A Washington attorney literally acting as his own jailhouse lawyer has struck a deal with prosecutors after allegedly setting fire to his own home earlier this year and violating a…
Updated: A man has been convicted of drug charges after a judge in Washington state declared that pencil-and-pen-packing defendant Joshua Monson forfeited his right to counsel because of three attacks…
A Washington State woman who contended she had a free speech right to honk her horn outside the home of a neighbor has won her appeal before the state supreme…
Updated: A self-proclaimed crime-fighting superhero who calls himself Phoenix Jones was unmasked in court Thursday as a married 23-year-old Seattle-area man whose real name is Benjamin John Francis Fodor.
Two years ago, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission helped unionized shuttle drivers for the Hertz rental car company work out a settlement under which they were allowed to clock out…
Arrested three years ago in Seattle when a police officer apparently didn’t appreciate his “brainiac” attitude after he was questioned about swatting giant sponge golfballs from bar to bar during…
Traditionally, as in the case of Enron’s former chief executive, Kenneth Lay, criminal convictions in many jurisdictions have been abated if the defendant died before sentencing or while his appeal…
A reward of up to $1 million offered soon after a federal prosecutor was murdered in his Seattle home almost a decade ago hasn’t solved the case. So, as the…
Law enforcement agencies are working to try to cut down on prolific internet fraud, including the so-called computerized and photographic skimming of bank customers’ account information as they use their…
Ordered to turn over two diamond rings worth an estimated $1.4 million to a Seattle bankruptcy court, an elderly real estate developer and his wife disappeared over the summer from…
Asked by a court employee about her job and living situation, a 28-year-old woman facing a Washington state methamphetamine possession charge truthfully replied that she is unemployed and resides with…
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