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NEW YORK (AP) — Police have arrested a suspect in the random stabbing of a tourist in New York City earlier this month. Twenty-three-year-old Connor Rasmussen, of Puyallup, Washington, was stabbed in the back of the head on Dec. 18. Police announced the arrest Wednesday of 20-year-old Steven Tlapanco on charges of attempted murder, assault and criminal possession of a weapon...

WALLA WALLA (AP) — A 24-year-old man has pleaded guilty to five felony charges in connection with three cases in Walla Walla last year. The Walla Walla Union-Bulletin reports that Shawn Crump had faced three trials next month before pleading guilty Tuesday to kidnapping, assault, methamphetamine possession and other charges...

PASCO, Wash. (AP) — A man has been sentenced to 94 years in prison for a fatal Pasco shooting in 2014 that was tied to a string of gang-related shootings in the area. The Tri-City Herald reports 20-year-old DeShawn Anderson, of Finley, was sentenced Monday after being convicted of murder, assault and weapons charges...

A Yakima jury convicted a Sunnyside gang member of intimidating a witness Friday. 26-year-old Adrian Ozuna was already serving eleven years behind bars for robbery, assault and trying to elude police. The intimidation was against a witness who testified against him during the 2009 trial...

Yakima County Sheriff's detectives are investigating a robbery in Selah reported Saturday morning. Two suspects burst into an elderly man's home and assault him while as they tear through his home looking for valuables.  Authorities say it was reported early Saturday morning at the home on Quail Ridge Road...

The man arrested for a double homicide in Yakima on Monday near the Naches river was ordered held on 2 million dollars bail in court on Tuesday. 19-year-old Lameiro Flores, admitted to shooting the two victims Monday afternoon on north 16 Avenue near the Naches river...

A man who burst into a Toppenish motel room looking for his girlfriend and slashed a woman in the face was sentenced to 11-and-a-half years in prison on Monday in County Superior Court. 31-year-old Joey Andy was recently convicted of first-degree burglary and second-degree assault...

A 60-year-old woman walking to work at the Bakery Outlet in downtown Yakima was assaulted and robbed May 15. Yakima Police say a man approached the woman from behind and hit her in the head as she was walking toward a back door. The employee was reportedly carrying a bank bag with an undisclosed amount of money inside...

  The couple allegedly fed their 16 year old children once a day and kept food in the home locked up. That story and more from KIT's Lance Tormey.

A 31 year old man is under arrest for allegedly assaulting a man at a Selah home over the weekend.