KCPAO in the News: 7/25/2024
Below are news stories featuring the work of the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office from July 18 through July 25. Our office handles felony-level crimes — which are the more serious crimes committed in King County — while City Attorneys’ offices handle most misdemeanors. Each day, the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office files roughly 25 felony cases in King County, and we’re working hard to make sure the public and the media know about the work we’re doing to hold people who cause harm accountable.
PAO Mentions
Investigate West: A Washington Teen Was Trafficked By A Man She Met On Tinder, She Says. Two Years Later, She’s Still Waiting For Justice.
Kent Reporter: Woman Sentenced in Renton Vehicular Homicide
Kent Reporter: Inquest explores 2019 fatal police shooting in Federal Way
Kent Reporter: High-profile juvenile crimes continue to rock Kent this summer
Kent Reporter: Kent Man Receives 8 Year Sentence in 2021 Fatal Shooting
KING 5: Seattle-area man who fled to New Hampshire arrested in 7-year-old’s death
Seattle Medium: Celebrating the Life of Arthur Douglas “Doug” Wheeler, Jr.
Seattle Times: Teen charged in Skyway shooting that killed sleeping 10-year-old girl
Seattle Times: Police are wrong: Law protecting youth doesn’t hurt investigations (op-ed)
Homicide Prosecution Media Briefing, Related Data
FOX 13: Deadly gun violence impacts rising number of youth in King County
Seattle Times: Many more kids are being shot and killed in King County in 2024
Updates in Seattle Robbery Case
KING 5: Group of juveniles, including a 7-year-old, wanted for robbery in north Seattle
Post Millennial: Hatchet-wielding 7-year-old, other juveniles, rob teenage girls in Seattle
KC Council Discuss Motion on Judge Patricia H. Clark Children & Family Justice Center
FOX 13: Debate continues over future of Seattle’s juvenile detention center
KING 5: King County Council to decide on closing youth detention center
Updates in Ballard Newborn Death Case
Crime Online: Seattle Woman Arrested in Death of Newborn Found Abandoned in Bushes
KIRO 7: Mother arrested in 2023 death of newborn in Ballard
Updates in CID Firearm Cases
FOX 13: 3 teens arrested for flashing modified guns at Chinatown Seafair Parade
KOMO 4: Teens face serious gun charges after disrupting Seafair parade with modified weapons
KOMO 4: Bodycam video shows Seattle police arrest 3 teens brandishing guns at CID parade
Charges in Kent Murder Case
FOX 13: Murder charge for man connected to fatal shooting of 13-year-old in Kent
Kent Reporter: Arrest made in connection to shooting of 13-year-old in Kent
Kent Reporter: Kent Man, 18, Faces Murder and Robbery Charges in Death of 13 Year Old Boy
KOMO 4: 18-year-old arrested, held on $2M bail for fatal shooting of boy during Kent armed robbery
KOMO 4: Teen charged with murder after 13-year-old fatally shot during park armed robbery
The Mirror: Washington schoolboy, 13, shot dead during OfferUp meeting gone tragically wrong
My Northwest: Suspect in custody: 13-year-old boy killed in Kent shooting over camera
Seattle Times: Teen ‘orchestrated’ Kent robbery that led to 13-year-old’s death, charges say
Updates in Kent Kidnapping Case
FOX 13: Docs: Man accused of Kent kidnapping faces felony charges
Ilovekent.com: Kent man charged with attempted kidnapping of 6-year-old girl
Hoodline: KENT MAN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED KIDNAPPING, YOUNG GIRLS THWART POTENTIAL ABDUCTION
Kent Reporter: Judge finds probable cause to hold Kent man for kidnapping girl
Kent Reporter: Kent man charged with attempted kidnapping of 6-year-old girl
KOMO 4: Kent man charged for attempted kidnapping of 6-year-old girl
KIRO 7: Kent man charged with attempted kidnapping of young girl
MyNorthwest: Bail set: 11-year-old girls save 6-year-old from being kidnapped in Kent
