Officers' families hurt their own cause
The South Sound has showered the families of four slain Lakewood police officers with love, support and money. But the community’s generosity is not so spent that it can’t afford one more gift: the...
View ArticleLakewood plans to create memorial for its 4 fallen officers
The City of Lakewood will create a memorial for its four police officers who lost their lives six months ago.
View ArticleVigil to honor officers draws crowd to Lakewood
People congregated Thursday at Lakewood City Hall for a live broadcast of a candlelight vigil held in Washington, D.C., to honor the nation’s fallen law enforcement officers. The crowd of about 100,...
View ArticleWitnesses to police killings describe scene
In court: Latanya Clemmons suspected of aiding getaway driver's escape | The trial of Latanya Clemmons began Monday in Pierce County Superior Court, but it was the sins of her brother that took center...
View ArticleNewspapers lose in attempt to get information in Lakewood police slayings
For the second time in a month, a Pierce County judge has refused a request by The Seattle Times and other news organizations, including The News Tribune, to release more than 2,000 pages of...
View ArticleClemmons sister's case goes to jury
Court: Attorneys argue whether she knew friend was wanted in cop-killer case | What did LaTanya Clemmons know and when did she know it?
View ArticleFour police killed
A Lakewood police officer who saw three of his colleagues shot dead Sunday tried to stop the fleeing gunman and might have shot him before being killed at a Parkland…Click to Continue »
View ArticleInquest called for in death of police killer
King County Executive Dow Constantine plans to call for an inquest into the fatal shooting of Maurice Clemmons, who killed four Lakewood police officers Nov. 29.Click to Continue »
View ArticleSlain Lakewood officers’ families advise lawmakers
Family members of three of the four Lakewood police officers slain Nov. 29 were among those advising state lawmakers Monday how to close gaps in the criminal justice system that…Click to Continue »
View Article3 of the fallen officers' families reportedly drop claims against Pierce County
The Seattle Times and Q-13 Fox News are reporting that the estates of Renninger, Richards and Owens will drop their claims against the county altogether, citing the ugly public backlash.Click to...
View ArticleLakewood police families drop claims after intense criticism
The families of three slain Lakewood police officers decided today to abandon their claims for damages against Pierce County after the public unleashed a torrent of criticism against them. •Click to...
View ArticleState's highest honor to be given to slain Lakewood, Pierce County officers...
Fourteen law enforcement officers - including six from the Lakewood Police Department and Pierce County Sheriff's Office - will be honored today during a ceremony in Olympia.Click to Continue »
View ArticleClemmons' getaway driver challenges murder convictions
Dorcus Allen’s fate hangs on three words: “should have known.” Those words, and the idea that they were misused, mark the grounds of his appeal on four convictions of first-degree…Click to Continue »
View ArticleConvictions in Clemmons case upheld on appeal
A divided state Court of Appeals panel has upheld the convictions of Dorcus Allen, the getaway driver in one of Pierce County’s most notorious crimes.Click to Continue »
View ArticleNew school to be named for fallen Lakewood officers
The Clover Park School District will honor four Lakewood police officers gunned down more than four years ago by naming a new school Four Heroes Elementary.Click to Continue »
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