BENTON CITY -- Benton County Sheriff's deputies arrested a man Tuesday night after conducting a search in Benton City.
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BENTON CITY -- Benton County Sheriff's deputies arrested a man Tuesday night after conducting a search in Benton City.
The Walla Walla man suspected of driving a stolen car and crashing into a pickup Sunday was flown to Seattle's Harborview Medical Center on Sunday night.
YAKIMA -- Yakima police call a shooting Sunday that sent a wounded 29-year-old man stumbling into a convenience store for help gang-related.
WALLA WALLA -- Three people were injured when the driver of a stolen car crashed into a pickup Sunday in Walla Walla as police were pursuing him, according to the Walla Walla police.
KENNEWICK A photograph of his grandmother's lifeless body led police to become suspicious of Adam Ryan Williams hours before the elderly woman was found dead in her Kennewick home, documents show.
A decade before a West Richland man allegedly killed his grandmother because he said God told him to, his mother worried for her own safety.
A 24-year-old Prosser man led Kennewick police on a chase late Thursday through Benton County, ending with his arrest in Finley.
Jurors who believe Gregorio Luna Luna is guilty of fatally stabbing his ex-girlfriend will have an option if they don't feel he planned to kill her.
MILTON-FREEWATER -- A Honda reported stolen in the Tri-Cities last week crashed after a high-speed chase near Milton-Freewater early Friday morning and officers are searching for two suspects believed armed and dangerous who ran from the wreck.
Prosecutor Andy Miller finishes his opening statements on Thursday by pointing at Gregorio Luna Luna during the first day of Luna Lunas trial for aggravated first-degree murder at Franklin County Superior Court in Pasco. Luna Luna is charged in the May 24, 2010, slaying of his ex-girlfriend Griselda Ocampo Meza. See story and photo gallery below.
PASCO Jurors in the Pasco murder trial of Gregorio Luna Luna were asked Thursday to step into his mind and his heart and understand that he was a man who only wanted the best for his young son.
In a surprising move in the middle of his trial, a Kennewick man admitted that he raped a woman more than a year ago in Claybell Park in Richland.
A Pasco woman has been found competent to stand trial in April for allegedly fatally shooting her mother last year, but the trial date may change once her estranged husband is brought back to Washington.
A former Hanford manager was sentenced to three years and 10 months in prison after a federal judge questioned his truthfulness Wednesday.
A 32-year-old man on trial for the death of his young son's mother won't be telling jurors that he was defending himself when she was stabbed.
The victim of an alleged sexual assault at a Richland park told a Benton County jury Wednesday about how she was beaten, forced to perform oral sex and was scared for her life.
MOSES LAKE -- Moses Lake police officials say two teen daughters started a fire inside their house when their mother was in the bathroom.
A Kennewick homeowner helped police catch two Pasco teens and a 20-year-old Pasco man after they allegedly broke into his home.
SUNNYSIDE -- A 16-year-old male student was arrested Wednesday at Sunnyside High School for reportedly making threats against students.
DAYTON -- An apparently random selection of Dayton businesses, including the liquor store, a grocery and the prosecuting attorney's office, were burglarized Sunday.
Several prospective jurors in the Franklin County trial of a Mexican man charged with murder were excused Monday because they expressed strong opinions on immigrants and cannot disregard his nationality.
Two suspected gang members are being held on $200,000 bail, and a third is being sought in connection with an assault Friday in Pasco.
Grant County sheriff's officials are asking for the public's help to solve the death of a pregnant Mattawa woman, who was shot while unloading groceries from her car late Saturday.
A 29-year-old Pasco man arrested Saturday is accused of repeatedly showing up at his ex-girlfriend's apartment and breaking in through a window when she wouldn't let him in.
A 25-year-old man has pleaded innocent to allegations he attacked two security officers who were trying to break up a Kennewick bar brawl.
A Kennewick woman with a history of driving under the influence now is facing a felony charge for a January traffic stop.
MATTAWA -- A pregnant woman and her unborn child are dead after a shooting in Mattawa, the Grant County Sheriff's Office reported.
Two men were arrested Sunday morning by a team of Pasco and Kennewick police officers in connection with an assault that occurred about 4 p.m. Friday.
Hermiston police are looking for two suspects after a bank robbery Friday evening.
A 24-year-old Kennewick man who fell asleep during his Super Bowl party is charged with stabbing a guest because he was mad about being woken up because he was snoring too loudly.
A confrontation between two men Friday night led to the shooting of a 39-year-old Pasco man by another man believed to be in his 20s, the Pasco Police Department reported.
A Prosser man faces trial April 9 for allegedly firing a gun at a fellow bar patron during a late-night fight.
Jurors seated on a Pasco murder trial will have the unorthodox task of deciding if the woman was killed by her ex-boyfriend, before even considering if the couple had a domestic violence history.
A Richland man was arrested after apparently driving another man to meeting where a "drug rip" was planned, documents said.
A 25-year-old Kennewick man accused of raping and beating a woman for four days is being held without bail in the Benton County jail.
Authorities were searching for a male suspect Friday night after a drive-by shooting in Pasco.
Kennewick police arrested a 59-year-old man Thursday for allegedly trying to force himself on a woman.
Teresa Hernandez tearfully leaves Benton County Superior Court Thursday after addressing Judge Craig Matheson prior to the sentencing of Favian Castro, 22, who pleaded guilty last month to one count of vehicular homicide for the death of her son Michael A. Hernandez. Castro and three friends were heading to a Umatilla bar April 23 when he lost control on Interstate 82 three miles east of Kennewick near Locust Grove Road, court documents said. Michael Hernandez, who turned 21 nine days earlier, was declared dead at the scene. See story below.
KENNEWICK -- When Teresa Hernandez left for work late April 23, she told her 21-year-old son she would see him in the morning.
A 39-year-old man accused of trying to strangle his girlfriend is being held for investigation of second-degree assault.
Tri-Cities Crime Stoppers and the Benton County Sheriff's Office is looking for a sex offender wanted on warrants for not complying with court orders.
Franklin County commissioners unanimously voted Wednesday to fire Dennis M. Huston, who is suspected of embezzling more than $1 million from the county during the past decade.
Benton County sheriffs Deputy Joe Lusignan talks Wednesday in Kennewick about stolen items connected to recent vehicle prowls throughout the Tri-Cities. Lusignan said many of the items dont have much value, so some thefts may not have been reported. However, identifying more victims could lead to more information on any suspects. See close-ups in a photo gallery at tricityherald.com. Recognize something? Contact Benton County sheriffs Detective Scott Runge at 509-735-6555. Check out story below.
KENNEWICK Missing an old pocket watch or pair of Ben Franklin-style reading glasses?
A Franklin County official accused of embezzling an estimated $1 million from the county in the last decade was released from jail Tuesday without charges.
Defense attorney Jim Egan, left, consults with his client Froilan Campos-Gonzalez Jr., 54, following a hearing Tuesday afternoon in Franklin County Superior Court in Pasco. Prosecutors formally requested an evaluation to determine competency of the shooting suspect during the hearing. See story below.
Gregg Warehime had been home only a few minutes Dec. 8 when he heard frantic banging on his front door and window.
Lawyers for a man charged with helping his brother gun down a Pasco couple were told Tuesday that they must continue to represent him.
The trial for a 48-year-old woman accused of driving drunk in a fatal Pasco crash has been delayed two weeks while her lawyer tries to negotiate a plea deal.
Franklin County sheriff's deputies have arrested a 24-year-old man in connection with a string of home burglaries and car prowls in an area north of Pasco.
Kennewick police and Tri-Cities Crime Stoppers have released photographs and are asking the public's help in identifying a woman who tried to use a stolen credit card at a Kennewick store Jan. 31.
Three men were arrested early Monday in Pasco for allegedly beating up a store clerk while trying to steal some beer.
Richland police are investigating two burglaries in which several guns were stolen.
A Franklin County jury can hear about four contacts police had with Gregorio Luna Luna on domestic violence allegations in the years before his ex-girlfriend was killed, a judge ruled Monday.