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The prisoners are being released early to ease overcrowding in the prison system to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

The Washington Department of Corrections is taking the action to release people early as a way to provide more physical distancing within the state's correctional facilities.

KENNEWICK, Wash. (AP) — A bookkeeper who embezzled about $720,000 over a four-year period from the Richland doctor's office where she worked has been sentenced to five years in prison. The Tri-City Herald reports that 43-year-old Jennifer Morris received the sentence Thursday in Benton County Superior Court...

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A man who threatened to kill a judge while representing himself in court has been sentenced to two years in prison. The News Tribune reports that 32-year-old Michael Deshawn Denton received the sentence Tuesday in Pierce County Superior Court...

SEATTLE (AP) — A 28-year-old woman who sold a fatal dose of heroin to another woman in 2015 has been sentenced to over three years in prison. The U.S. Justice Department said in a news release that Casey Marie Ward was sentenced Monday in the death of 28-year-old Felisha Jackson...

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — School shooter Barry Loukaitis, who killed three people and wounded a fourth at a Moses Lake middle school in 1996, has been re-sentenced to 189 years in prison. Loukaitis was resentenced Wednesday in Ephrata, the result of a U...

EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — A man who admitted to helping his brother hide the bodies of a rural Washington state couple has been sentenced to 14 months in prison. Multiple media outlets reported that 50-year-old Tony Reed was sentenced Monday in connection with the 2016 deaths of Monique Patenaude and Patrick Shunn near Arlington...

SPOKANE (AP) — A Washington man has been sentenced to more than 20 years in prison for molesting a child under the age of 12. The Spokesman-Review reports 41-year-old David Afterbuffalo pleaded guilty to one count of abusive sexual contact with a child...

WALLA WALLA, Wash. (AP) — A Walla Walla area man has been sentenced to more than 17 years in prison for the attempted murder of a gang member. The Walla Walla Union-Bulletin reports 19-year-old Ricardo Miguel Maldonado was sentenced Tuesday after a jury found him guilty of attempted murder while armed with a firearm...

LONGVIEW (AP) — A Washington state man convicted of molesting a 4-year-old girl has been sentenced to life in prison. The Daily News reports that Ronald Cook was sentenced Tuesday after he was found guilty of molesting the child while still on probation following his previous release from prison...