radil
Washington state and counties square off over juvenile rehabilitation closures One issue: DCYF’s transfer of 43 men in their early 20s from Green Hill to an adult prison. Ann Dornfeld Play AudioListen 4 mins
Seattle City Council considers 'prostitution loitering' law amid intense debate The bill would put new gross misdemeanors into Seattle’s criminal code, targeting people charged with prostitution-related offenses, with special emphasis on pimps and buyers of sex. Amy Radil
What's an 'entheogen'? Magic mushrooms are now a low priority in Olympia The Olympia City Council has knocked psilocybin, and similar drugs, down to a "low enforcement priority" for Olympia police, essentially decriminalizing the drugs in the city. Dyer Oxley
2 months after Garfield High student's shooting death on campus, still no arrest A suspect has not been identified. After the shooting, police said only that the suspect was a high-school aged male who was wearing a red hoodie. Katie Campbell
2 men face RICO charges for violent home robberies in Western Washington that targeted Asian Americans Federal prosecutors in Seattle have indicted two men on rarely used racketeering charges, related to a series of violent home robberies throughout Western Washington targeting Asian Americans in 2022. They said the charges follow a lengthy investigation across multiple jurisdictions that remains ongoing. Amy Radil
Why is Aurora Avenue crime concentrated in Seattle, not Shoreline? There’s general agreement that Aurora Avenue North is starkly divided at North 145th street — the border between the cities of Seattle and Shoreline. The main question is why. Amy Radil
Former coach charged with child rape has been attending Seattle school sporting events, judge finds A former Garfield High School coach charged with raping a student violated his electronic home monitoring conditions by attending numerous high school sporting events last winter, according to a judge's findings. Ann Dornfeld
