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PA man gets 11 1/2 years in shooting

Jury found Lester guilty of attempted murder

Aaron Fisher, left, appears in Clallam County Superior Court on Jan. 9 with his attorney Lane Wolfley at a hearing during which his trial was confirmed to begin on Jan. 26. He has been charged with second-degree murder. (Clallam County Superior Court)

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Murder trial is set for Jan. 26

Bank robbery trial to be reset for future date

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)

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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)

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Sequim man gets 1 year in hit-and-run

Teenager was seriously injured in March collision

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Judge orders mental exam

Arraignment in murder case reset for late January

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Couple investigated for identify theft, fraud

PORT ANGELES — A Sequim couple has been arrested following an investigation in a residential burglary and multiple…

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Jury selection Monday in child abuse case

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

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Murder suspect returns to court

Charges refiled in his mother’s death

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Montana man arrested three times in Clallam County in December

PORT ANGELES — A 37-year-old Montana man was arrested three times last month for driving while intoxicated.

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

PORT ANGELES — Multiple scam reports involving fraudulent payment requests have been made to family members of people…

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Financial scam targeting Peninsula residents, Sheriff’s Office says

PORT ANGELES — North Olympic Peninsula residents have had more than $1 million stolen from them through fraud…

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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)

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Woman sentenced in death of woodcarver

Tina Marie Alcorn pleads guilty to second-degree murder

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Man gets 10 years for sex crimes

Prison sentence will be subject to review board

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Bothell man sentenced to prison for financial crime

PORT ANGELES — A Bothell man has been sentenced to just more than a year in prison for…

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

New defense attorney says he will need a new investigator

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Jury: Man guilty of attempted murder

Sentencing hearing set for next month

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Man sentenced to eight months in jail for felony firearms possession

PORT ANGELES — A Diamond Point man has been sentenced to eight months in jail after a jury…

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)

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Sequim man gets 6 1/2 years in prison

Judge denies mental health sentence alternative

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Man pleads guilty to assaulting state trooper

PORT TOWNSEND — A 29-year-old man pleaded guilty to second-degree assault and was sentenced to six months in…