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Peyser was first arrested in May shortly after the death but was released because of a lack of evidence.
He's being held in the Yakima County jail on bail set at $100,000.

The first work will convert a storage facility next to the jail into a permanent homeless shelter to replace Camp Hope now located behind the former K-Mart on East Nob Hill Blvd. That facility is expected to be ready in June of next year.

Corrections Officer Adimando Viveros, Jr. was injured when several inmates attacked him Tuesday.

Police say it happened at about 2:00 a.m. Sunday in the 2900 block of Fifth Street. But the motive remains unclear.

COLLEGE PLACE, Wash. (AP) — Police say a middle school principal who was attacked Thursday in southeastern Washington has been released from the hospital.
College Place police said Friday that two high school students who are siblings entered John Sager Middle School Thursday and forced their w…

SEATTLE (AP) — The state of Washington has accrued fines of about $7.5 million for failing to provide competency services to mentally ill people who must wait in jails for weeks or months.
The federal judge who imposed the fines issued an order on Tuesday saying the state must pay the outstandi…

A former Snohomish County corrections deputy has been charged with providing homemade chocolate chip cookies in exchange for sexual favors from a female inmate.

Lenny Dykstra’s unlikely journey from all-star centerfielder to supposed financial wizard and businessman has landed the 49-year-old in jail.

Yakima County Prosecutor Jim Hagarty won't do any jail time connected to his DUI arrest last month. Hagarty pleaded guilty in court yesterday to a lesser charge of reckless driving.

Who knew that being a convicted murderer could land you the esteemed title of "Miss Jail," an award doled out by the Racife, Brazil women's prison?
The yearly contest is based on beauty, knowledge and good cell behavior and can only be won by femmes behind bars.