Man In His 60s Who Drowned In American Lake Tried To Use Flotation Cushion

However, West Pierce Fire & Rescue reports that the man, who was test-driving a vessel with his brother, slipped and went under. His brother tried to call for help, but searchers couldn't find the victim in time.

Motorcyclist Dies While Recklessly Driving Monday Night, Lakewood Police Say

The driver, 38, was performing a "wheelie"before he crashed.

Lakewood Man Arrested For Vehicular Assault

Police suspect drugs were involved in the incident.

Authorities Reporting Suspicious Fires At Fort Steilacoom Park

The News Tribune is reporting that authorities are calling the fires suspicious.

Pierce County's Target Zero Team In Tacoma This Weekend

More than 30 troopers, officers and deputies are expected to join forces on Sept. 29 beginning at 9 p.m.

Collision on Gravelly Lake Drive Sends Four People To Area Hospitals Wednesday Night

The Washington State Patrol reports that a 2-year-old involved in the accident wasn't injured but was still taken to the hospital for precautionary reasons. The crash is still under investigation.

Authorities Arrest Former Lakewood Police Office Skeeter Manos on Suspicion of Identity Theft, Forgery

Manos was convicted of embezzling money from the Lakewood Fallen Officers Fund and was sentenced to 33 months in prison.

Lakewood Police Respond To Arrest of Former Officer Skeeter Manos

The former officer was arrested on suspicion of second-degree identity theft and forgery. The Tacoma Police Department conducted the investigation.

IN PICTURES: West Pierce Fire & Rescue Reflection Park Dedication

Some 300 people attended the ceremony at the department that serves University Place and Lakewood. The centerpiece of the park is a piece of steel recovered at the World Trade Center in New York after September 11.

WHOA: Driver Escapes Tow Hitch That Smashed His Windshield On Interstate 5 Near Tacoma Dome

The hitch, according to the Washington State Patrol, was lying on the roadway and got kicked up by a vehicle traveling in front of the truck.

Authorities Arrest JBLM Soldier On Child Pornography, Sexual Exploitation and Extortion Charges

David Michael Ford, 24, of Macon, Georgia and currently stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord was taken into custody this afternoon and booked into the Pierce County Jail

Fittingly, West Pierce Fire & Rescue To Dedicate 9/11 Reflection Park September 11

The ceremony will take place 6 p.m., Tuesday at the department's headquarters in University Place. The park's centerpiece is a piece of steel from the World Trade Center for which firefighters traveled to New York.

Video Stills Depict Trio Who Robbed US Bank in Lakewood on Thursday

After robbing the bank and taking cash, witnesses told us they fled to a car parked behind the old QFC building. Officers found a blue Buick - which was reported stolen - abandoned with the doors open.

WHAT DO YOU THINK? Lakewood Police Getting Cameras On 15 Patrol Cars

Police Chief Bret Farrar says a Department of Justice grant allowed the department to purchase the dash cameras. The cars should be ready in a month or two.

COURT PAPERS: Dean Holmes Says He Contemplated Suicide Before He Allegedly Killed Wife, Daughter

The 39-year-old was charged with first-degree aggravated murder in Pierce County Superior Court on Thursday.

Prosecutor Wants Death Penalty For Three Soldiers Accused Of Killings To Hide Anti-Government Plot

The three soldiers from Fort Stewart, GA are accused of killing a Kirkland man and his girlfriend to hide their plans, which included poisoning Washington state's apple crop.

University Place Police Searching For Men Who Robbed Country Prime Foods Office

Tacoma-Pierce County Crime Stoppers is looking for the two male suspects who robbed the office Aug. 17 at 70th Ave. Ct. W. The first suspect threw the victim to the ground and put the gun to his head while the second suspect ransacked the office.

Suspect In WSECU Hostage Incident in Lakewood Identified

The suspect is a 47-year-old male from Tacoma named Arnold Briones Flores, who held his former wife hostage after allegedly stabbing her.

REPORT: Lakewood Man Dies From Fall While Hiking With Son in Chelan County

The Lake Chelan Mirror reports that a search party dicovered the body of William Berry, 40, in a boulder field near the Lake Donald area Saturday.

Lakewood Police Shoot Armed Man Who Held Credit Union Employees Hostage

After approximately 45 minutes the suspect walked into the glass enclosed foyer with the victim and was still visibly armed with the firearm. Fearing for the safety of the hostages, officers shot and disabled the 48-year-old man.

Detectives Seek Possible Additional Victims in Child Porn Case

Christopher M. Dupea of Spanaway, 20, was arrested for distributing child pornography and detectives fear there might be other young victims in the Pierce County area.

Blue Steele Coffee Company Up For Best Coffeehouse In The West

The former Forza Coffee Company - the site where gunman Maurice Clemmons gunned down four Lakewood Police Officers - has qualified for the regional America's Best Coffeehouse Competition. You can help Blue Steele win.

Spanaway Man Arrested on Child Porn Charges

The Washington State Patrol Missing and Exploited Children’s Task Force detectives arrested two people suspected of trading of sexually explicit messages and images involving underage children.

Lakewood Shoppers Fill the Fire Engine With Food, Toiletries

The West Pierce fire department conducted the drive Wednesday for the nonprofit Caring for Kids group. The food and toiletries donated will go to children in low-income families in Lakewood, University Place and Steilacoom.

Joint Base Lewis-McChord Airman Killed in Motorcycle Crash in Gig Harbor

Ty C. Barnes, 23, flipped his motorcycle Monday night on Reid Drive Northwest. Barnes was an active-duty airman at Joint Base Lewis-McChord.

Help West Pierce Fire & Rescue Fill The Fire Engine This Week

The fire department is accepting food and toiletries donations - which will benefit Caring For Kids - at its Pacific Highway Southwest station and University Place headquarters. It will also hold a Fill The Fire Engine event at Lakewood Towne Center on We

Investigation Finds That Grandwood Furniture Fire Was Accidental

West Pierce Fire & Rescue concluded that the fire is believed to have started in the finishing area by improperly disposed rags.

PICTURE OF THE DAY: Fires Blackening Cle Elum Area

Crews continue to battle the Taylor Bridge Fire. More people were evacuated from their homes today.

PICS: East Pierce Firefighters Help Battle Taylor Bridge Fire in Cle Elum

Members of East Pierce Fire & Rescue joined the battle against wildfires in Eastern Washington today and are documenting the fire's progress via Facebook and Twitter.

Woman Who Opened Fire at Peninsula Market Charged for Attempted Murder

The Pierce County prosecuting attorney has charged the 20-year-old woman for two counts of first-degree attempted murder and one count of first-degree assault.

Pierce County Fire Marshal Declares Stage 1 Burn Ban

The countywide burn ban applies to all outdoor burning except for small recreational fires.

ATF's National Response Team To Assist With Grandwood Furniture Fire Investigation

The cause of the three-alarm fire that destroyed the Lakewood furniture store has yet to be determined, according to West Pierce Fire & Rescue.

Lakewood Police Arrest Man Who Barricaded Himself At Home

Authorities are at a trailer park in the 3200 block of 96th Street South for an armed barricaded male subject wanted on domestic violence charges.

Criminal Gang Tagging More Nuisance Than Precursor to Violence

Police confirm recent upward trend; one Hispanic gang member arrested, another remains at large.

UPDATED: Lakewood Police Shoot and Kill Suspect in Domestic Violence Call

The 46-year-old female suspect asked officers to shoot her when she pointed a weapon at police outside her home, officers said. The gun turned out to be a BB pistol.

University Place, Lakewood Fire District Merger All But Official

Lakewood Voters overwhelmingly approve neighboring city fire district merger.

Update: Suspect Shot During Altercation With Lakewood Police Was Civilian Contractor In Iraq

Officers, who had responded to a domestic violence call, surrounded the suspect's car before shots were fired. However, investigators still don't know if the fatal wound was self-inflicted.

Update: Source For Natural Gas Leak Identified

Puget Sound Energy determines that leak came from the boiler for the water heater; about 30 people -- including 18 kids from a daycare center -- were evacuated.

Police Authorities Ran Into Clemmons Hours Before Killing Four Lakewood Cops

The Seattle Times reports that deputies came in contact with the police murderer before he fatally shot four officers at a Forza coffee shop just outside of the city.

Head-On Car Collision in Lakewood-Steilacoom Intersection, Minor Injuries and Traffic Backups Reported

Slippery streets during rush hour on Friday night may have contributed in two-car accident.