Crime & Justice
Ramona Ward sentenced to 26½ years in prison in boy’s killing
PORT ANGELES — A Forks resident and Quileute tribal member who had pleaded guilty to homicide by abuse…
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Former Clallam County corrections deputy charged after sexual contact accusations
PORT ANGELES — Howard Andrew Blair, a former Clallam County corrections deputy accused of having sexual contact with…
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Inmate charged in attack; officer still suffers from head injury after 2016 beating
PORT ANGELES — The state Attorney General’s Office has filed an attempted murder charge against a prison inmate…
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Two arrested after confrontation, pursuit near Port Angeles
PORT ANGELES — Authorities arrested two suspects and were looking for a third Saturday after an armed dispute…
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Girls testify at rape trial in Clallam County
PORT ANGELES — A 17-year-old girl broke into tears in Clallam County Superior Court as she testified to…
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Port Angeles man pleads guilty in tree poaching case
PORT ANGELES — Richard A. Welches, one of three co-defendants charged with poaching an old growth maple tree…
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Clallam County deputy accused of sex crimes
PORT ANGELES — A former Clallam County corrections deputy is facing charges of inappropriate touching of eight female…
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Fourth arrest reported in alleged Peninsula drug ring
PORT ANGELES — Federal and local law enforcement have arrested four people, breaking up what officials are calling…
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Port Townsend man arrested in Port Angeles after ‘crime spree’
PORT ANGELES — A Port Townsend man faces numerous charges after a “crime spree” that started May 12,…
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Federal, local officers make drug arrests in Port Angeles
PORT ANGELES — At least three Clallam County residents face federal drug distribution charges after local and federal…
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Sequim man faces up to a year in jail after guilty verdict in road rage case
PORT ANGELES — Net Nanny sting defendant Clinton Caldwell of Sequim faces a maximum 364-day jail sentence at…
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Second trial of accused rapist reset
PORT ANGELES — A second trial for alleged rapist Martin C. Perez was reset because of interpreter unavailability.
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Trespass at Sequim High School leads to brief lockdown
SEQUIM — Sequim High School went on lockdown briefly Thursday morning after a man with a trespass warning…
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No-show for Port Angeles court hearing turns himself in
PORT ANGELES — A man who said he accidentally fired his handgun within city limits has turned himself…
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Port Angeles man didn’t attend court hearing after telling police multiple shots were accidental
PORT ANGELES — A 35-year-old Port Angeles man who told police he accidentally fired a gun Tuesday did…
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Port Angeles man pleads guilty to assault with sexual motivation
PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man who was acquitted on two counts of child molestation last month…
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Arsonist sentenced to more than 10 years in prison
PORT ANGELES — A Skagit County man who grew up on the West End was sentenced Tuesday to…
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Guilty plea issued in boy’s death: Caretaker to be sentenced for homicide by abuse
PORT ANGELES — A Quileute tribal member sobbed quietly Tuesday as she pleaded guilty to homicide by abuse…
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Man pleads guilty to manslaughter in death of Quinault tribal member
TAHOLAH — James Donald Walker has pleaded guilty to five counts in connection to the May 2017 death…
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Port Angeles man arrested after gunshots he said were accidental
PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles police arrested a man for investigation of reckless endangerment after he shot a…