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The memorial service for fallen Washington State Patrol Trooper Christopher Gadd is scheduled to take place at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, March 12, 2024, at the Angel of the Winds Arena in Everett. The service will be open to the public with a ceremonial procession preceding the memorial. Expect heavier than usual traffic as well […]

House Bill 1530, sponsored by Representative Julio Cortes (D-Everett), was signed by Governor Inslee Thursday. The bill tackles Washington’s ongoing shortage of law enforcement and prosecutors by expanding the pool of qualified candidates. This includes allowing lawful permanent residents, alongside citizens, to contribute to public safety by serving in police departments and prosecutorial offices. Previously, […]

Just one day after a motorist struck Trooper Gadd’s Parked SUV, a vehicle struck Daryl Bertsch, 58 of Lynnwood. Bertsch was putting gas in a vehicle near milepost 197 on Southbound I-5. The incident took place at 5:09pm just 6 miles south of where the WSP Trooper was killed. A 1999 Dodge Ram traveling south […]

A motorist struck and killed a Washington State Patrol trooper early this morning. The trooper has been identified as Christopher M. Gadd, a 27-year-old father who leaves behind his wife and 2-year old daughter. Gadd was on patrol looking for drunk drivers and was hit while sitting on the shoulder of I-5 in his patrol […]

According to police interviews, Alyssa Sanchez from Darrington stabbed her own child to death on Valentine’s day after hearing voices. According to court documents, the woman told deputies she had been hearing voices telling her that “she is a demon, the devil, the messiah, and sometimes her ancestors speak to her.” The voices were allegedly […]

Early Thursday morning a confrontation took place on Juniper Road near Sunrise Dr.  Police report shows a man was banging on the front door and windows of a residence, trying to contact someone who lived there. One resident told him the person wasn’t there, but the man returned after leaving temporarily. An man armed with […]

Last night members of the Sheriff’s Office Violent Offender Task Force (VOTF) and Region 1 SWAT responded to the 500 block of East Casino Rd for a planned operation to arrest an armed and dangerous suspect wanted for two counts of murder from out of state. East Casino Road between Evergreen Way and 7th Ave […]

Officers responded to an unlawful discharge complaint at a home on Paine Field Way around 12:23pm. The man fired at least one round at the Everett Police and officers fired back. Katie Kutsyy posted a temporary instagram story showing the gunman shooting at the camera at her mother-in-law’s house. Graphic warning: the story later shows […]

Washington’s Attorney General Ferguson announced a $149.5 million settlement with Johnson & Johnson over the opioid epidemic that has been devastating local communities. Everett will receive $9.5 million and Snohomish County will see a total of $58.4 million. Johnson & Johnson must pay the full amount within 21 days of the deal being ratified by […]

While investigating two unoccupied running Hyundais, the Everett Police Anti-Crime Team was led on a chase of four car thieves. Earlier this week, members of the Everett Police Anti-Crime Team (ACT) located an unoccupied, running Hyundai in the parking lot of a South Everett elementary school. The vehicle was not yet reported stolen. As they […]