Unsolved killings, jailer attack and casino gun threat. Recent Tri-City crimes

From a fatal Dollar Tree stabbing ruled self-defense to a DUI crash with kids inside the truck, the Tri-Cities has seen a wave of significant crime news in recent weeks.

Here’s a quick look at the cases making headlines across Benton and Franklin counties.

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• A Tri-Cities woman is accused of attacking a Franklin County jailer during a routine cell cleaning, biting him and hitting him in the face — and it’s not the first time.

• Pasco police are still searching for whoever killed a man whose body was found in the trunk of his car, and have yet to make arrests in the killing of a streamer and a man stabbed to death in an alley.

• A 22-year-old Prosser man is accused of using TikTok and Discord to meet and rape a 15-year-old girl. Benton County deputies believe there may be more victims.

• A 21-year-old Kennewick man was arrested after allegedly pulling a gun at Joker’s Casino in Richland and threatening to “put holes” in the place during a dispute.

• A Benton County jury found a 28-year-old father acted in self-defense when he fatally stabbed his girlfriend’s ex-boyfriend outside a Kennewick Dollar Tree.

• A 22-year-old Hermiston woman pleaded guilty to vehicular assault after a drunken-driving crash left Tri-City Dust Devils outfielder Rio Foster with a traumatic brain injury.

• A 27-year-old Kennewick man is jailed on suspicion of vehicular assault after rolling his pickup on Highway 240 on May 3 with two children and another adult inside.

• The owner of a Richland business is accused of possessing child sexual abuse material after already serving a federal prison sentence related to child pornography.

The summary points above were compiled with the help of AI tools and edited by Cory McCoy. The source reporting referenced above was written and edited entirely by journalists.