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Crime
Published Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009

A 25-year-old man pleaded innocent to charges he helped slash the tires on at least 35 cars in Kennewick on Halloween night.

Published Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009

The Benton County Sheriff's Office and Tri-Cities Crime Stoppers are looking for a Kennewick man wanted on multiple warrants for failing to appear in court.

Published Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009

Published Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009

A West Richland woman is accused of pocketing another person's forgotten debit card and using it to gas up a motor home she was living in.

Published Friday, Nov. 13, 2009

A Kennewick man faces a Jan. 11 trial for allegedly stealing items from a house under construction in Kennewick.

Published Friday, Nov. 13, 2009

A 46-year-old Kennewick man sentenced to prison last week after pleading guilty to two counts of stalking asked to be let out of jail for the day Saturday.

Published Friday, Nov. 13, 2009

A Prosser man accused of being intoxicated when he drove the wrong way on Interstate 82 and killed another motorist posted $100,000 bail Thursday and was released from the Benton County jail.

Published Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009

A Pasco teen with a lengthy felony record told a judge that the gang lifestyle is behind him because he only wants to do "what is right for my family and myself."

Published Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009

Five Moses Lake men are working their way through three court systems after being caught in a theft ring that stole big-ticket electronics from big-box stores.

Published Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009

Published Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009

Published Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009

A 21-year-old man is accused of stealing his mother's Jeep Cherokee, then running away when he was involved in a hit-and-run accident.

Published Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009

Published Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009

Published Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009

Pasco police and Tri-Cities Crime Stoppers are searching for a Pasco man wanted on several warrants including eluding, assault and possessing drugs.

Published Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009

A 29-year-old Kennewick man who was scheduled to appear in court Thursday on a third-degree assault charge was found dead Sunday.

Published Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009

A January trial has been set for two Franklin County jailers accused of using connections with inmates to start a marijuana operation.

Published Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009

A 20-year-old Sunnyside man sought after shots were fired at a car in Sunnyside last week has been caught, authorities said,

Published Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009

A Prosser man had reportedly been drinking beer before he got behind the wheel of his truck early Saturday and drove the wrong way on Interstate 82, slamming head-on into a sedan and killing the driver.

Published Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009

A 21-year-old Yakima Valley resident was arrested late Monday after allegedly being spotted trying to steal a car in Richland.

Published Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009

A doctor who left marijuana behind at a motel told varying stories about why he had the pot and where it came from, Richland police said Monday.

Published Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009

Two Sunnyside teens were arrested after they were found with five car stereos, CDs and other burglary tools and car accessories, authorities said.

Published Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009

A 24-year-old Kennewick man was arrested after allegedly firing multiple shots from a car, then barging into a nearby home trying to hide from officers, authorities said.

Published Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009

Two suspects have been nabbed in connection with a robbery a week ago at a Hermiston fast-food restaurant, and others are still being sought, authorities said.

Published Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009

A 16-year-old girl already locked up in the juvenile detention center on a burglary charge is now facing additional charges after she tried to escape and assaulted an officer, police said.

Published Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009

Members of the Tri-Cities Regional SWAT team arrested a 21-year-old Kennewick man early Saturday after he allegedly assaulted his wife and told her he would shoot police officers if they tried to apprehend him, Kennewick police said.

Published Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009

A hearing has been set for a Burbank teen charged in connection with a crash last year that killed two Burbank brothers.

Published Sunday, Nov. 08, 2009

A gang member who escaped from the Sunnyside jail in 2006 was captured in Mexico and flown back to the United States on Saturday, the U.S. Marshal's Office said.

Published Saturday, Nov. 07, 2009

Published Saturday, Nov. 07, 2009

Franklin County sheriff's detectives are investigating a gas-theft scheme after finding a van equipped to siphon fuel from underground tanks.

Published Saturday, Nov. 07, 2009

Published Saturday, Nov. 07, 2009

Several truckloads of stolen property were found at a Finley home, and Kennewick police detectives are now trying to identify owners of the property.

Published Saturday, Nov. 07, 2009

SUNNYSIDE -- Police were searching for a woman who robbed a bank in Sunnyside at gunpoint Friday morning.

Published Friday, Nov. 06, 2009

A 28-year-old man will do nine months in jail on three separate cases.

Published Friday, Nov. 06, 2009

A Mabton teen admitted to flashing a stolen gun when his brother was fighting with another man at a Prosser party.

Published Friday, Nov. 06, 2009

A teen was granted release to live with family in Everett while awaiting trial for allegedly vandalizing nearly three dozen cars in Kennewick.

Published Friday, Nov. 06, 2009

A Burbank woman pleaded innocent to allegations she tried to buy two packs of cigarettes with a $5 bill doctored to look like a $50.

Published Friday, Nov. 06, 2009

A 30-year-old Kennewick man is in jail on $200,000 bail on charges he sexually assaulted a grade-school girl numerous times over 21/2 years.

Published Thursday, Nov. 05, 2009

Sunnyside police arrested two suspected car prowlers after residents called 911 about a vehicle pulling in and out of driveways in the area, authorities said.

Published Thursday, Nov. 05, 2009

Kennewick police and Tri-Cities Crime Stoppers are searching for a Kennewick woman wanted for forgery.

Published Wednesday, Nov. 04, 2009

ANACORTES -- The Skagit County Sheriff's Office has suspended a search for the body of T. Mark Stover, a 57-year-old highly regarded dog trainer who has been missing for five days and presumed dead.

Published Tuesday, Nov. 03, 2009

A 25-year-old Kennewick woman is in jail after allegedly stealing and then selling a dog from a family who took her in.

Published Tuesday, Nov. 03, 2009

Kennewick police are investigating a report of shots being fired late Sunday near Kennewick Avenue and Newport Street.

Published Tuesday, Nov. 03, 2009

Hermiston police are looking for several suspects who robbed a Hermiston fast-food restaurant early Monday after forcing their way inside.

Published Monday, Nov. 02, 2009

Kennewick police took more than 30 reports of Halloween night damage to cars in a Kennewick neighborhood Sunday morning.

Published Sunday, Nov. 01, 2009

He claims it started with Sears catalogs as a youth, then escalated as he discovered the rampant pornography on the internet.

Published Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009

Former Kennewick pastor Randall Foos may be on his way to prison soon for killing a 19-year-old Kennewick bicycle rider in 2003.

Published Friday, Oct. 30, 2009

A 23-year-old Marysville man was arrested by Kennewick police after marijuana plants and growing equipment were found in his car during a traffic stop, authorities said.

Published Friday, Oct. 30, 2009

A 26-year-old Walla Walla man was arrested for allegedly stabbing another man during an argument.

Published Friday, Oct. 30, 2009

Washington State Patrol troopers patrolling Highway 97 south of Toppenish stopped the driver of a 2000 Toyota Camry for speeding and confiscated nearly 15 pounds of pot and $7,000 in cash.


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