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2 Crips released after year in jail
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
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Ex-teacher pleads not gulity to sex charges
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
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Car-train colision on tideflats, one injured
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
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Ex-teacher accused of having sex with 18-year-old student
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
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“Save Foss” rally planned later today
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
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One year anniversery approaches of Camille Love’s death family and friends will hold vigil in rememberence
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
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Tacoma man shot after fight with girlfriend
A Tacoma man is in the hospital with a gunshot wound this morning after a fight with his girlfriend turned violent. Tacoma Police spokesman Mark Fulghum said officers responded to reports of “yelling and screaming” coming from a house in … Continue reading
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Gun fight between father and son
Tacoma Police spokesman Mark Fulghum said that neither man involved was shot when gunfire was heard by a family member at a Tacoma house. Early reports from Tacoma police said that an argument ended in shots being fired between a father … Continue reading
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Officer-involved shooting in Tacoma, officers identified
Robert O’Connell, 42, of Steilacoom, was killed in an officer-involved shooting on Friday night. O’Connell was identified Saturday. The two officers that shot were male, said Police Chief Don Ramsdell. Tacoma police have identified the two officers involved in a shooting that left O’Connell … Continue reading
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Man sues Tacoma police over improper search of his home
A man who claims Tacoma police trashed his house while serving a search warrant four years ago is suing the city for damages. A lawyer for Calvin B. Clark filed the lawsuit in Pierce County Superior Court on Monday. The … Continue reading
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