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Their vote was unanimous and during their comments, the seven members of the City Council in Everett, Washington spoke with voices choking and tears falling. Tonight the Everett City Council passed an ordinance renaming a portion of a north Everett street “Officer Dan Rocha Way”. Trojan Way runs north and south on the east edge […]

Dan Rocha was a father, husband, son, brother, uncle and friend, long before he ever was a police officer for the City of Everett, Washington. On March 25th 2022 Dan Rocha was brutally murdered by a man with multiple felony convictions in the parking lot of a coffee shop in north Everett. On April 3rd […]

Today a jury of eight women and four men found the man whose own defense attorneys admitted killed Everett Police Officer Dan Rocha on March 25th of 2022, guilty of aggravated first-degree murder. The twelve member jury plus three alternates were all polled individually by Judge Bruce Weiss. In addition to the murder conviction with […]

Jurors were sent home after about three hours of deliberations today and will come back to the Snohomish County Superior Courtroom of Judge Bruce Weiss in Everett, Washington on Monday morning. The members of the jury are deciding the fate of the man whose own defense attorneys admitted killed Everett Police Officer Dan Rocha on […]

It’s been a rough week for Everett Police and today may also prove challenging as it marks the one-year anniversary of the murder of Everett Police Officer Dan Rocha. The trial of the admitted murderer of Dan Rocha is underway in Superior Court in Everett, Washington. Officer Rocha left behind a wife and two sons. […]

On Monday pre-trial motions were being heard before Snohomish County Superior Court Judge Bruce I. Weiss at the County Courthouse in downtown Everett, Washington as trial is about to begin for the man accused of killing Everett Police Officer Dan Rocha nearly one year ago. At Monday morning’s hearing the defendant was present with two […]

Word in that yesterday Congressman Rick Larsen honored fallen Everett Police officer Dan Rocha during a Congressional Committee hearing. Here’s what happened courtesy of Congressman Larsen’s office. Today, Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) honored Everett Police Officer Dan Rocha during a full House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee hearing. Officer Rocha was killed in the line of […]

Our friends at the Totem Diner at 44th and Evergreen Way are going to donate all of their sales from 7am – 2pm on Wednesday May 4th to the Dan Rocha Memorial Fund. Owner Steve Jermyn is also challenging other businesses to make a donation to the fund and that effort will be recognized inside […]

While he gave an initial indication that he would plead guilty during a hearing on April 19th, today the man charged with killing Everett Police Officer Dan Rocha on March 25 pleaded not guilty to: Aggravated First-Degree Murder with a firearm Unlawful Possession of a Firearm in the second degree Possession of a Controlled Substance […]

On March 25th, 2022, Everett Police Officer Dan Rocha was killed in the line of duty after reportedly observing suspicious activity in the parking lot of a coffee shop in north Everett, Washington. He went to investigate the activity and was shot multiple times as reported by witnesses. Today the Snohomish County Prosecutor’s Office filed […]