Crime

July trial date set in Sequim VFW forgery case

A woman accused of embezzling nearly $10,000 from Sequim Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4760 has pleaded not guilty to one count… Continue reading

Forks couple indicted on federal charges appear in court today

A Forks couple indicted on federal charges of holding a Guatemalan woman against her will, abusing her and forcing her to pick salal… Continue reading

Port Angeles woman charged with embezzling from Sequim VFW

Port Angeles woman charged with embezzling from Sequim VFW

A 29-year-old Port Angeles woman was charged Wednesday with embezzling nearly $10,000 from the Sequim Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4760. Rischelle… Continue reading

Port Angeles woman charged with embezzling from Sequim VFW
Missing British Columbia man turns self in to police after 17 months, faces fraud charges

Missing British Columbia man turns self in to police after 17 months, faces fraud charges

Harold Backer, a Canadian investment adviser and former Olympic rower who was last seen leaving the MV Coho ferry in Port Angeles in… Continue reading

Missing British Columbia man turns self in to police after 17 months, faces fraud charges
Chamberlin gets community service for illegal shotgun

Chamberlin gets community service for illegal shotgun

The former administrator of a Facebook group that targeted alleged criminals has been sentenced to community service for unlawful possession of an… Continue reading

Chamberlin gets community service for illegal shotgun
Port Angeles woman accused of embezzling nearly $10,000 from Sequim VFW post

Port Angeles woman accused of embezzling nearly $10,000 from Sequim VFW post

Charges against a Port Angeles woman accused of embezzling nearly $10,000 from the Sequim Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4760 are expected to… Continue reading

Port Angeles woman accused of embezzling nearly $10,000 from Sequim VFW post
Port Angeles man pleads guilty to indecent liberties, kidnapping

Port Angeles man pleads guilty to indecent liberties, kidnapping

A 27-year-old Port Angeles man who was charged with kidnapping and raping a woman at knifepoint over the summer pleaded guilty Monday… Continue reading

Port Angeles man pleads guilty to indecent liberties, kidnapping
Prosecutor: Suspect in Washington mall shooting found dead

Prosecutor: Suspect in Washington mall shooting found dead

A man charged with killing five people at a mall in Washington state last year was found… Continue reading

Prosecutor: Suspect in Washington mall shooting found dead

Forks couple indicted on federal charges; both charged with conspiracy of encouraging and inducing an alien to enter U.S., forced labor

A Forks-area couple has been indicted on federal charges of holding a Guatemalan woman against her will, abusing her and forcing her to… Continue reading

Forks woman sentenced for burglary

A Forks woman has been sentenced to more than four years in state prison for a burglary that occurred at Forks Outfitters… Continue reading

Man gets extra four-plus years for prison assault

A former Clallam Bay Corrections Center inmate has been sentenced to more than four years in prison for throwing urine on two… Continue reading

Port Angeles man convicted of atttempting to elude police

A Clallam County jury has convicted James Robert Vines of attempting to elude a pursuing police vehicle, Superior Court records show. Vines,… Continue reading

Suspicious vehicle report yields heroin, meth, guns

Suspicious vehicle report yields heroin, meth, guns

A report of a suspicious vehicle east of Port Angeles on Sunday ended with Clallam County Sheriff’s Deputies Paul Federline and Eric… Continue reading

Suspicious vehicle report yields heroin, meth, guns

Two murder trials set in Port Angeles this summer

In a rare display of courtroom drama, two murder trials have been scheduled for later this year at about the same time… Continue reading

Port Angeles man convicted of weapons charge

Adam Chamberlin, the former administrator of a Facebook group that targeted alleged criminals, has been convicted of unlawful possession of a short-barreled… Continue reading

Second evaluation set for alleged knife assailant

A Port Angeles man charged with stabbing a roommate in the abdomen last April is scheduled to have a mental health evaluation… Continue reading

Sequim man accused of trafficking large amounts of heroin and meth

EDITOR’S NOTE: A photograph published online between 11:38 a.m. and 1:51 p.m. Tuesday in connection with this story was taken down when law enforcement corrected… Continue reading

Hearings set in 1978 murder case

Hearings set in 1978 murder case

Law enforcement officers, including former Port Angeles Police Chief Tom Riepe, will testify in a May 23 evidentiary hearing leading up to… Continue reading

Hearings set in 1978 murder case

Gold, silver found in Everett now linked to Clallam County burglary

The Clallam County Sheriff’s Office has joined detectives in Jefferson County and the Marysville Police Department in the investigation of about $115,000… Continue reading

Alabama fugitive caught in Port Angeles to serve time in Washington state

Alabama fugitive caught in Port Angeles to serve time in Washington state

A fugitive from Alabama who was caught at the Port Angeles Walmart Supercenter last October has been sentenced to one year in… Continue reading

Alabama fugitive caught in Port Angeles to serve time in Washington state