Abby Gerhardt’s mom tapped into the family’s support and social networks when the 17-year-old, who functions at a second-grade level, was charged with setting their house on fire.
The is the latest in a string of break-ins on the Eastside, including Kirkland, where thieves steal registration information from a vehicle and then burglarize the victim's home.
Kirkland Firefighters respond to an automatic alarm and quickly put the fire out. Bellevue Firefighters assisted.
Other cases include a woman with a lump on her head who suspects assault but can't remember, and a $1,000 scrap metal theft.
The 21-year-old driver insisted he is “a good driver” and the doll was not being used as a fake passenger so he could use the HOV lane.
As a training exercise, a two-car crash with a suspected drunk driver was simulated at Juanita Beach Park Wednesday.
Martin David Pietz of Lynnwood remains in jail on $1 million bail in the strangulation death of his wife Nicole Pietz, a Lake Washington High graduate.
Bob Miller stuns the fire district board, saying some board members work for special interests instead of citizens. He was involved last year in issues over Kirkland annexation and closure of the Kingsgate fire station.
Five individuals said they were filming a documentary for a class project when they were arrested at the former hospital site in the Overlake area.
Between 500 to 1,000 gallons of milk were spilled, according to the Washington State Patrol.
The $5-million facility is the first fire station to be built in Redmond since 1996 and will be able to respond to the northeastern part of Kirkland.
A group of men was arrested early Friday morning after they allegedly burglarized a Puget Sound Energy substation.
Chief Kryger most recently served as the department's training chief and coordinator with the East Metro Training Group.
Other cases include a Kingsgate man losing an HDTV in an Ebay scam, outboard motor and pay phone thefts and minor pot busts.
Charles Linnell Bluford, 38, was accused by the King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office of robbery and indecent liberties in Bellevue and a rape and robbery in Shoreline.
Firefighters responded to the rollover accident on 116th Avenue in the Totem Lake West area during Tuesday evening's commute.
James Schumacher, 71, who walked into the Bellevue Police Department headquarters last week to confess to his wife's murder, was charged with first degree domestic violence murder on Tuesday.
An update on the case of Matthew James Jones, the Tillicum Middle School science teacher accused last year of having sex with a former student when she was 16. Public Data Ferret and OSPI have updates.
A Bellevue man who told police that he killed his wife with a hatchet remains in King County Jail in lieu of $1 million bail.
Martin 'David' Pietz, 34, was arrested on Wednesday in Kirkland for the 2006 murder of his 32-year-old wife Nicole Pietz.
The KeyBank branch on Northeast 24th Street was robbed Friday evening by a man wearing a vest and golf hat.
More details have been released about the man who walked into Bellevue Police Department headquarters and confessed to murder.
Other cases involve storage facility break-ins, a construction site theft and a $2082 forged check.
The car hit the house on 105th Place at about 10 Wednesday night.
Martin David Pietz, 34, was arrested Wednesday at the Kirkland Bank where he works for the murder in Lynnwood of Nicole Pietz
Thirty volunteers from all over Kirkland were honored by the council after completing a 26-hour Community Emergency Response Team course.
Police have seen cases of vehicle prowlers getting home addresses from car registrations and then burglarizing the owner's home -- apparently in Kirkland and other Eastside cities.
A King County Metro Bus fatally struck a 48-year-old woman after she got off the bus this evening on Northup Way at Northeast 10th Street, east of Crossroads.
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The 28-year-old Kirkland woman at the wheel apparently ran a stop sign before hitting the pole in Lynnwood. Police have not ruled out speed or alcohol as factors.
In other cases, several more residential burglaries were investigated and Seattle cops busted two in a stolen vehicle with plates stolen from a Kirkland man's car.
A 22-year-old pedestrian was injured last week after being struck by a vehicle near the Bella Bottega shopping center.
Capt. Cherie Harris will be responsible for the Investigations Unit, the Special Response Team, Training Division, Internal Investigations and Accreditation.
Ismail Sali of Kirkland ran a skimming ring that hit ATMs in Redmond, Kirkland, Bellevue, Woodinville and beyond.
Patrick Steven Rexroat had pleaded guilty in February to vehicular homicide in the crash that killed respected Google software engineer Steve Lacey of Kirkland on July 24.
There were approximately 26 burglaries reported in January and February, compared to an average of seven burglaries per month during 2011.
The man as an extensive criminal history and was arrested Thursday night in Everett. The Wednesday robbery was the second in Kirkland in a four-day period.
A K-9 unit attempted to track a suspect who had something over his head and reportedly assaulted a woman using a gun.
A 22-year-old man suffered head and knee injuries after he was hit by a vehicle near the Bella Bottega shopping center.
In other cases, a man suspects his girlfriend's ex-lover for slashing his tires and a neighbor interrupts a burglary in progress.