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Fires

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2012

    Electrical Fire Leads to Discovery of Hundreds of Pot Plants in Basement of Restaurant on MLK

    The Seattle Police Department has announced via Twitter that "hundreds" of pot plants were discovered this morning in the basement of a restaurant in the 6000 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Way following an electrical fire

  • Calendar

    April 11, 2012

    Champagne Champagne

    The Seattle Police Department has announced via Twitter that "hundreds" of pot plants were discovered this morning in the basement of a restaurant in the 6000 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Way following an electrical fire

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2012

    New Yorkers Nervous About Via Tribunali's Oven

    The arrival of the fire department at Via Tribunali's soon-to-open New York City location last Friday has sparked concerns among neighbors still reeling from a fatal fire last year. According to a Via Tribunali spokesperson, "we were testing the oven," a red-tiled brick oven that can reach temperat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2011

    Justin Solondz, Earth Liberation Bomb Maker Facing Testimony by His Ex-Lover, Pleads Out

    FBIJustin Solondz​Back in 2001, Justin Solondz and Briana Waters were classmates and lovers. They lived in Olympia, attended The Evergreen State College, and built incendiary bombs in Waters' garage. In May that year, they and three others members of the Earth Liberation Front used the bombs t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2011

    John Siegel, Seattle Attorney Who Represented Himself, Earns 20-Month Prison Term for Arson

    West Seattle BlogHis home aflame.​Seattle attorney John C. Siegel, who earlier worked a plea deal to charges of threatening a Seattle judge and sprung himself from jail, has now worked a plea to several cases that got him thrown back in the slammer: arson and domestic violence. But this time, ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 9, 2011

    Memorial for Benny Hills & Benefit for Seattle Drum School

    West Seattle BlogHis home aflame.​Seattle attorney John C. Siegel, who earlier worked a plea deal to charges of threatening a Seattle judge and sprung himself from jail, has now worked a plea to several cases that got him thrown back in the slammer: arson and domestic violence. But this time, ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 4, 2011

    Idiots and Angels

    West Seattle BlogHis home aflame.​Seattle attorney John C. Siegel, who earlier worked a plea deal to charges of threatening a Seattle judge and sprung himself from jail, has now worked a plea to several cases that got him thrown back in the slammer: arson and domestic violence. But this time, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2011

    Taylor Hammel, 15-Year-Old Friday Harbor Boy, Charged With Killing Mom, Setting House on Fire

    SanJuanUpdate.comTaylor Hammel at age 12.​Fifteen-year-old Boy Scout and lacrosse jock Taylor Hammel is said to have shown no emotion when he was arraigned for murder and arson last Friday. Now prosecutors have filed paperwork arguing that the teen be charged as an adult for beating and stabbi ... More >>

  • Arts

    March 16, 2011

    Opening Nights: The Firebugs

    Why we fought World War II.

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2011

    David Jewell, Chattaroy Molestation Suspect, Battles Cops in Burning Trailer With Homemade Flamethrower

    ​David Jewell's 15-year-old son called police on Wednesday to say that his dad had raped his 11-year-old sister in their trailer and that they should come quick. But soon after the deputies arrived, the place was on fire and Jewell was inside with a knife and a homemade flamethrower.

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2011

    UPDATE: Tarasco Catches Fire (But Now It IS in the Good Way)

    ​OK, so here's some very good news for all you karaoke fans out there. Remember a couple days ago when we had to report the sad news that Tarasco in Ballard had suffered an electrical fire in the middle of the night and was forced to close? Remember how we had no idea when the place was going ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2011

    Sad News for Karaoke Fans: Tarasco Catches Fire (and Not in the Good Way)

    ​Because we've got some serious karaoke aficionados on staff here, we've written a lot of words about Tarasco. It's been referred to as a "lone Mexican restaurant on a quiet street in Ballard that even most Ballardites aren't familiar with," where the "target audience appears to be single adul ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2010

    Cat Starts Fire With Toaster in Port Townsend, Latest in Long Line of Pyromaniac Pets

    ​Reports are coming from Port Townsend that, last night, Osiris the cat started Lois Lund's house on fire after falling asleep on a toaster and depressing the lever. The cat, ominously named Osiris, after the Egyptian God of the Dead, was apparently trying to stay out of the reach of the pet d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2010

    Punks Caught on Camera Destroying West Seattle Duck Display

    ​Ron Sterling is one of those people known for liking one very particular object. My mother had a friend who was one of those people -- her thing was porcelain pigs. Ron's thing is rubber ducks. The West Seattle psychiatrist started off just decorating his Christmas tree with the little quacke ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 15, 2010

    Lyfe Jennings

    ​Ron Sterling is one of those people known for liking one very particular object. My mother had a friend who was one of those people -- her thing was porcelain pigs. Ron's thing is rubber ducks. The West Seattle psychiatrist started off just decorating his Christmas tree with the little quacke ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2010

    Three Washington State Patrol Employees Dead After House Fire

    ​UPDATE: Video from the scene shows the scorched frame of a house and not much else. Watch it, after the jump. Three Washington State Patrol employees have reportedly died after an early-morning house fire in Zillah. The Spokesman Review says that the victims have been "identified as 55-year- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2010

    Beef So Spicy It Could Kill a Robot

    This is a fucking fire hazard, just like everything on the menu at Sichuanese Cuisine.​ Sichuanese Cuisine is not only the name of the restaurant, it also describes the food sold there. I thought it was a dumb name at first, like Il Bistro, where the title is too fucking obvious. Then once I ... More >>

  • Film

    April 21, 2010

    The Square: Noir From Down Under

    This is a fucking fire hazard, just like everything on the menu at Sichuanese Cuisine.​ Sichuanese Cuisine is not only the name of the restaurant, it also describes the food sold there. I thought it was a dumb name at first, like Il Bistro, where the title is too fucking obvious. Then once I ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2010

    Michael Carlson Accused of Shooting Wife 10 Times, Burning Down His House, Then Blaming it All on the Mob

    ​On January 3, fire trucks were called to the Tacoma home of Michael and Laura Carlson. When they arrived, the found the house engulfed in flames and Laura's body in the bedroom, with Carlson standing over her. Neighbors told police that Carlson looked as if he was trying to save his wife. De ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2010

    Body Found at the Scene of South Park House Fire

    Medical examiners haven't identified the body found inside the blaze.​Last night, investigators from the Seattle Fire Department made a grisly discovery at the scene of a house fire in South Park. The SFD says that around 8:20 p.m., a neighbor walking her dog spotted smoke and flames shooting ... More >>

  • News

    December 23, 2009

    Cold-Blooded Streak

    Medical examiners haven't identified the body found inside the blaze.​Last night, investigators from the Seattle Fire Department made a grisly discovery at the scene of a house fire in South Park. The SFD says that around 8:20 p.m., a neighbor walking her dog spotted smoke and flames shooting ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2009

    Your Greenwood Arson Suspect: Kevin Todd Swalwell

    UPDATE: Swalwell pleads not guilty to all 12 charges. Details after the jump.Washington Dept. of CorrectionsKevin Todd Swalwell​ The man suspected of setting many if not all of the 14 recent arsons in Greenwood is a 46-year-old homeless man named Kevin Todd Swalwell. At a press conference h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2009

    Christopher Monfort, Suspect in Murder of Officer Tim Brenton, Wanted to Be a Cop

    Christopher Monfort as a UW scholar in 2008.​UPDATE: The college student who sold Monfort his Datsun says the alleged cop-killer creeped him out. Details after the jump. Thanks to the hard work of reporters at the Seattle Times and P-I, we now know a lot more about Christopher Monfort, the 41 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2009

    Arson Suspect Kevin Todd Swalwell Highlights Difficulty in Monitoring Homeless Ex-Cons

    Would housing have brought stability?​How do you keep a potentially dangerous ex-con on the straight and narrow when that person is zig zagging around the streets looking for a place to sleep? That's the challenge that perpetually confronts state Community Corrections Officers, charged with mo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2009

    Accused Cop Killer Christopher Monfort Facing Death Penalty, Waged 'War' Against Police, says Prosecutor

    ​Accused cop shooter Christopher Monfort, 41, now faces the possibility of the death penalty for planning and executing "his own personal war" against the Seattle Police Department and killing one of its officers, King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg announced today. Monfort was charged with ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2009

    Hundreds Turn Out for Briefing on Greenwood Arsonist

    Seattle Fire Marshall John Nelson fields questions from Greenwood residents​It was standing room only last night at the Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church as city officials briefed what seemed like the entirety of the greater Greenlake community on the ongoing investigation into a recent spate of a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2009

    Greenwood Arsonist Strikes Again

    FlickrSomeone is making it their mission to keep Greenwood ablaze.​UPDATE: Two more fires were set last night. Details after the jump. Greenwood has a serial arsonist. Last night at 3:30 AM firefighters responded to a blaze on 85th St. The back deck of a small accounting firm had been set afl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2009

    Note Threatening Police Found Shortly Before Murder of Officer Timothy Brenton

    Did the torching of three police cars have anything to do with the murder of a Seattle cop?​UPDATE: Police now believe that Christopher Monfort, the suspect in the murder of Officer Tim Brenton, is also responsible for the fires. Details after the jump. On October 22nd, someone torched four ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2009

    We'd Like to Think They Read It and Enjoy It First: Seattle Weekly Paper Used in Yet Another Crime

    ​The last time a copy of SW was involved in the commission of a crime (or at least the last time we know of), it was as a sort of peekaboo device, used regularly by a chronic bus masturbator to cover his junk--because what's the fun without a little tease, and who couldn't use a quick cover-up ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2009

    Like Animated Music Videos? Here's a Great One from a Local

    For those of you who happen to be partial to animated music videos, here's one you'll probably enjoy from director Anton Bogarty and hushed folk troubadour Daniel G. Harmann, a local Burning Buildings Recordings artist whose song "Dee" compliments this tragic little storyline in a very compelling ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 29, 2009

    Magnolia Electric Company

    For those of you who happen to be partial to animated music videos, here's one you'll probably enjoy from director Anton Bogarty and hushed folk troubadour Daniel G. Harmann, a local Burning Buildings Recordings artist whose song "Dee" compliments this tragic little storyline in a very compelling ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2008

    The Most Annoying Campaign Commercial of 2008

    For those of you who happen to be partial to animated music videos, here's one you'll probably enjoy from director Anton Bogarty and hushed folk troubadour Daniel G. Harmann, a local Burning Buildings Recordings artist whose song "Dee" compliments this tragic little storyline in a very compelling ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2008

    Today's Geezer News

    For those of you who happen to be partial to animated music videos, here's one you'll probably enjoy from director Anton Bogarty and hushed folk troubadour Daniel G. Harmann, a local Burning Buildings Recordings artist whose song "Dee" compliments this tragic little storyline in a very compelling ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2008

    Did the ELF succeed?

    For those of you who happen to be partial to animated music videos, here's one you'll probably enjoy from director Anton Bogarty and hushed folk troubadour Daniel G. Harmann, a local Burning Buildings Recordings artist whose song "Dee" compliments this tragic little storyline in a very compelling ... More >>

  • News

    February 6, 2008

    More Details Emerge in UW's Eco-Arson Case

    What's this about the Mafia-like "Family"?

  • News

    November 28, 2007

    There Used to Be a Campfire Outside Fremont

    And it might come back. Maybe.

  • Arts

    August 15, 2007

    Sunny Cafe and Gremet Come Off a Bit Flabby

    And it might come back. Maybe.

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2007

    Fiery Malfunkshun

    And it might come back. Maybe.

  • News

    February 1, 2006

    Arson as Political Speech

    And it might come back. Maybe.

  • News

    January 25, 2006

    Arson as Political Speech

    And it might come back. Maybe.

  • News

    April 23, 2003

    Pants on Fire

    The ethically challenged King County Journal.

  • News

    May 29, 2002

    Sliding up the pole

    The ethically challenged King County Journal.

  • News

    May 30, 2001

    The fire this time

    The Coe School blaze leaves no answers—just new questions and a shake-up in Seattle's arson investigations.

  • Music

    May 16, 2001

    What Combs Around

    The Coe School blaze leaves no answers—just new questions and a shake-up in Seattle's arson investigations.

  • Arts

    October 4, 2000

    Caution: flammable

    Where pyromania meets contemporary art.

  • News

    October 14, 1998

    Appeals Court Barbie

    Clinton and Gorton strike a deal to promote Chief Justice Barbara Durham, paving the way to a more liberal state supreme court.

  • News

    February 4, 1998

    Bombings

    A McVeigh or a Jewell?

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