Monthly Archives: February 2011

Two Hilltop Crips who helped send dozens of their fellow gang members to prison got out of jail Friday with the blessing of Pierce County prosecutors. Superior Court Judge Frank Cuthbertson signed orders presented by prosecutors releasing Curtis D. Hudson … Continue reading →

A 38-year-old former Mount Tahoma High School teacher pleaded not guilty Friday to having sex with an 18-year-old student. Veronica Chantel Dawkins entered the not guilty plea in Pierce County Superior Court to eight counts of first-degree sexual misconduct with … Continue reading →

Tacoma police and responded to a car vs. Tacoma Rail train crash early this morning in the 2000 block of Marine View Drive on the Tacoma tideflats. Fire Department spokesman Joe Meinecke said the call came in at 1:04 a.m. … Continue reading →

A 38-year-old woman has been charged in Pierce County Superior Court with having sex with an 18-year-old male student while she was a teacher at Mount Tahoma High School. The woman, identified as Veronica Chantel Dawkins, resigned from her teaching … Continue reading →

Students, parents and friends of Foss High School will gather outside the school today to protest a proposal to temporarily close the high school to meet district budget cuts. Patti DeRusha, a Foss alumna and parent of two current students, … Continue reading →

Friends and family of an innocent bystander gunned down in a Tacoma shooting will remember her life Monday. Camille Love, 20, was shot near the intersection of E. Portland Ave. and 56th St. as she drove home from a Super … Continue reading →