Authorities in Washington have confirmed that two more sea lions were found dead in Puget Sound last week—bringing the number of sea lions found dead in the area since September up to 18. KIRO reported that 12 of the 18 sea lions found dead in King and Kitsap counties were shot. Casey Mclean, from SR3, a local …
A Washington man who confessed to raping an 18-year-old woman as she suffered a deadly drug overdose was sentenced to less than three years in prison on Thursday. Per The Everett Daily Herald, Brian Varela, 20, will spend 34 months behind bars in connection with February’s death of Alyssa Noceda. Noceda overdosed after snorting crushed pills Varela, then 19, …
The father of a murdered 5-year-old girl was hauled out of a Washington court Monday after he reportedly lunged at his daughter’s accused killer. Ryan Burge, 37, is accused of causing severe head trauma that eventually killed his girlfriend’s daughter, Hartley Anderson, on Friday while her mother worked and her siblings were at school. Though Burge …
Authorities say a teacher in Washington state fatally shot a romantic partner — also an educator in the same district — before turning the gun on himself in a suspected murder-suicide this week. According to Fox News, 37-year-old Dustin Altshuler and 35-year-old Laura Cole were found dead in their Kennewick home. Police initially responded to …
A professional skateboarding star was sentenced this week in connection with a 2017 crash that left a passenger dead and other seriously injured. According to Fox News, 27-year-old Cory Kennedy was convicted of driving under the influence in a collision almost a year to the day before he was sentenced to four years behind bars. …
Police in Thurston County, Washington, confirmed that yet another cat was found mutilated outside this week, bringing the total of dead cats to 13. KING-TV reported that police discovered the 12th cat on Monday in Olympia on the 3800 block of Pacific Avenue after receiving reports of a cat found brutally slaughtered. Now, the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office …
A Washington teen remains hospitalized days after cameras reportedly caught a friend pushing her off a bridge, leading her to plummet into the water 60 feet below. Jordan Holgerson, 16, told KATU from a hospital bed Thursday that she’s “happy to be OK” following an ordeal that left her with six cracked ribs and extensive internal …
A massive search is underway for a woman who set out for a hike at Washington’s Vesper Peak on Wednesday—and whom authorities say hasn’t been seen or heard from since. Samantha Sayers, 28, is thought to have went hiking in the Cascade Mountains, located about an hour and 45 minutes northeast of Seattle, at approximately …
Officials announced that three teens have been arrested in connection with Sunday’s police chase that left a Washington officer dead. According to The Spokesman-Review, Kent police officer Diego Moreno, 35, was struck and killed by another police car while deploying a spike strip to flatten the tires of a fleeing pickup truck. After hitting Moreno, other …
Authorities in Washington are crediting forensic science for securing charges against a suspect in the February beheading of woman in the Seattle area. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 33-year-old Jacob Gonzales was wanted by Washington state police in connection with the brutal decapitation murder. The California man allegedly killed 26-year-old Katherine Cunningham, whose headless body was …
Authorities in Illinois say a Chicago man obtained a firearm and fatally shot someone with it while he was out on a no-cash bond for a prior gun-related charge. According to CWB, Daryl Williams was arrested in November after residents in the neighborhood of New City reported hearing gunshots. At the time of his arrest, …
A newly released report alleged that a Washington emergency room nurse was suicidal when she used her patients’ narcotics for herself before injecting them with the same needle—essentially exposing thousands to Hepatitis C. The document, obtained by People, stated that nurse Cora Weberg, 31, injected the narcotics “with a plan to end her life.” Originally arrested on …
