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    Articles by Benjamin Leung
    Kent Police recovered nearly 800 catalytic converters in a 2021 bust. File photo
    New state legislation fights catalytic converter theft
    By Benjamin Leung • April 8, 2024 1:55 pm

    Governor Jay Inslee signed a bill on March 26 adding new regulations to the purchase and sale of catalytic converters…

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    King County Sheriff’s Office to develop language access...
    By Benjamin Leung • February 12, 2024 2:20 pm

    The King County Sheriff’s Office plans to develop and implement a language access program following a complaint filed with the…

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    Photo by Keelin Everly-Lang/Sound Publishing
Judge Patricia H. Clark Children and Family Justice Center.
    King County moves toward ending traditional youth detention
    By Benjamin Leung • February 5, 2024 5:15 pm

    Committee members expressed concerns regarding youth leaving the center and causing additional harm. The committee also expressed concerns about youth being at risk of retaliation from community members.

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    Last unknown victim of Green River Killer identified
    By Benjamin Leung • January 22, 2024 2:14 pm

    Remains of “Bones 20” belong to Everett teen Tammie Liles.

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    Lori Anne Razpotnik. (Courtesy of the King County Sheriff’s Office.)
    Human remains identified as victim of Green River...
    By Benjamin Leung • December 20, 2023 8:06 am

    “Bones 17” belonged to a girl named Lori Anne Razpotnik.

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    Freeway shooter charged for attacks on I-5
    By Benjamin Leung • December 15, 2023 2:30 pm

    Suspect remains in jail on $1 million bail.

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    (Courtesy of the Washington State Patrol.)
    Suspect in I-5 freeway shootings arrested in Auburn
    By Benjamin Leung • December 11, 2023 12:30 pm

    Of the five shooting incidents, one resulted in injury, with the shooter striking the driver of a vehicle on southbound Interstate 5 north of South 320th Street in the neck.

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    Renton police and fire and hazmat crews arrived at the scene of the King County Elections building at 919 Southwest Grady after receiving reports of an unknown substance delivered to the building. According to Sara Morris of the Renton Regional Fire Authority, an employee discovered white powder in a parcel. (Courtesy of the Renton Regional Fire Authority.)
    Substance delivered to KC election office tests positive...
    By Benjamin Leung • November 8, 2023 3:07 pm

    Additional deliveries of unknown substances to the Pierce County and Spokane County elections buildings resulted in evacuations also.

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    (Courtesy of the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office.)
    Renton dealer busted with 41 pounds of fentanyl
    By Benjamin Leung • November 6, 2023 12:30 pm

    Bruno Moreno-Camacho, believed to be in Washington for the sole purpose of trafficking drugs, distributed drugs in the King County area at the direction of his boss in Mexico, by his own admission.

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    King County Sheriff’s Office deputies discovered 26-year-old Tyair M. Stump lying on the ground outside of the Newcastle Library, located in the 12900 block of Newcastle Way Southeast, with a gunshot wound to his chest (Courtesy of Google Maps)
    Woman, 23, charged in fatal Newcastle shooting
    By Benjamin Leung • November 3, 2023 10:00 am

    A King County Superior Court judge found probable cause for murder in the first degree.

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    King County deputy pleads not guilty to assault...
    By Benjamin Leung • November 1, 2023 11:25 am

    Allegedly punched a seat-belted and handcuffed subject inside a patrol vehicle

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    King County Sheriff’s Office deputy faces assault charge
    By Benjamin Leung • October 23, 2023 9:14 am

    A King County Sheriff’s Office deputy faces a misdemeanor assault charge after King County prosecutors say he intentionally punched a…

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    Woman charged in shooting death of rideshare driver
    Woman charged in shooting death of rideshare driver
    By Benjamin Leung • August 21, 2023 1:19 pm

    According to charging documents, the woman used the victims vehicle to visit her mother and brother in Skyway, smoke marijuana in Rainier Beach, and see a hairdresser in Kent.

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    Public Health – Seattle & King County staff administering COVID-19 vaccine to a local emergency responder. COURTESY PHOTO, Public Health-Seattle & King County
    King County wants to rehire employees who were...
    By Benjamin Leung • July 27, 2023 2:43 pm

    A total of 314 employees separated from King County as a result of the mandate, with eight retiring, 25 resigning, and 281 fired as a result of noncompliance.

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    The Monroe Correctional Complex in Monroe, Wa. (Sound Publishing file photo)
    State DOC pledges to reduce use of solitary...
    By Benjamin Leung • July 1, 2023 11:30 am

    Goal is to lower the rate by 90% in the next five years in Washington state prisons.

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    Cicero Sanchez, 31, lays dead at the scene near South 317th Street and 28 Avenue South after two King County Sheriff’s Office deputies shot him following a vehicle pursuit on May 4, 2022. Multiple vehicles, both unmarked and marked, surround Sanchez’s vehicle. A King County Sheriff’s Office vehicle pins the driver’s door of Sanchez’s vehicle shut with the window half open. The original family liaison for the Sanchez family, Douglas Faini, said in an email that Sanchez climbed out of the open window. Sanchez’s body has been censored with a black box by this newspaper’s editorial staff. (Photo courtesy of Cristy Sanchez)
    Autopsy sheds light on fatal shooting by King...
    By Benjamin Leung • April 17, 2023 1:00 pm

    2022 incident involving Cicero Sanchez is still under investigation.

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    Leticia Martinez-Cosman was last seen on March 31 at a Mariners game sitting next to Brett Michael Gitchel, who prosecutors plan to charge with her murder. (Courtesy of Seattle Police Department)
    Medical examiner’s office confirms death of Leticia Martinez-Cosman
    By Benjamin Leung • April 14, 2023 3:40 pm

    Martinez-Cosman’s body was found in Renton on April 11.

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    Screenshot from Leticia Martinez-Cosman’s Facebook profile.
    Police recover body in Renton amid search for...
    By Benjamin Leung • April 12, 2023 3:49 am

    Leticia Martinez-Cosman, 58, went missing after a Mariners game.

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    Law enforcement seized approximately 19 firearms, 3,372 grams of suspected methamphetamine, 1,322 grams of suspected fentanyl-laced pills, and over $210,000 in United States currency. (Courtesy of the Department of Justice)
    Massive fentanyl and meth bust tied to ‘Aryan...
    By Benjamin Leung • March 27, 2023 5:05 pm

    A grand jury indicted 27 men and women, including a Renton man and an Auburn man, on drug trafficking charges…

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