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Geoff Dyer

Jesse James Clark and Johnny Lee Jordan, Alleged Dognappers, Charged in Case of Bulldog Extortion

​In early October, wheelchair-bound Woodland, Wash. resident Jennifer Thomas found her beloved English bulldog Jagger was missing. Making matters worse she soon got a series of text messages from someone claiming to have her dog and demanding cash or prescription drugs or else the dog would be ... More >>

Sam Scholfield

​In early October, wheelchair-bound Woodland, Wash. resident Jennifer Thomas found her beloved English bulldog Jagger was missing. Making matters worse she soon got a series of text messages from someone claiming to have her dog and demanding cash or prescription drugs or else the dog would be ... More >>

Tell It to the Judge

Mercer Island attorney John Siegel's dunderheaded death threats.

John C. Siegel, Mercer Island Attorney, Accused of Threatening to Kill Muni Judge Kimi Kondo

Judge Kondo​A Mercer Island attorney is being held on $1.5 million bail for threatening to kill veteran Seattle Municipal Court Judge Kimi Kondo, according to new court filings. Attorney John C. Siegel, 40, is also accused of witness tampering and other charges springing from a domestic violen ... More >>

Crafty Approach to Lacey Sexting Debacle Pays Off

​When the Thurston County prosecutor's office charged three Lacey middle-schoolers with dissemination of child pornography last year, it seemed like an over-the-top reaction to a sexting debacle wrought by the kids. Yes, the students had inexcusably humiliated a 14-year-old by broadcasting a ... More >>

Barbara Jeanne Anderson, 37-Year-Old Kentlake High-School Teacher, Charged With Having Sex With 17-Year-Old Student

​It took a couple days, but we finally have a name for the 37-year-old Kentlake High School math teacher who was arrested and charged with having sex with a 17-year-old student. It's Barbara Jeanne Anderson of Covington and police say her relationship with the student was, lets just say, compl ... More >>

Buddha Belltown

​It took a couple days, but we finally have a name for the 37-year-old Kentlake High School math teacher who was arrested and charged with having sex with a 17-year-old student. It's Barbara Jeanne Anderson of Covington and police say her relationship with the student was, lets just say, compl ... More >>