second degree assault

BREMERTON (AP) — A 28-year-old man is facing charges after being accused of assaulting a woman with several objects, including a machete. The Kitsap Sun reports that the suspect was arrested by King County deputies on Nov. 22. He faces charges of first- and second-degree assault and unlawful possession of a firearm...

LACEY (AP) — A man has been arrested for allegedly starving and psychologically abusing his two young sons. Marc J. Litten appeared before Thurston County Superior Court Judge Erik Price on Monday, who found probable cause for two counts of second-degree assault of a child, The Olympian reported ...

TACOMA (AP) — Authorities say a single BB gun shot to the heart killed a homeless man found dead in Tacoma this week. The News Tribune reports that police didn't initially realize the case was a homicide, but an autopsy revealed the cause of death for 32-year-old Dustin Kopp...

OLYMPIA (AP) — A man who threw acid on a Thurston County judge at his home has been sentenced to more than 14 years in prison. Michael E. Martin, 36, was sentenced Wednesday, the Olympian reported . He pleaded guilty last month to charges of first-degree assault, second-degree assault and malicious mischief for the attack on District Judge Brett Buckley when he answered the door at his home on Sep

Lance Stafford, the man accused of scalding his girlfriend's two-year-old daughter in 2010, has been found not guilty. Stafford was acquitted of second-degree assault of a child. The trial started last Thursday. His defense team argued it was an accident and that the toddler fell into the hot bath water while Stafford was in another room...

27 year old Zeshawn Durani was charged Thursday with second degree assalt of a child after being arrested earlier this month for beating his girlfriend and injuring a 6 day old baby she was carrying. The baby is currently in foster care recovering...