Police Blotter

Bank robber shot, killed

June 29-A robber wanted for four bank hold-ups in South King County in less than a week was shot and killed by a Des Moines police sergeant shortly after 6 p.m.

The unidentified man, about 40, reportedly…MORE

An Issaquah resident followed, yelled at, and made gun gestures at a car carrying three young people to West Seattle on Sunday evening. The incident started in Bellevue, and the man followed them all the way through Alki to the Junction, where…MORE

Some local elementary school children decided to flirt, 21st-century style: the boys sent photos of their "privates" to some girls' cell phones, and the girls responded by sending photos of their breasts. When the principal called in one parent…MORE

Patrons at a Junction restaurant cheered when officers arrested a man who had hit the bartender in the face with a beer bottle. The suspect was booked into King County Jail for investigation of assault.

Sneaking away from a senior night "…MORE

June 12-A fire of undetermined origin at a home in the 900 block of Southwest 132nd Street sent flames shooting into the sky just after midnight.

Burien/Normandy Park firefighters took a defensive approach because of concerns the roof…MORE

A transient was seen entering a Highland Park yard and defecating in the driveway. In his report, the officer noted that the resident, a 90-year-old widow, was not home at the time of the "illegal dumping."

A Morgan Junction store clerk…MORE

Des Moines

Exploring bear 'Columbus' nabbed, released into wild

May 31-A 205-pound black bear that swam two miles across Puget Sound from Maury Island to Des Moines was captured in Federal Way.

State Fish and Wildlife…MORE

Exploring bear 'Columbus'

nabbed, released into wild

May 31-A 205-pound black bear that swam two miles across Puget Sound from Maury Island to Des Moines was captured in Federal Way.

State Fish and Wildlife Department…MORE

Two local sisters have different child-rearing methods. One believes in reasoning with her children; the other believes that a smack on the hand is sometimes necessary. On Thursday, the sister who advocates "reason" was booked into King County…MORE

woman sent to prison for

killing, beheading daughter

May 18-Samara Spann was sentenced in King County Superior Court to 23 years in prison for the macabre murder of her six-year-old daughter Kyeimah in White Center on Dec.