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WashingtonSEATTLESuspect identified in Seattle police killing
Police described a suspect in the shooting death of a Seattle policeman as a "lone domestic terrorist" and said he was also suspected of firebombing four police vehicles.At a news conference, Seattle Assistant Police Chief Jim Pugel identified 41-year-old Christopher Monfort as the man shot by police on Friday as he was sought in connection with the Halloween killing of officer Timothy Brenton. Pugel also said investigators found improvised explosive devices at Monfort's apartment.
SPOKANEJail escapee captured in Mexico
A gang member who escaped from a Sunnyside jail in 2006 has been captured in Manzanillo, Mexico.The U.S. Marshals Service said Saturday that Aaron Lopez Garcia, 31, was arrested Friday at an ice cream factory by Colima State Police, assisted by U.S. Marshals.
SEATTLEHeavy snow in Cascades shuts down roads
The Washington state Department of Transportation has temporarily shut down two highways in the Cascade Mountains due to heavy snow from a fall storm and plans to close a third.Transportation officials closed State Route 410 over Chinook Pass and State Route 123 over Cayuse Pass Saturday morning. The North Cascades Highway on State Route 20 closed around 4 p.m. Saturday afternoon.
TACOMAPuyallup man charged with workers comp fraud
A Puyallup man who climbed Mount Rainier last year, has pleaded not guilty to charges he took $366,000 from the state in fraudulent workers' compensation claims.Christopher Briejer was arraigned in Pierce County Superior Court on Thursday. Prosecutors say he misrepresented claims to the state Department of Labor and Industries over four years.
SEATTLEMan identified in Seattle police killing
A man shot by police as he was sought in connection with the Halloween killing of a Seattle police officer has been identified as 41-year-old Christopher Monfort.At a news conference Saturday, Seattle assistant police chief Jim Pugel called Monfort "a lone domestic terrorist."
TENINOTraining for where the wild things are
Fiona, a Mexican gray wolf, slowly curled her long, red tongue, but the rest of her sleek body was almost motionless.Wildlife biologists and students had swaddled Fiona, who was deep in an anesthetic-induced sleep Thursday morning, with blankets as they drew blood samples, checked her vital signs, put on and took off a radio collar and even gave her a dose of birth-control medicine.
WAPATOOnly applicant for city council seat denied
The city council is this Central Washington town has turned away the only applicant for a city council seat that has remained open since January.Eliva Lopez is a former council member who decided to apply for the open post. But at last Monday's meeting, Lopez's application was denied.
BELLINGHAMFire at Bellingham school displaces students
The fire at historic Whatcom Middle School will displace students and send them to three other schools in the Bellingham school district.The Bellingham Herald reports that some will go to Bellingham High School, some will go to Fairhaven Middle School and others will be sent to Geneva Elementary School beginning Nov. 12. Each of the three grades at the school will stay together, just at different locations.
SEATTLEWoman sentenced to 3 years for starving stepchild
A woman who isolated and starved her stepdaughter has been sentenced to more than three years in prison, far below what the victim asked the judge to impose.Rebecca Long, 45, was sentenced to three years and five months in King County Superior Court on Friday. The victim, now 15, had asked for an exceptional sentenced of 11 years, "One for every year she made me feel ashamed of myself and abused me," she told the court.
SEATTLEMan sought in police killing in serious condition
A man shot by police as he was sought in connection with the Halloween killing of a Seattle police officer was in serious condition Saturday following hours of surgery.The wounded man was in the intensive care unit at Harborview Medical Center, hospital spokeswoman Susan Gregg-Hanson said. He had "multiple injuries" and was not excepted to leave the ICU on Saturday, she said. He arrived at the hospital Friday in critical condition.
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