News Staff MOSES LAKE – A man caught stealing a catalytic converter in January in Moses Lake was sentenced Tuesday. Trevor G. Schaffer, 29, pleaded guilty in Grant County Superior Court to second-degree theft and second-degree malicious mischief, stemming form the Jan. 23, theft at a car dealership on South Frontage Road, according to court records. A … Read more
WATERVILLE – A man charged in the shooting death of his ex-girlfriend in Douglas County has been found competent to stand trial. Dalton Potter underwent an evaluation at the Chelan County Regional Justice Center and a psychologist determined the 28 year old understands the charges against him. He is accused of killing Alyssa Longwell on … Read more
WENATCHEE – Chelan County and six area school districts have reached agreements to allow school resource officers to partner with the jail’s narcotics-detecting dog. The agreements allow for officers to call the Chelan County Regional Justice Center and request the dog come to the school if the officer has reasonable suspicion that a student has … Read more
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) – Washington House Democrats have passed a bill that would require a 10-day waiting period when purchasing firearms. Weapons dealers would not be able to sell or transfer guns without the completion of a background check and 10 day waiting period, The Olympian reported. The measure passed Tuesday and will move to … Read more
CLE ELUM – An elderly Leavenworth man was injured in a rollover crash Tuesday morning on I-90 west of Cle Elum. David W. Berry, 74, apparently lost control of his vehicle, skidded off the road and struck an embankment in the median, before overturning, according to the Washington State Patrol. Berry was taken to Kittitas … Read more
LEAVENWORTH – The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation issued an announcement Tuesday soliciting the public’s help in finding a sculpture stolen last month from a Leavenworth park. The Colville Tribes said they discovered the metal salmon sculpture along the Waterfront Park trail near Barn Beach was gone on February 16. Colville Tribes asks anyone … Read more
OTHELLO – After a brief standoff a wanted man was taken into custody in Othello Tuesday. Nicholas Romero Rivera was arrested on multiple outstanding felony warrants, stemming from a 2022 armed domestic incident, and a 2017 police chase that ended with him crashing near Moses Lake. He’s also suspected of booby-trapping a vehicle with a … Read more
SUNNYSIDE – New details are emerging about a police chase that ended resulting in a horrific fatal crash near Sunnyside. According to a Tuesday updated affadavit, Washington State Patrol troopers tried to stop an erratic driver four times, on I-90 Feb. 28 but troopers halted the pursuit of 20-year-old Keith Goings because of a state … Read more
CHELAN – A teen accused of setting fire to a horse stable this summer [July] in Chelan has accepted a plea deal in the case. Connor Leo Strange, 18, pleaded guilty in Chelan County Superior Court for the July 17 fire at the Lake Chelan Rodeo Grounds. A sentencing hearing is scheduled for March 15. … Read more
SOAP LAKE – Shoe prints in the snow helped lead deputies to a man suspected of breaking into a shop Monday morning near Soap Lake. According to the sheriff’s office, the perpatrator, identified as Nicholas Schafer, 25, was reportedly seen on camera entering the store on Locust Road stealing a number of tools. He was … Read more