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Articles by John Metcalfe
Rick Harrison's vending-machine investigations have led to the discovery of several "phantoms."
Meet the Housing Authority’s Chief Vending-Machine Detective
By John Metcalfe • June 5, 2007 12:00 am

How one man’s love of Ruger wafers led to the unearthing of an alleged housing authority snack-skimming racket.

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One Man's Brutal Encounter With Sexual Abuse In the Mormon Church
One Man’s Brutal Encounter With Sexual Abuse In...
By John Metcalfe • May 29, 2007 12:00 am

Transgressions involving Mormons, Scouts, and children remain a well-kept secret.

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Do You Fancy a Beer That’s Spent Time With the Elements?
Do You Fancy a Beer That’s Spent Time...
By John Metcalfe • May 15, 2007 12:00 am

Brouwer’s has 57 “insectoid” brews on tap all month.

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Matthew “Tatsuo” Nakata, who died crossing a street in West Seattle, wasn’t the first person Schwartz hit.
Driver Who Struck Matthew “Tatsuo” Nakata Had a...
By John Metcalfe • May 1, 2007 12:00 am

Rabbi Ephraim Schwartz had at least eight moving violations at the time of the incident.

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The West Seattle intersection where Tatsuo Nakata was struck and killed.
Family of Prominent Car-Accident Victim Considers Suing City
By John Metcalfe • April 17, 2007 12:00 am

Will the prosecutorial action in the wake of a prominent pedestrian’s death spare the city from civil action?

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Project Greenbribe
Project Greenbribe
By John Metcalfe • March 27, 2007 12:00 am

Will a Yesler Terrace resident’s vegetable sales lead to a bribery conviction?

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Williamson last month: "I'm in jail, but I'm free."
Media Beat
By John Metcalfe • March 20, 2007 12:00 am

Chronic bus masturbator shuns the Internet for newsprint.

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Chuck Pillon's junkyard has earned him criminal charges and government fines, yet he insists it's a public asset.
King of Iron Mountain: A Trip Inside the...
By John Metcalfe • February 27, 2007 12:00 am

A sign recently appeared outside Chuck Pillon’s house that’s raised the eyebrows of his neighbors. It reads: For Sale. “I…

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Father Tony Haycock's  church is the sea.
Holy Waters
By John Metcalfe • February 12, 2007 12:00 am

Belltown’s Catholic Seamen’s Club has survived a tidal wave of gentrification. But will it survive viaduct tunneling?

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Thank You, Come Again
Thank You, Come Again
By John Metcalfe • February 12, 2007 12:00 am

Tracking the rather monotonous purchases of a serial 7-Eleven robber.

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The building at right, looking out on Calder's Eagle, is the UW's Primate Research Center.
Meat and Monkeys
By John Metcalfe • February 12, 2007 12:00 am

The new sculpture park’s front row is occupied by a pair of unlikely (and uninterested) neighbors.

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