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Scottie Scheffler's PGA Championship appearance was marred by a controversial arrest that made headlines nationwide.

40-year-old Elias Huizar served in the Yakima Police Department from 2013-2022

SEATTLE (AP) — A Seattle police officer has been charged with helping smuggle hundreds of pounds of marijuana to Baltimore. Alex Chapackdee, a 44-year-old patrol officer who's been with the department since 2000, was arrested Saturday. According to a federal criminal complaint unsealed Monday, he is one of four men charged with conspiring to distribute marijuana...

SEATTLE (AP) — The U.S. Attorney's office says a Seattle police officer was among four people arrested on drug-trafficking charges. The Seattle Times reports that the officer was immediately placed on administrative leave without pay after the Saturday arrest...

TACOMA (AP) — A street in a city park will soon be named in honor of slain Tacoma Police officer Reginald "Jake" Gutierrez. The News Tribune reports that the street winds through Stewart Heights Park and past a police substation where Gutierrez worked...

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A Spokane police officer was justified in killing a man after a foot chase in January. The Spokane County Prosecutor's Office made that ruling on Tuesday in the death of 33-year-old Dexter Dumarce. He was killed in the early-morning hours of Jan...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A longtime Portland police officer was arrested on suspicion of DUI after a deputy saw him driving the wrong way on Highway 99 in southwestern Washington. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports Rodney Gustafson was off-duty when he was arrested early Saturday in the Hazel Dell area...

OLYMPIA  (AP) — A trial for two men accused of assaulting an Olympia police officer in an incident in which the men were shot has begun. The Olympian reports attorneys gave opening statements Wednesday the trial of Bryson Chaplin and Andre Thompson...

DES MOINES  (AP) — Authorities say a Kent police officer shot and killed a man who refused to drop a machete in Des Moines. KIRO-TV reports that officers from Des Moines, Kent and Tukwila went to the house at about 12:30 a.m. Thursday after people reported an armed man behaving erratically...

YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — A Sunnyside police officer has been arrested on suspicion of domestic violence. The Yakima Herald-Republic reports Anthony Russell was booked into Yakima County jail over the weekend. Yakima County Sherriff's deputies say a woman told them earlier this month that Russell pinned her down during an argument, leaving bruises and rug burn...