KCPAO in the News: June 22— July 24
Below are new stories featuring the work of the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office from June 22through July 24. 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
Auburn Reporter: Burglar gets assaulted | Auburn police blotter
Auburn Reporter: Auburn Police Department shares 2022 performance metrics
Bellevue Reporter: Bellevue Police find 3D-printed ghost guns in shooting investigation
Capitol Hill Seattle Blog: Police: Dispute over bathroom, empty gun, standoff within a standoff behind Broadway Market gunman incident
Fox 13: Mother of woman gunned down in Kent motel pleading accused shooter to ‘do the right thing’
Fox 13: Drug dealer convicted for controlled substance homicide; only the second conviction in King County
Fox 13: Belltown residents express frustration about crime, lack of open air drug law at safety forum
Kent Reporter: Man, 18, charged with killing Bothell man behind Kent YMCA
Kent Reporter: Auburn Police Officer Still on Payroll While Awaiting Murder Trial
KING 5: Amid an alarming increase in traffic fatalities, King County forms new Felony Traffic Unit
KIRO 7: New details emerge in Capitol Hill burglary that ended in dramatic U-District arrest
KIRO 7: Still waiting for justice: Victim of Bellevue murder-for-hire plot speaks out
KIRO Radio: Ursula: Aurora Ave. arrests just a step to fight sex trafficking in Seattle
KOMO 4: 2020 Seattle mass shooting suspect arrested on federal gun charges
KOMO 4: Suspected I-5 rock thrower interrupts court proceedings
KUOW: About the gun that killed a boy at Seattle’s Ingraham High School
Renton Reporter: Boy assaults family over game console | Renton police blotter
Seattle City Council Blog: Seattle City Councilmembers Herbold, Lewis announce organized retail crime recommendations
Seattle Times: Federal judge fines WA agency $100 million for mental health failures
Seattle Times: Homicide counts are falling in U.S. cities. In Seattle? Not so much
Seattle Times: Seattle driver sentenced to prison in fatal hit-and-run near Seward Park
Seattle Weekly: Guru Bhagavat celebration
Snoqualmie Valley Record: Violent crime remains low in the Snoqualmie Valley
Voice of the Valley: Black Diamond Police Reports
West Seattle Blog: CRIME WATCH FOLLOWUP: West Seattle Bridge vehicular-homicide suspect moved from hospital to jail
West Seattle Blog: CRIME WATCH FOLLOWUP: Plea bargain for drunk, speeding driver who killed Arbor Heights couple
Federal Way Murder Case
Federal Way Mirror: Suspect faces murder charges in Federal Way Safeway shooting
Seattle Times: Young man charged in Federal Way double homicide outside Safeway
Sentencing in Murder of Yakama Woman
Seattle Times: Seattle man sentenced for ‘horrific’ murder, sexual violation of Yakama woman
Spokesman Review: Charges in two high-profile cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women on Yakama Reservation bring hope
Update in Seattle Stalking Case
KING 5: Man pleads guilty to stalking in case involving US Rep. Pramila Jayapal
Seattle Times: Seattle man sentenced for stalking US Rep. Pramila Jayapal
Seattle Repeated Graffiti Case
KOMO 4: Prolific graffiti suspect back in jail on new charges of vandalizing buildings in Seattle
KOMO 4: Seattle graffiti suspect back in court amid new vandalism allegations, legal complexities
Charges in Kent Shooting
KIRO 7: Convicted murderer faces new murder charges after Kent shooting
iLoveKent: Charges filed against man suspected of shooting 3 in Kent, one of whom has died
Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO) Media Briefing
Fox 13: Officials tout Extreme Risk Protection Orders to get guns out of dangerous hands
NW News Radio: Get to Know Extreme Risk Protection Orders King County Prosecutors Say
Kent Vehicular Homicide Case
Fox 13: Docs: Kent 12-year-old killed while riding scooter, 19-year-old driver had BAC of .150
iLoveKent: Teen suspected of DUI driving during vehicular homicide of 12-year-old
Kent Reporter: Man Charged with Vehicular Homicide in Death of 12 Year Old Boy
Updates in Capitol Hill Stabbing Case
Capitol Hill Seattle Blog: Broadway stabbing murder suspect pleads not guilty
Capitol Hill Seattle Blog: Broadway stabbing suspect charged with first degree murder
KING 5: Suspect in Capitol Hill fatal stabbing charged with first-degree murder
Seattle Times: Capitol Hill stabbing victim didn’t know killer, police say
Updates in CHOP Murder Case
Capitol Hill Seattle Blog: 14-year sentence in CHOP murder case
KING 5: Man sentenced to 14 years in prison for 2020 murder within Seattle’s CHOP zone
KOMO 4: Man convicted of murder in 2020 CHOP zone killing sentenced to 14 years in prison
Updates in Belltown Murder Case
AsAmNews: Man charged with murder of pregnant woman pleads not guilty
KING 5: Suspect in Belltown shooting who killed pregnant woman, baby pleads not guilty to charges
KING 5: Community members attend funeral for pregnant woman killed in Belltown shooting
KIRO 7: Suspect in murder of pregnant woman in Belltown appears in court for first time, pleads not guilty
Seattle Medium: Pregnant Restaurant Owner Killed, Seattle Community Outraged
Seattle Times: Fatal Belltown shooting draws focus on Seattle’s illegal market for stolen guns
