New state grant allows Benton County drug possession convictions to be expunged off of record
BENTON COUNTY, Wash. -- If you have a controlled substance possession conviction from Benton County, a new Washington state grant will help…
BENTON COUNTY, Wash. -- If you have a controlled substance possession conviction from Benton County, a new Washington state grant will help…
WAPATO, Wash. — Yakima County investigators have launched a homicide investigation after a 51-year-old man was stabbed in front of his own home by two men who police believe were threatening him for money. According to the Yakima County Sheriff's…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A former University of Kansas soccer goalie from Naches, WA has been killed and her husband has been charged with first-degree murder in her death, police said. Officers found Regan Noelle Gibbs, 25, fatally wounded Monday…
YAKIMA, Wash. — Following weeks of investigation, the Sunnyside Police Department announced that a 13-year-old documented gang member has been arrested and booked into juvie for allegedly firing into the crowd at a Cinco de Mayo celebration on May 6.…
YAKIMA, Wash. — A 53-year-old man from Ephrata has been sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy that spanned Eastern Washington and put dangerous narcotics back into the community. According…
RICHLAND, Wash. — Following a SWAT operation on a residential road in Richland, a male suspect wanted for numerous felonies was successfully brought into custody. According to Richland Police Department officials at the scene of the incident, a male suspect…
KENNEWICK, Wash. — Reports of a suspicious person trespassing in someone's backyard came to a head when the teenage suspect struck a Kennewick police officer's face on Monday morning. According to a social media alert from the Kennewick Police Department,…
FINLEY, Wash. — Deputies brought an unruly man accused of prowling at a property in rural Benton County into custody on Monday afternoon. Authorities say he repeatedly exited his vehicle and told BCSO officials to shoot him before slowly riding…
UPDATE on May 18, 2022: Union Gap police arrested a 37-year-old man accused of fatally pushing a woman out of his car following a domestic violence altercation on Monday afternoon. According to a press release issued by the Union Gap…
Photo Courtesy of Spokane County SheriffSPOKANE, Wash. — A suspected impaired driver crashed into a McDonald’s Friday evening, where large amounts of meth were seized along with suspected fentanyl and alprazolam. The driver tried to flee the scene on E Montgomery Avenue and N Argonne Road, but was quickly captured and arrested. The driver was identified as 29-year-old Skywalker D….
BENTON CITY, Wash. — One victim survived a gunshot wound suffered early on Saturday morning, and though one suspect has already…
TOPPENISH, Wash. — State Troopers and law enforcement are looking for a driver who hit a senior citizen from Wapato at the side of US-97 in Yakima County on Saturday night. Authorities say the driver fled the scene of the…
YAKIMA, Wash. — After bringing a suspect into custody for the Sunday morning shooting death of a man in Yakima, a suspect admitted to his involvement in a homicide in October 2021. According to the Yakima Police Department, authorities responded…
KENNEWICK, Wash. — A male suspect was brought into custody on Monday morning after a School Resource Officer observed him prowling through cars in the student parking lot at Kamiakin High School. According to a social media alert from the…
SPOKANE, Wash. — A Moses Lake man with more than 13 prior felony convictions will spend the next 15 years in prison for a string of drug-related crimes and high-speed chases that prosecutors say endangered the larger community. According to…
PASCO, Wash. — Following a complicated and lengthy case, a Franklin County judge has sentenced defendant Lance Ray Horntvedt Sr. to 25 years in prison for several sex trafficking offenses between May 2015 and March 2018. According to a release…
PROSSER, Wash. — Two accused thieves observed stealing packages from the driveway of a Benton County residence were brought into custody after the Sheriff's Office turned to community members for help identifying and tracking them down. According to a social…
COLLEGE PLACE, Wash. — Petty crime has risen dramatically since the pandemic began and some people have grown confident in their ability to get away with stealing. Such thefts have been rampant at the Home Depot in College Place, where…
SUNNYSIDE, Wash. — A middle school student in Yakima County was arrested on Thursday morning after faculty discovered a firearm in the child's backpack. According to an alert from the Sunnyside School District, the unnamed student was escorted to the…
KENNEWICK, Wash. — Following an in-depth trial, one former aide at a Tri-Cities area mental health facility has been sentenced to life in prison for the second-degree rape of a patient under his care. According to the Benton County Prosecutor's…
YAKIMA, Wash. — An Atlanta, GA man was sentenced to more than three years in federal prison after pleading guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft in a scheme that defrauded a local non-profit for work it performed at…
MOSES LAKE, Wash. — Law enforcement has observed a steady uptick in illegal vandalism in the form of tagging, but thanks to some surveillance footage captured by a neighboring business and community input, authorities might be able to bring a…