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Washington State Dad Puts His 6 Week Old Baby In The Freezer

Stacy Lee — Wed, 29 May 2013 14:35:44 +0000

Yesterday I read a story that literally made me ill. A 25 year old father, if you can call him that, put his defenseless 6 week old baby in the 10 degree freezer for at least an hour because the child was crying…. The child arrived at the ER with a core body temperature of [...]

Woman, 89, Survives Terrifying Ordeal After Being Kidnapped, Locked in Car and Left Without Food or Water

Drew Weisholtz — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 13:26:39 +0000

Margaret Smith is one tough cookie. The 89-year-old Delaware woman somehow survived after she was kidnapped and locked in the trunk of her car for two days last month. Smith had stopped by a local convenience store for some ice cream when a pair of teenage girls asked her for a ride. Smith said, “I [...]

Smash and Grab Burglars Blamed for 32 Tri-Cities Break-ins in Recent Weeks

John McKay — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 12:43:34 +0000

Local law enforcement officials are searching for what they believe could be a group of burglars working together. Kennewick and Pasco police say at least 31 burglaries fit a similar pattern, where the thieves smash or break windows to access a business, then pillage inside. 19 such crimes have been reported in Kennewick, and at [...]

Local Man Accused of Videotaping Girlfriend's Friend Showering

Miki Harvey — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 18:48:52 +0000

Damien Williams, a resident of Benton County, is on trial for secretly videotaping his girlfriend’s best friend while she was in the bathroom. In November of 2012 William’s girlfriend Rosa Chavez discovered an unsettling video on her computer. The video shows him hiding a camera in the laundry basket of their bathroom and moments later [...]

Kennewick Police Use Taser on Teen Threatening Mother With Knives

Miki Harvey — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 08:19:03 +0000

Tuesday night Kennewick police used a taser on a 17-year-old boy who had pulled three large kitchen knives on his mother and her friend. The boy’s mother, Floriza Vejar and her friend Judith Sixtos had been reportedly watching TV when Vejar’s son chased both women out of the house with three kitchen knives. As police [...]

Authorities Can't Confirm They Have Found Body of Christopher Dorner

Drew Weisholtz — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 03:55:29 +0000

Officials have not yet confirmed whether the body found in a Big Bear, California, cabin was that of accused cop-killer Christopher Dorner. Authorities say they need time to sift through the remains of a fire set in the cabin on Tuesday and “identification will be attempted through forensic means,” but they do believe the remains [...]

Men Sprayed With Bullets in Kennewick This Morning

Andrew Kirk — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 16:42:53 +0000

Kennewick police officers are still hazy on the details, but just before 2 a.m. Saturday morning two mean (ages 22 and 23) were driving in Kennewick near 10th and Washington Street when their vehicle became the target of multiple gun shots. The men arrived at an area hospital a little later, and police were called [...]

Matthew Hibbard Found Guilty After July 2012 Jack Didley's Incident

The Brad — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:58:00 +0000

It took a Benton County Superior Court jury about 45 minutes on Thursday to deliberate and return a guilty verdict against Matthew Hibbard, the general manager and head of security at Jack Didley's in Kennewick. He has been convicted of third-degree assault with aggravating circumstance after a drunk patron, Ben Ensign, was dropped on his head outside of the night club. Sentencing will come at a later date.

Jack Didley's Security Camera Footage Shows the Ben Ensign and Mathew Hibbard Incident from Last Year

The Brad — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 22:56:30 +0000

On Tuesday, witnesses took to the stand during one of the most talked about criminal cases in the Tri-Cities this past year. Jack Didley's night club general manager and head of security, Mathew Hibbard, is being charged with third-degree assault with aggravating circumstances after, as one witness said, he "forcefully dropped" Ben Ensign onto his head outside of the night club.

Attempted Abduction in West Richland

The Brad — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:30:22 +0000

On Sunday December 16th around 6:30pm, West Richland Police Officers responded to the 5000 block of Holly Way for a reported attempted abduction. The victim, a 12 year-old girl, was outside of her residence playing when she reportedly observed a black Chrysler 300 nearby. The girl states the vehicle stopped and two black males dressed [...]

Speedy Motorcyclist Escapes Kennewick Police Twice – But ONLY Twice!

devin katsel — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 00:09:06 +0000

aAcording to the Tri-City Herald a motorcyclist sped away from the cops three times. The first time was on Friday when he reportedly went 100 mph outrunning the police. Then on Monday, suspect Shane Matthew Ajax was spo

9 Kids Arrested for Car Theft in Kennewick

Dr. Johnny Nesman — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 23:10:40 +0000

The Tri-City Herald today reported that at 10:30 a.m. Kennewick Police were notified of a hit and run in the Barnes & Noble store at Columbia Center Mall. A Richland Police officer “just happened to be on Columbia Center Boulevard” and found the suspected truck. He ran the license plate and learned the truck the [...]

OSP Asking For Your Help!

Faith Martin — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 15:07:56 +0000

Oregon State Police (OSP) is asking for the public’s help to locate and identify the driver and vehicle involved in Friday afternoon’s serious injury pedestrian-involved crash in Hermiston. On July 20, 2012 at approximately 1:30 p.m. LINDA LEE LERROSSIGNOL, age 60, from Hermiston, was walking northbound on the west side of the 80900 block of [...]

'Serial Hugger' Is Terrfiying Women in the St. Louis Area

Mike Adams — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 14:41:46 +0000

It appears as if a new brand of lunatic has emerged from the blistering heat of an excruciating Midwest summer. A serial hugger has been caught in Missouri, and now prosecutors cannot seem to decide whether they can actually charge him with a crime. That’s right — we said serial hugger, and to date at [...]

Hitchhiker Shot In Random Drive..By While Writing Memoir Called "The Kindness Of America"

Faith Martin — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 22:28:34 +0000

Did you hear about the guy who was hitchhiking around the country, writing a travel memoir called “The Kindness of America” Well, apparently on Saturday night he was hitchhiking in Montana when a guy pulled up and shot him… The man was drunk and the drive by was completely random. But, pretty weirdly ironic huh? [...]

Alarming Facebook Crime Statistics Revealed

Stacy Lee — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 16:58:23 +0000

I read a scary article this morning about Facebook and crime, it’s quite shocking. According to The Daily Mail a staggering 12,300 alleged crimes were reported and linked to Facebook. In fact statistics show that a crime having to do with the social networking site is reported to police every 40 minutes. Here’s the laundry [...]

Why Internet + TV Was Down In Pasco, Walla Walla and Ellensburg Thursday

Andrew Kirk — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:34:22 +0000

Charter Communications crews work to re-splice 244 fiber optic cables cut by a vandal around 10 a.m. near the Blue Bridge.

Barbie Kidnapped in Kennewick! Clothes and Pink Car Recovered Safely

Andrew Kirk — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 23:29:14 +0000

Police charged the woman with a felony.

New Virginia Tech Shootings Likely to Revive Debates on Gun Control – Take Our SURVEY

Andrew Kirk — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:11:10 +0000

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Did Angelina Jolie Steal to Make 'In the Land of Blood and Honey' a Reality?

Shauna Wright — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 21:25:02 +0000

Angelina Jolie’s first foray into directing and screenwriting hasn’t been a smooth ride. Croatian journalist and author James J. Braddock is claiming that the actress stole the story of ‘In the Land of Blood and Honey,’ set to be released on December 23.