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Police Reports Kelso Officer Kills Man Attacking With Walking Stick
Police Reports Kelso Officer Kills Man Attacking With Walking Stick
KELSO, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say a Kelso patrolman shot and killed a man who attacked two gas station clerks and the officer himself with a walking stick. Cowlitz County Sheriff Mark Nelson told a news conference that the suspect, a black man described as a transient, was reported to have shoplifted from a gas station food mart in West Kelso...
Couple Convicted Of Criminal Mistreatment Of Children
Couple Convicted Of Criminal Mistreatment Of Children
(AP) - A superior court judge has convicted a Longview, Wash., couple of withholding food from two of their five adopted children. Cowlitz County Judge Michael Evans ruled Tuesday that Jeffrey and Rebecca Trebilcock starved their then-13-year-old adopted son nearly to death and denied a significant amount of food to his biological sister...