Crime

Dozens of law enforcement vehicles assisted with the arrest of Justin Cox last June after he allegedly shot at officers and bystanders as he was sheltering inside a home. On Dec. 22, he received an order for civil commitment for inpatient psychiatric treatment. (Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sequim man sent to state hospital

Charges could be refiled in Carlsborg standoff case

 

Cole Douglas, who was sentenced Thursday after he pleaded guilty to the March 2025 hit and run that seriously injured Sequim middle-schooler Colton Dufour, listens to Judge Elizabeth Stanley as Colton’s mother, Cherie Tachell, seated several rows back, smiles at her son just minutes before Douglas was taken into custody to begin serving a 12-month jail sentence. Seated beside them is victims advocate Molly Ramsey, who works in the Clallam County prosecuting attorney’s office and read a victim’s impact statement to the court during hearing. (Clallam County Superior Court)

Sequim man gets 1 year in hit-and-run

Teenager was seriously injured in March collision

 

Couple investigated for identify theft, fraud

A Sequim couple has been arrested following an investigation in a residential burglary and multiple fraudulent financial transactions. Clallam County Sheriff’s deputies… Continue reading

 

Judge orders mental exam

Arraignment in murder case reset for late January

Jury selection Monday in child abuse case

Infant was found to have 11 fractures, including ribs, leg

Murder suspect returns to court

Charges refiled in his mother’s death

Montana man arrested three times in Clallam County in December

A 37-year-old Montana man was arrested three times last month for driving while intoxicated. Subsequent search warrants uncovered multiple drugs and a… Continue reading

Sheriff’s Office warns of payment requests scam related to jail

Multiple scam reports involving fraudulent payment requests have been made to family members of people incarcerated at the Clallam County Jail, the… Continue reading

Financial scam targeting Peninsula residents, Sheriff’s Office says

North Olympic Peninsula residents have had more than $1 million stolen from them through fraud schemes, including one person who lost $28,000,… Continue reading

Robbery sentence set for 17 years

Reynolds pleads guilty to multiple charges

Tina Marie Alcorn, right, talks with attorney John Hayden during Alcorn’s first appearance on June 10, 2025, in Clallam County Superior Court after extradition from Arkansas in connection with the 2016 homicide of George Cecil David in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Woman sentenced in death of woodcarver

Tina Marie Alcorn pleads guilty to second-degree murder

Tina Marie Alcorn, right, talks with attorney John Hayden during Alcorn’s first appearance on June 10, 2025, in Clallam County Superior Court after extradition from Arkansas in connection with the 2016 homicide of George Cecil David in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Man gets 10 years for sex crimes

Prison sentence will be subject to review board

Bothell man sentenced to prison for financial crime

A Bothell man has been sentenced to just more than a year in prison for his role in a theft scheme that… Continue reading

Trial pushed to January for man accused of second-degree murder

New defense attorney says he will need a new investigator

Jury: Man guilty of attempted murder

Sentencing hearing set for next month

Man sentenced to eight months in jail for felony firearms possession

A Diamond Point man has been sentenced to eight months in jail after a jury found him guilty of two felony counts… Continue reading

John Barcellos, 61, left, next to his defense attorney John Hayden, was sentenced to 77 months in prison on Nov. 18 in Clallam County Superior Court for threatening to kill four children and attempting to elude law enforcement more than two years ago in a Sequim church parking lot. (Clallam County)

Sequim man gets 6 1/2 years in prison

Judge denies mental health sentence alternative

John Barcellos, 61, left, next to his defense attorney John Hayden, was sentenced to 77 months in prison on Nov. 18 in Clallam County Superior Court for threatening to kill four children and attempting to elude law enforcement more than two years ago in a Sequim church parking lot. (Clallam County)

Man pleads guilty to assaulting state trooper

A 29-year-old man pleaded guilty to second-degree assault and was sentenced to six months in Jefferson County Jail for kicking a state… Continue reading

Man investigated for shooting from bridge held on $350K bail

A Port Angeles man who allegedly fired a weapon multiple times from an Eighth Street bridge on Monday is being held in… Continue reading

Man sentenced after fourth-degree assault conviction

A 61-year-old man was convicted of fourth-degree assault following a two-week trial in Jefferson County Superior Court. Robert Judd was sentenced on… Continue reading