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In the warrant from the Yakima County Prosecutors Office Cerna is charged with first-degree sexual misconduct with a minor and two counts of furnishing liquor to minors.

Prosecutor Joe Brusic will appear on The Morning News Tuesday at 7:40 a.m. Don't miss our conversation.

Brusic says some of the same measures could be implemented in Yakima County.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Three Washington state men arrested in a large drug bust in northern North Dakota have been scheduled for trial in federal court in Bismarck. The Minot Daily News reports that 20-year-old Luis Magana, 24-year-old Gregorio Capetillo and 27-year-old David Salazar are to stand trial Sept...

SEATTLE (AP) — Lawyers for the man suing Seattle Mayor Ed Murray for alleged sexual abuse are requesting to have the case moved outside Seattle and want sanctions imposed on Murray's lawyer for "concocting and spreading a false narrative" that their law firm is anti-gay...

EVERETT (AP) — The trial for a man charged with murder in the deaths of a rural Washington state couple has been pushed back to 2018. The Daily Herald reports John Reed's trial was rescheduled Monday after he exercised his right to hire new legal counsel...

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...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The second trial involving people who occupied an Oregon wildlife refuge last winter has reached closing arguments, with prosecutor Ethan Knight telling jurors the case is about four defendants who went too far. The men are charged with conspiring to impede Interior Department employees from doing their jobs during the 41-day standoff...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Trial is opening in Las Vegas for six defendants accused of illegally wielding weapons to block a federal round-up of states' rights advocate Cliven Bundy's cows nearly three years ago. A U.S. District Court jury will hear Thursday from prosecutors saying the six men deserve prison for conspiring against the government — and from defense attorneys casting their clients as citizens

TRI-CITIES (AP) — A nonjury trial for a lawsuit filed by the state of Washington and other parties over increased protections for workers on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation has been postponed. The Tri-City Herald reports a federal judge has reset the case for Oct...