A Washington State appellate court has ruled that a Pierce County judge went too far when he disqualified the entire Pierce County Prosecuting Attorney's Office from a criminal case because the alleged victim of one of the charges was a deputy prosecutor in that office.
In a published
A 26-year-old Port Angeles man pleaded not guilty Tuesday in Clallam County Superior Court to a charge of second-degree assault by strangulation, a domestic violence offense stemming from an alleged July 6 attack on a woman at her Port Angeles apartment.
Elijah D. Creed entered the plea
A Washington State appellate court has thrown out a man's Kitsap County conviction for violating a domestic violence no-contact order, ruling that the State failed to prove a friend's phone call to the man's ex-wife amounted to contact "through a third
A federal judge ruled Thursday that Jonathan E. Karns must remain jailed pending trial, denying a defense motion seeking his release to an inpatient drug treatment program.
U.S. District Judge Tiffany M. Cartwright issued the ruling following a 2:30 p.m. hearing at the Tacoma federal courthouse.
After
A federal judge in Tacoma will hear arguments Thursday on whether Jonathan E. Karns should remain jailed pending trial or be released to inpatient drug treatment.
A Clallam County Superior Court judge on Friday postponed the felony rape trial of former Sequim police officer Christian Whitaker until November, granting a defense request for more time over the objection of prosecutors who argued the defense had already had nearly two years to get ready.
Judge Simon Barnhart
A Kitsap County man was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison after pleading guilty to possessing fentanyl with intent to deliver it, capping a Clallam County prosecution that began with a March drug raid at the 7 Cedars Casino in Blyn.
Dylan C. Marsh-Backs, 36, pleaded guilty July
Former Clallam County Drug Court Coordinator Johnny Fred Watts Jr. pleaded not guilty to federal drug distribution and weapons charges during his arraignment on Tuesday afternoon.
Appearing before U.S. Magistrate Judge Grady J. Leupold, Watts was formally advised of the charges and potential penalties stemming from a federal grand
A 39-year-old Everson, Washington, resident has been federally charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm following an early-morning shooting incident involving U.S. Border Patrol agents.
Nathaniel A. Muniz-Spry was taken into custody at a Whatcom County hospital on June 16, 2026, following
A federal grand jury has formally indicted former Clallam County Drug Court Coordinator Johnny F. Watts Jr. and a co-defendant on federal drug distribution and weapons charges.
As part of our ongoing coverage, we are providing the public with a complete copy of the six-page Indictment document below.
A multi-agency vehicle pursuit of a suspected impaired driver ended directly on the Clallam-Jefferson county line on Tuesday afternoon after law enforcement executed a tactical maneuver to stop a stolen work truck.
The driver, identified by authorities as Martin Swagerty, was taken into custody following the chase.
Clallam
A multi-agency law enforcement operation targeting suspected drug activity in downtown Port Angeles resulted in two arrests and the seizure of fentanyl, methadone, and a cache of weapons on Monday.
Daun Lee Layton, 44, was booked into the Clallam County Correction Facility Monday on allegations of manufacturing, delivering, or
In Washington State, judicial dysfunction often takes different forms.
Here on the Olympic Peninsula, our readers are acutely aware of the systemic rot inside the Clallam County court system—a jurisdiction plagued by 18-month case backlogs, a hostile environment for crime victims, and a two-tiered justice system that
The legal process to extradite a 43-year-old Port Angeles man accused of a 2008 North Carolina double homicide took a step forward during a Friday morning court hearing.
Johnny Steven Talbert appeared in Clallam County Superior Court for a scheduled extradition review.
During the proceeding, the court was
Human remains discovered more than a quarter-century ago in a remote section of Olympic National Park have been positively identified as a man originally from Hawaii, the National Park Service announced Wednesday.
Through a collaborative, multi-agency investigation utilizing advanced forensic genealogy, authorities confirmed the remains belong to Joseph
Former Clallam County Drug Court Coordinator Johnny F. Watts Jr. was released from federal custody Wednesday afternoon after prosecutors dropped their request to keep him detained pending trial on federal drug charges.
During a detention hearing in U.S. District Court in Tacoma, the government informed Chief Magistrate Judge Theresa
A 31-year-old Port Angeles man is facing charges in Pierce County after a physical altercation with sheriff’s deputies who were investigating reports of suspicious behavior over the weekend.
Cameron Lee George was arrested on Sunday, June 7, and has been charged by Pierce County prosecutors with obstructing
A 32-year-old man is currently being held in the Clallam County Correction Facility on $50,000 bail. He is accused of fighting with police and threatening to kill them during a weekend arrest.
Gabino Escalante Cruz was taken into custody by the Forks Police Department on the evening
The criminal case against a Sequim man facing child exploitation charges remains on track for trial following a status hearing Friday in Clallam County Superior Court.
Carl King, 23, appeared for the brief status hearing, which was presided over by Clallam County Superior Court Judge Brent Basden.
King, who was
A 30-year-old member of the Lummi Nation Tribe was sentenced Monday to time served and three years of supervised release for distributing fentanyl on the Lummi Reservation.
Stephan A. Charlot, represented by defense attorney Jesse Guerrero Cantor, appeared before U.S. District Judge Kymberly K. Evanson in the
The legal proceedings for Joseph “Wes” Beeman, the 46-year-old Port Angeles man accused of an attack on his elderly neighbor, remain on hold as the court awaits a competency evaluation report.
Beeman was arrested following an alleged unprovoked assault on his 71-year-old next-door neighbor, Robert
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