Matthew Smith

1 week ago | fox13seattle.com | Matthew Smith

Newly uncovered body camera footage exposes an alcohol-fueled night that could cost a Mercer Island police officer his badge — and a community questioning those sworn to protect them. Todd Roggenkamp, a police officer for the Mercer Island Police Department, was quietly demoted from sergeant to officer in early 2024 after a night of concerning behavior several months prior. In a memo obtained by FOX 13 Seattle, an internal investigation uncovered a series of issues stemming from Oct.

3 weeks ago | fox13seattle.com | Matthew Smith

A sewage spill is forcing a beach along Lake Washington to shut down until next week. What we know: Seattle Parks put out a notice late Wednesday announcing that Pritchard Beach would be shutdown due to a sewage overflow. FOX 13 has learned that roughly 150 gallons made it into the stormwater system, after a sewer pipe in South Seattle broke.

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Matthew Smith

The BriefA sewage spill is forcing a beach along Lake Washington to shut down until next week. A stormwater system emptied into the lake near Pritchard Island Beach, leading to an extended closure. SEATTLE - A sewage spill is forcing a beach along Lake Washington to shut down until next week. What we knowSeattle Parks put out a notice late Wednesday announcing that Pritchard Beach would be shutdown due to a sewage overflow.

3 weeks ago | fox13seattle.com | Matthew Smith

As the world awaited the return of Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, the astronauts stranded on the International Space Station for nine months, the crew heading up to relieve them included Washington native Anne McClain. McClain, 45, is no stranger to the ISS, having previously arrived on the orbiting space lab in late 2018. This time around, McClain was tapped to be the commander of the SpaceX Crew-10 mission alongside pilot Nichole Ayers and mission specialists Takuya Onishi and Kirill Peskov.

1 month ago | fox13seattle.com | Matthew Smith

An email sent by the leadership at Washington’s only maximum security detention facility for teens and young adults is drawing attention. The backstory: The email, obtained by FOX 13, indicates that it’s "ok" if residents flush contraband down the toilet during searches. The email, sent by Jennifer Redman, who is filling in as the superintendent of Green Hill, was to re-familiarize staff with procedures for searches of rooms.