Attempted murder

Judge Won’t Reject Statements by Suspect in Trooper Assault
Judge Won’t Reject Statements by Suspect in Trooper Assault
Judge Won’t Reject Statements by Suspect in Trooper Assault
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A judge has refused to throw out statements allegedly made to authorities by a Washington state man accused of trying to kill a Highway Patrol trooper in South Dakota. The Rapid City Journal reports that attorneys for 34-year-old Donald Willingham, of Renton, Washington, unsuccessfully argued that the statements were obtained illegally...
Jury Convicts Man in Fatal Shooting at Seattle University
Jury Convicts Man in Fatal Shooting at Seattle University
Jury Convicts Man in Fatal Shooting at Seattle University
SEATTLE (AP) — A jury has convicted a man for fatally shooting a student and wounding two others at a small private Seattle university in 2014. The King County jury found Aaron Ybarra guilty of first-degree murder, three counts of attempted murder and one account of assault for the attack at Seattle Pacific University that killed 19-year-old Paul Lee...
Bellingham Man Sentenced for Plan to Kill Wife’s Boyfriend
Bellingham Man Sentenced for Plan to Kill Wife’s Boyfriend
Bellingham Man Sentenced for Plan to Kill Wife’s Boyfriend
BELLINGHAM (AP) — A Bellingham man charged with trying to kill his estranged wife's new boyfriend on Valentine's Day has been sentenced to 13 years in prison. The Bellingham Herald reports that 44-year-old Patrick Allen Leach was sentenced Monday after pleading guilty to attempted murder as part of a plea deal...
All-night Standoff in Spokane Leads to Arrest
All-night Standoff in Spokane Leads to Arrest
All-night Standoff in Spokane Leads to Arrest
SPOKANE (AP) — Spokane police say they have arrested a man wanted on a warrant for attempted murder after an all-night standoff. The Spokesman-Review reports that police arrived at a Spokane home Friday evening after receiving information that 38-year-old Coby C...
Inmate Charged With Attempted Murder of Tacoma Jail Guard
Inmate Charged With Attempted Murder of Tacoma Jail Guard
Inmate Charged With Attempted Murder of Tacoma Jail Guard
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A 21-year-old woman has been charged with attempted murder after authorities say she attempted to strangle a corrections officer in Tacoma. Pierce County prosecutors said in a news release that Kady Jo Paxton was also charged Tuesday with attempted assault and unlawful possession of a deadly weapon by a prisoner...
3 of 4 Suspects Plead Guilty in Beating of Highway Patrolman
3 of 4 Suspects Plead Guilty in Beating of Highway Patrolman
3 of 4 Suspects Plead Guilty in Beating of Highway Patrolman
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Three of four Washington state residents accused in the beating of a South Dakota Highway Patrol trooper have pleaded guilty. Twenty-six-year-old Desiree Sukert, 24-year-old Chase Sukert and 22-year-old Jonathan Melendez pleaded guilty Tuesday to a drug charge and to being accessories to the October 2015 assault of Trooper Zachary Bader during an Interstate 90 traffic stop
Two Arrested In Assault of Local Real Estate Agent
Two Arrested In Assault of Local Real Estate Agent
Two Arrested In Assault of Local Real Estate Agent
Two people are being held in the Yakima County jail Today after being arrested in the assault of Yakima Realtor Vern Holbrook. The 78-year-old remains in serious condition at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. County Sheriff's Deputies say 38-year-old Luis Gomez-Monges and 23-year- old Adriana Mendez set up the Saturday meeting with Holbrook...
Yakima Man Being Held for Attempted Second Degree Murder
Yakima Man Being Held for Attempted Second Degree Murder
Yakima Man Being Held for Attempted Second Degree Murder
A 31-year-old Yakima man faces a charge of attempted second-degree murder after police say he tried to kill his father during an argument at a home on North 80th avenue. Darrel Nidiffer is being held in the Yakima County Jail. Police say Nidiffer stabbed his 51-year-old father with a buck knife late Saturday night...

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