King County Crime Dive podcast.

King County Crime Dive podcast.

Firearms scheme leads to federal charges | King County Crime Dive

King County Crime Dive podcast.

In this episode, two King County men face multiple federal charges for allegedly illegally purchasing more than 100 firearms in less than two years and transferring the guns to others; Kent Police fatally shot a 52-year-old man armed with a circular saw; and a Des Moines woman receives a 30-month prison sentence for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft.

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Stories for the King County Crime Dive are first reported in Sound Publishing’s King County newspapers: Federal Way Mirror, Auburn Reporter, Kent Reporter, Renton Reporter, Enumclaw Courier-Herald, Mercer Island Reporter, Snoqualmie Valley Record, Kirkland Reporter, Issaquah Reporter, Redmond Reporter, Bothell-Kenmore Reporter, Bellevue Reporter and Seattle Weekly.




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