Crime/Public Safety

Spokane County

Spokane County

Dec. 14—A man convicted of killing a beloved Benton City coach and teacher 18 years ago will not get his sentence reduced. Judge Jacqueline Stam decided Tuesday to uphold Robert Suarez's original 27-year-long sentence, finding that the judge in 2005 took Suarez's age into consideration. He was 16 when he and Jordan Castillo, then 14, killed the Kiona-Benton City teacher in 2004. Stam's ...

A Gleed man convicted of brutally raping a 12-year-old girl in 2018 will have to spend at least 80 years in prison.

A man with two prior DUIs who drove drunk in Tacoma last year and fatally struck an 18-year-old in a hit-and-run was sentenced to prison Thursday.

The male student accused of repeatedly sexually assaulting another student while at a Bellingham high school is facing three separate criminal court cases, has violated his release conditions multiple times and was suspended from a another high school this fall, according to Whatcom County Juvenile Court records.

Spokane County

A driver was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center after a single-vehicle collision in Whatcom County around 12:50 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 14, according to a report released by Washington State Patrol.

Spokane County