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Port Townsend got a chance last week to meet the four candidates being considered to fill the role of chief for the Port Townsend Police Department.
With more than a century’s worth of …
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A 38-year-old Brinnon man was arrested early Monday morning for attempted first-degree murder after he allegedly attacked a woman with a machete.
James Nathaniel Parker was booked into Jefferson …
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Brian Kelly
bkelly@ptleader.com | 1/18/21 |
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The man who allegedly fled from the scene of an elaborate caper to burglarize a storage facility in Chimacum on New Year’s Eve was arrested last week after he again allegedly tried to elude …
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Brian Kelly
bkelly@ptleader.com | 1/17/21 |
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Advocates for the decriminalization of psychedelic substances are calling for the Jefferson County prosecuting attorney to drop charges against a Kent resident arrested in November for alleged …
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Port Townsend police received 116 total calls for service between Monday, Nov. 30 and Sunday, Dec. 6. Below are selected reports.
At 11:31 a.m. on Nov. 30, officers received a report of a …
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The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office received 255 calls for service between Nov. 28 and Dec. 4. Below are selected, notable incidents.
At 9:38 a.m. Nov. 28, police responded to a reported …
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Leader news staff
news@ptleader.com | 1/13/21 |
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A substance abuse treatment program is being launched in the Jefferson County Jail to help people who have been incarcerated get a head start on their road to recovery from …
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Up or down. Open or closed.
The first-degree murder trial of John Paul Beckmeyer and his claim of self-defense may hinge on the double-barrel shotgun that was in the hands of the James McDonald …
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Deputies from the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office burst a burglar's carefully constructed scheme to break into units at a storage facility in Chimacum Thursday morning.
The thief escaped …
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Port Townsend Police received 118 calls for service between Monday, Nov. 23 and Sunday, Nov. 29. Below are selected reports.
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The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office received 271 calls for service between Nov. 21 and Nov. 27. Below are selected, notable instances.
At 12:39 p.m. Nov. 21, a Port Ludlow woman told …
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Leader news staff
news@ptleader.com | 12/31/20 |
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Investigators said the death of Victoria K. Brown, whose body was found at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds Tuesday morning, was not the result of homicide.
The 23-year-old woman was …
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Nick Twietmeyer
ntwietmeyer@ptleader.com | 12/30/20 |
