
Shea Johnson
Senior reporter (investigations/enterprise) at Tacoma News Tribune
Investigations/enterprise @thenewstribune. Former @reviewjournal, @VVDailyPress & @DDispatchNews. Tips? [email protected].
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3 days ago |
thenewstribune.com | Shea Johnson
The Quality Inn & Suites on Hosmer Street is seen on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024, in Tacoma. The hotel has been sued by a woman who says the hotel didn’t act to stop her victimization despite red flags. Brian Hayes [email protected] AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroomA federal sex-trafficking lawsuit against a former Tacoma hotel has been dismissed. A woman claimed she was forced to have sex at the lodging establishment from 2019 to 2021.
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4 days ago |
thenewstribune.com | Shea Johnson
AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroomSix people were killed in 2023 at the State Route 509 and Alexander Avenue intersection. A lawsuit alleges that officials ignored warnings about the Tacoma Tideflats crash site. WSDOT plans to redesign the intersection as part of a $376M infrastructure project.
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1 week ago |
thenewstribune.com | Shea Johnson
AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroomLew Cox, a longtime Pierce County crime victims advocate, has died at 85. Cox was involved in a two-vehicle crash near Puyallup and Fife. He founded a Tacoma-based group helping families and friends of homicide victims in 1991. Lew Cox, a longtime advocate for victims of violent crime who was a fixture in the courthouse in Pierce County, was recently involved in a car crash and died at 85.
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1 week ago |
thenewstribune.com | Shea Johnson
A 16-year-old boy who fatally stabbed his mother’s boyfriend in an apartment building south of Tacoma was justified in the killing, authorities said. Pierce County prosecutors on Thursday dismissed the criminal case against the teen, who had been charged with second-degree murder for the April 30 death of 23-year-old Malik Session, according to the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office.
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1 week ago |
thenewstribune.com | Shea Johnson
file Getty Images/iStockphoto AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroomA motorcyclist was killed Sunday in a head-on crash with an SUV in South Hill. The SUV's driver was allegedly impaired and arrested on suspicion of vehicular homicide. A motorcycle passenger was ejected and suffered unknown injuries in the wreck.
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