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King County Fire District 20 posted this photo of the Aug. 24 blaze at Top of the Hill grocery store in Renton.

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Fire destroys Top of the Hill grocery store in Renton

Friends and neighbors of the owners set up a GoFundMe.

A Flock Safety camera on a pole. Courtesy of Flock Safety

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License plate recognition cameras installed across Auburn

20 put up throughout town; Kent, other cities already have technology installed

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‘Belltown Hellcat’ arrested on Renton bench warrant

He recently attended a hearing in regards to domestic violence related charges.

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Renton teen sentenced for firing AK-47 at deputy

Prosecutors charged King, age 16 at the time of the two shootings, as an adult.

Prosecuting attorney Patty Eakes, right, attends closing arguments of Auburn Police Officer Jeffrey Nelson’s trial at Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent on June 20, 2024. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times / Pool)

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Prosecutors respond to trial dispute with Auburn officer’s defense team

Nelson’s claims for new judge, trial ‘lack merit under Washington law,’ according to response

Photographs of Esther Arunong’s injuries. (Photo from court documents)

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Kent mom charged with homicide for beating adult daughter to death

Woman admitting striking her daughter on the side of the head ‘so hard it bent the pan handle.’

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KC Sheriff’s Office needs to modify use-of-force notifications, report says

Office of Law Enforcement Oversight’s report includes seven recommendations.

Gov. Jay Inslee. COURTESY PHOTO, Office of the Governor

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Former Auburn man sentenced for threatening to kill Inslee

Slaughter lived in Auburn at the time of a prior case in 2021, involving threats to former Seattle…

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King County Sheriff’s Office modifies pursuit policy

Initiative 2113 was passed in the Washington State Legislature in May 2024.

Screenshot from video of July 28 shooting in Auburn.

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Metro bus shooting ambush in Auburn injures four | Video

Auburn Police report the shooting ‘appeared to be a planned ambush and not a random attack.’

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Man suffocates to death in Auburn rollover crash

29-year-old man dies in July 25 incident

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The site of the June 5 fatal shooting of 17-year-old Kent-Meridian High School student Hazrat Ali Rohani. COURTESY PHOTO, Renton Police

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Man charged with murder of Kent teen in Renton makes bail

Aaron Myers posted bail July 17; accused of killing Kent-Meridian High student Hazrat Ali Rohani

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No suspects in Auburn death of teen killed in shooting at residence

Giovanni Brown, 15, died on July 18 as a result of multiple gunshot wounds.

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Woman sentenced in Renton vehicular homicide

She was driving a vehicle in 2022 that had been stolen from The Landing.

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Teen dies in Auburn shooting

Officers responded at 10:45 p.m. July 12 to a shooting in the 500 block of A Street Southeast.

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DUI rollover collision near Renton involves multiple vehicles, injuries

July 14 crash on State Route 900.

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Renton motorcyclist dies after colliding with elk, second vehicle on I-90

Woman, 46, struck by another vehicle on freeway July 6 after hitting elk

The victim. (Photo from court documents)

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Abused Kent woman’s death identified as homicide

“To be honest I beat her up last week,” her mother told police.

Auburn Police Officer Jeffrey Nelson is escorted out of the courtroom following the guilty verdict at his murder trial June 27, 2024. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times / Pool)

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Auburn police officer Jeffrey Nelson guilty of murder

Jury reached a verdict in the case of first Washington police officer to be tried under Initiative 940.

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Black Diamond man faces charges for sexually assaulting three teens

Man arrested in Kent; incidents reportedly with teens from Auburn, Snoqualmie and Oregon