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The Seattle Times Crime – The Seattle Times

Wife of drug kingpin ‘El Chapo’ pleads guilty to US charges
Suspect arrested in 1980 cold case homicide of teen woman
Kitsap County settles lawsuit for $2.2M in jogger death
Penn State ex-president reports to jail in Sandusky scandal
‘People are scared’ as gang activity fuels Portland violence
Hacker known as Max is 55-year-old woman from Russia, U.S. says
Redmond teacher sent sexual messages to a fictitious 13-year-old girl, prosecutors say
Arlington student, 18, fatally shot by homeowner is identified
CHOP protester who pleaded guilty to arson was Manuel Ellis’ housemate, lawyer says
Washington prisons chief Stephen Sinclair was forced out of his job by Gov. Inslee, records show
An innocent Idaho man went to prison for murder. Now, it’s the real killer’s turn.
After a year of protests, Portland is ready to move on. But to where?
Idaho’s Chad Daybell pleads not guilty on 3 murder counts; wife enters mental hospital
Despite her vow of poverty, nun stole more than $830,000 from a Catholic school, prosecutors say
Sheriff’s deputy from Clark County under investigation for vaccine card misuse
Bellingham woman gets 17 years in prison for fatal stabbing

Wife of drug kingpin ‘El Chapo’ pleads guilty to US charges

Posted: 10 Jun 2021 08:04 AM PDT

Prosecutors have alleged Coronel Aispuro "worked closely with the command-and-control structure" of the Sinaloa cartel and conspired to distribute large quantities of drugs, knowing they would be smuggled into the U.S.

Suspect arrested in 1980 cold case homicide of teen woman

Posted: 10 Jun 2021 06:00 AM PDT

Police this week arrested an Oregon man suspected of committing a 1980 cold-case homicide.

Kitsap County settles lawsuit for $2.2M in jogger death

Posted: 10 Jun 2021 06:00 AM PDT

Kitsap County has settled a lawsuit for $2.2 million over the death of a jogger who was struck and killed in a Silverdale crosswalk in 2017.

Penn State ex-president reports to jail in Sandusky scandal

Posted: 10 Jun 2021 05:21 AM PDT

BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — Former Penn State president Graham Spanier has reported to jail early to begin serving his sentence for child endangerment in a case stemming from the Jerry Sandusky child sexual abuse scandal. Spanier reported to Centre County Correctional Facility, several miles from the Penn State campus, on Monday morning, the warden, Christopher […]

‘People are scared’ as gang activity fuels Portland violence

Posted: 09 Jun 2021 10:02 PM PDT

The violence has deeply affected Portland, a liberal city that continues to grapple with the role of its police force more than a year after thousands of Black Lives Matter protesters demanded change following the murder of George Floyd.

Hacker known as Max is 55-year-old woman from Russia, U.S. says

Posted: 09 Jun 2021 07:34 PM PDT

Alla Witte, who reportedly writes illicit code as "Max", is the first alleged member of the Trickbot cybergang to be detained in the U.S. The group manages a botnet and sells its malware to "affiliates" who use it to target victims.

Redmond teacher sent sexual messages to a fictitious 13-year-old girl, prosecutors say

Posted: 09 Jun 2021 05:46 PM PDT

Nathan Williams, 29, is a teacher at Brighton Academy, a private school in Redmond. Prosecutors have charged him with four counts of communicating with a minor for immoral purposes, accusing him of trading sexual messages with who he believed was a 13-year-old girl.

Arlington student, 18, fatally shot by homeowner is identified

Posted: 09 Jun 2021 05:20 PM PDT

Police continue to investigate the death of an 18-year-old high school student who was shot by an Arlington homeowner over the weekend. The homeowner told police he believed the teen was trying to break into his house.

CHOP protester who pleaded guilty to arson was Manuel Ellis’ housemate, lawyer says

Posted: 09 Jun 2021 04:48 PM PDT

A former Seattle man pleaded guilty to using gasoline to set a fire at the SPD East Precinct during this past summer's CHOP protests over the murder of George Floyd. Federal prosecutors will recommend he serve three years in prison.

Washington prisons chief Stephen Sinclair was forced out of his job by Gov. Inslee, records show

Posted: 09 Jun 2021 02:33 PM PDT

DOC Secretary Stephen Sinclair's retirement in January was framed as voluntary. But records show he was forced out by Gov. Jay Inslee amid continuing revelations about prison health care failures — some of them deadly.

An innocent Idaho man went to prison for murder. Now, it’s the real killer’s turn.

Posted: 09 Jun 2021 01:50 PM PDT

An Idaho man was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison for the rape and murder of an 18-year-old woman in 1996, a crime for which another man was wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for 20 years.

After a year of protests, Portland is ready to move on. But to where?

Posted: 09 Jun 2021 12:22 PM PDT

Portland, city of bridges, bike lanes and left-leaning idealists — loved, hated, caricatured — is wrestling with policing and what it means to make a city safe. But a hardened core of what the mayor calls violent anarchists remains on the streets.

Idaho’s Chad Daybell pleads not guilty on 3 murder counts; wife enters mental hospital

Posted: 09 Jun 2021 11:29 AM PDT

Just hours after Lori Vallow was committed to a mental health facility Wednesday, her husband, Chad Daybell, pleaded not guilty to the murder of her children, 17-year-old Tylee Ryan and 7-year-old JJ Vallow, and of Daybell's previous wife.

Despite her vow of poverty, nun stole more than $830,000 from a Catholic school, prosecutors say

Posted: 09 Jun 2021 03:16 AM PDT

It was only once Sister Mary Margaret Kreuper retired in 2018 that the school near Los Angeles said it learned of her schemes. As the Archdiocese conducted a financial review for the new principal, it noticed something was off in the documents.

Sheriff’s deputy from Clark County under investigation for vaccine card misuse

Posted: 08 Jun 2021 09:01 PM PDT

A Battle Ground man employed as a sheriff's deputy in Oregon's Multnomah County is under investigation for alleged misconduct involving COVID-19 vaccination records.

Bellingham woman gets 17 years in prison for fatal stabbing

Posted: 08 Jun 2021 05:41 PM PDT

The woman's public defender said the sentence will impact her life and the lives of everyone she loves, including her three children. The woman continues to struggle with profound grief and regret over her father's murder, her lawyer said.