Peter Talbot

6 days ago | thenewstribune.com | Shea Johnson |Peter Talbot |Puneet Bsanti |Alexis Krell

This list of stories outlines the trial and accusations against former Sumner High School basketball coach Jacob "Jake" Jackson. A jury convicted Jackson of sexually abusing players, and a judge sentenced him to 40 years in prison. Prosecutors said Jackson abused minors at his home and used platforms like Snapchat to send and request sexually explicit messages. Separate from his criminal case, families filed lawsuits against Jackson and the Sumner-Bonney Lake School District related to the abuse.

6 days ago | yahoo.com | Shea Johnson |Peter Talbot |Puneet Bsanti |Alexis Krell

Stories by Tacoma News Tribune journalists, with AI summarizationThis list of stories outlines the trial and accusations against former Sumner High School basketball coach Jacob "Jake" Jackson. A jury convicted Jackson of sexually abusing players, and a judge sentenced him to 40 years in prison. Prosecutors said Jackson abused minors at his home and used platforms like Snapchat to send and request sexually explicit messages.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Peter Talbot |Simone Carter |Shea Johnson

Stories by Tacoma News Tribune journalists, with AI summarizationThis list of stories illustrates issues surrounding former Tacoma Police Chief Avery Moore, including his use of a city-issued phone on vacation and his eventual resignation. The city paid nearly $480,000 as part of Moore’s resignation agreement while grappling with union criticism about his leadership. With his departure, Tacoma appointed interim chief Patti Jackson.

1 week ago | thenewstribune.com | Peter Talbot |Puneet Bsanti

In 2020, the largest police departments in Pierce County were markedly whiter than the communities their officers served, data shows. In the years since, those police forces have become a bit more diverse. But progress is slow. Police departments in Tacoma, Lakewood, Puyallup, Ruston and the Sheriff’s Office each added more nonwhite officers in the five years since the start of 2020, according to public records released to The News Tribune, and they reduced their proportions of white officers.

1 week ago | thenewstribune.com | Peter Talbot

A man found guilty of trying to shoot and kill a Puyallup police detective and assaulting three other officers while they tried to arrest him for violating a domestic-violence no contact order was sentenced Friday to 58 years in prison. Muelu Salanoa Jr., 39, forced his way into his ex-girlfriend’s niece’s apartment in January 2023 and barricaded himself inside after she called 911 to report that Salanoa had threatened to shoot her and shoot up her workplace.