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Seattle Times, 24.04.13 05:20 UTC

Small plane in emergency Wash. landing; pilot OK

A Pierce County sheriff's spokesman says the pilot of a small plane that made an emergency landing Tuesday in a field near Roy, Wash., is unhurt.

Ed Troyer Washington Pierce County spokesman County Sheriff Roy

Seattle Times, 23.04.13 21:48 UTC

Search for Oklahoma teen turns to sightings in NW

Sheriff's deputies on Tuesday followed up on reported sightings around the Northwest of an Oklahoma teenager whose truck was found on a remote volcanic mountain after he set out to test himself against the southeast Oregon wilderness.

Dave Glerup Dustin Self southeast Oregon Steens Mountain Oklahoma Oregon +5 more

Seattle Times, 23.04.13 05:40 UTC

Sheriff: Reported sightings but no sign of teen

An Oregon sheriff says he's getting reports that a missing Oklahoma teen has been sighted in various places around the Northwest. However, Harney County Sheriff Dave Glerup says none of those reports have led to 19-year-old Dustin Self.

southeastern Oregon Steens Mountain Oklahoma Oregon County Sheriff sheriff +6 more

Seattle Times, 22.04.13 10:05 UTC

Recall bid against Ariz. sheriff faces tough odds

Volunteers set up a table outside a music festival one day last month to gather signatures for a drive to oust the notoriously polarizing sheriff of metropolitan Phoenix. The venue, with its largely liberal crowd, seemed the perfect place to drum up support.

sheriff recall campaign manager politician Republican sheriff Phoenix group +12 more

Seattle Times, 21.04.13 01:25 UTC

Invest in training for police to better respond to people in crisis

The Washington Legislature should appropriate money for training police officers to spot people in crisis and help them. The investment will help avoid tragedies such as the 2010 death of Doug Ostling of Bainbridge Island.

Senate Washington Legislature Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission state police academy Sue Rahr Doug Ostling +9 more

Seattle Times, 21.04.13 01:03 UTC

Pilot Shoreline police program seeks to head off troubling encounters with mentally ill

The King County Sheriff s Office, which patrols Shoreline, has launched a new program in the city designed to connect deputies with the mentally ill and developmentally disabled in an attempt to avoid confrontations with police.

Sergeant Seattle Police Pilot Shoreline police American Civil Liberties Union Shoreline police Royal Canadian Mounted Police +14 more

Seattle Times, 19.04.13 20:34 UTC

2 arrested after 4 found dead in burned Mont. home

Two men were arrested in Montana on suspicion of negligent homicide hours after four bodies were removed from a burned-out mobile home near Billings, but authorities on Friday were releasing no details on how the victims died or their connection to the suspects.

The Associated Press GmbH sheriff County Sheriff Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives county attorney's office Mike Linder +11 more

NPR, 18.04.13 20:09 UTC

Ex-Justice Of The Peace Charged With Killings In North Texas

"A former justice of the peace has been charged with murder in the slayings of a North Texas district attorney and his assistant who prosecuted him for theft, officials announced Thursday," the ...

district attorney and his assistant Eric Williams Kim Mark Hasse Cynthia North Texas +10 more

Chigago Tribune, 18.04.13 18:33 UTC

Rescuers search for survivors of Texas fertilizer plant blast

WEST, Texas (Reuters) - Rescue teams searched the charred rubble of homes in a small Texas city on Thursday for survivors of a fiery explosion at a nearby fertilizer plant that killed as many as 15 ...

William Patrick Swanton Parnell McNamara Texas West Fertilizer Co McLennan County Sheriff Sergeant +3 more

Daily Mail, 18.04.13 17:46 UTC

'We wanted to save them but we couldn't get them out': Survivors tell of desperate bid to pull neighbors from the rubble after West fertilizer plant blast

PUBLISHED: 08:03 GMT, 18 April 2013 | UPDATED: 17:38 GMT, 18 April 2013 Survivors of the West fertilizer plant explosion have spoken about their dramatic escape from collapsed homes and attempts to ...

Anthony Parnell McNamara Debby Marak Jill Jenkins George Smith Erick Perez +15 more

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