methamphetamine

SEATTLE (AP) — A former prison guard was sentenced in federal court to 18 months in prison for smuggling contraband into the Monroe Correctional Complex. U.S. Attorney Annette Hayes says Michael Bowden of Everett pleaded guilty in January to extortion...

CENTRALIA  (AP) — A Washington state man has been charged with manufacturing methamphetamine after authorities say a woman he is suspected of assaulting alerted them to the location of his meth lab. The Chronicle reports 47-year-old Justin Bonifield of Centralia appeared in court Wednesday on drug and domestic violence charges...

FERNDALE (AP) — A woman who lives outside Bellingham has been arrested in connection with a threat made against Washington Gov. Jay Inslee. The Bellingham Herald reports 42-year-old Deborah Lindor of Ferndale was booked into jail Thursday and could face felony charges of threatening to harm...

TACOMA (AP) — A 28-year-old man has pleaded guilty to murder for a hammer attack that killed a Tacoma woman and her son. The News Tribune reports that Nicholas Lane pleaded guilty Tuesday to two counts of second-degree murder as part of a plea deal...

EVERETT (AP) — An Everett man who operated a chain of "clean and sober" housing facilities has admitted to selling heroin and methamphetamine out of those same locations. The Daily Herald says 50-year-old Timothy Rehberg pleaded guilty last month to drug trafficking and gun charges in federal court in Seattle...

BREMERTON (AP) — Police say a man high on methamphetamine and marijuana drove onto a sidewalk and hit a woman and man at a Bremerton bus stop. KOMO-TV reports the 31-year-old Bremerton woman died at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle...

MILTON, Wash. (AP) — A Milton man has been accused of leaving his toddler daughter in a freezing car overnight after driving her home while intoxicated. Pierce County prosecutors say Michael A. Dufour pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges of criminal mistreatment, abandonment of a dependent person and possession of methamphetamine. ...

Last Monday two Yakima brothers were run over by a man who police say was high on drugs. Today they are recovering. Ten-year-old Christopher Sanchez is out of the ICU and now in satisfactory condition, according to Harborview Medical Center...

A new statewide tracking system that monitors over-the-counter ingredients used to make methamphetamine blocked more than 13,300 sales in the last nine months. Three ingredients – pseudoephedrine, ephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine – are used as directed to help millions of people treat colds and allergies...