WATERVILLE — A former Eastmont High School girls soccer coach was sentenced Monday to 60 months in prison for raping a player in the mid-2000s.
Oscar Rodriguez
World staff writer
WATERVILLE — Bail was set at $3 million in the case of the Badger Mountain homicide, where a 27-year-old man on Saturday allegedly killed a woman and shot at two witnesses.
Oscar Rodriguez
World staff writer
WATERVILLE — Authorities say a homicide Saturday on Badger Mountain Road was witnessed by a father and daughter as the man taught the girl to drive in the snow.
Pete O'Cain
World news editor
WATERVILLE — A 27-year-old Wenatchee man was arrested Saturday after he allegedly killed a woman south of Waterville and then shot at two witnesses.
Pete O'Cain
World news editor
OLYMPIA — The attorney for a Rock Island man accused of killing his wife urged the state Supreme Court on Thursday to suppress evidence found at the scene of the 2018 homicide.
Pete O'Cain
World news editor
WENATCHEE — A Wenatchee man on Wednesday was sentenced to more than a decade in prison after pleading guilty to accusations that he molested a child.
Oscar Rodriguez
World staff writer
WENATCHEE — A child molestation case filed against a former Lake Chelan School District teacher accused of sexually abusing a former student was dismissed Wednesday in Chelan County Superior Court.
Pete O'Cain
World news editor
WATERVILLE — An East Wenatchee financial advisor pleaded guilty Thursday to charges that he stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from former clients.
Pete O'Cain
World news editor
WENATCHEE — Criminal charges filed in a September homicide in Cashmere were dismissed Wednesday after prosecutors determined the shooting of 22-year-old Gustavo Urbina-Sotelo was in self-defense.
Pete O'Cain
World news editor
WENATCHEE — The Chelan County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office has filed a motion to dismiss a murder charge against a 24-year-old man suspected in a September homicide in Cashmere.
Pete O'Cain
World news editor
NCW — Fentanyl has infiltrated Chelan and Douglas counties, mirroring on a smaller scale the nationwide drug crisis.
Kalie Worthen
World staff writer
SPOKANE — The family of a Wenatchee woman who died in the custody of the Chelan County Regional Justice Center has filed a wrongful death lawsuit in federal court against Chelan County and others.
Pete O'Cain
World news editor
EAST WENATCHEE — East Wenatchee Police Department recovered six catalytic converters Thursday night after the arrest of a 39-year-old Seattle man following a foot pursuit.
Kalie Worthen
World staff writer
WENATCHEE — Authorities on Thursday arrested an East Wenatchee man they believe manufactured counterfeit drugs locally and distributed them nationwide.
Pete O'Cain
World news editor
SPOKANE — A former Wenatchee resident, James Carnell O’Daffer, is currently at large after the Eastern District court of Washington announced indictments Thursday for two counts of wire fraud and one count of a fraudulent claim.
Oscar Rodriguez
World staff writer
EAST WENATCHEE — Wenatchee Valley Fire Department crews returned to an East Wenatchee home Wednesday evening after a fire reignited inside the already fire-damaged home a few hours after an initial fire.
Kalie Worthen
World staff writer
WENATCHEE — The Columbia River Drug Task Force arrested a 34-year-old East Wenatchee man on suspicion of possession with intent to deliver fentanyl and other allegations Friday at the Red Lion Hotel in Wenatchee.
Kalie Worthen
World staff writer
WATERVILLE — A former Eastmont High School girl’s soccer coach was convicted at a bench trial Monday of raping a player in the mid-2000s.
Pete O'Cain
World news editor
ROCK ISLAND — Washington State Patrol is investigating a vehicular assault after an injury collision Monday afternoon on Highway 28 south of Rock Island.
LEAVENWORTH — An anonymous threat led authorities to advise Leavenworth businesses to shelter in place Friday evening while they investigated what was determined to be a “swatting” incident.
Pete O'Cain
World news editor
WENATCHEE — A former Wenatchee man convicted of murder nearly three decades ago has been resentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Pete O'Cain
World news editor
EAST WENATCHEE — A 36-year-old man was jailed Friday after authorities found thousands of fentanyl pills, as well as heroin, at his home in East Wenatchee.
Pete O'Cain
World news editor
WENATCHEE — The investigation into a fatal police shooting in May outside a Wenatchee church has been forwarded to the Chelan County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office for review and to determine whether to file charges against three officers involved in the shooting.
Pete O'Cain
World news editor
WENATCHEE — A 21-year-old East Wenatchee man connected to a July 2021 fire that damaged a dozen Wenatchee apartment units has been sentenced to 15 days in jail.
Pete O'Cain
World news editor
WENATCHEE — A 22-year-old man accused of igniting a fire inside Target that closed the Wenatchee store for three weeks has been sentenced to nine months in jail.
Pete O'Cain
World news editor
WENATCHEE — A 74-year-old Chelan man charged earlier this year with child rape and other sex offenses has pleaded not guilty to additional charges related to new alleged victims. Chelan County prosecutors have charged him with 11 crimes connected to three children.
Pete O'Cain
World news editor
WENATCHEE — A Bend, Oregon climbing coach is charged with molesting a student during a trip to Leavenworth this summer.
Pete O'Cain
World news editor
WATERVILLE — An Ephrata man was sentenced to a year in jail after pleading guilty to stabbing a man in the stomach earlier this year.
Pete O'Cain
World news editor
BRIDGEPORT — A 76-year-old Bridgeport woman was arrested on suspicion of DUI and hit-and-run Monday after striking a Douglas County patrol car pulled over during a traffic stop near Bridgeport Bar.
Kalie Worthen
World staff writer
WENATCHEE — A Bible study leader charged with rape has been released from jail after posting $750,000 bail.
Pete O'Cain
World news editor
WENATCHEE — Chelan County prosecutors filed nine charges against a Bible study leader accused of sexually assaulting two men at his home.
Pete O'Cain
World news editor
WATERVILLE — An East Wenatchee man convicted at trial last month of breaking a bouncer’s nose was sentenced Tuesday to nearly five years in prison.
Pete O'Cain
World news editor
WENATCHEE — The investigation into a fatal police shooting by Wenatchee police officers in June has been forwarded to the Chelan County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office.
Pete O'Cain
World news editor
EAST WENATCHEE — Like its sister motion in Chelan County, an effort to suppress breathalyzer tests in Douglas County District Court was denied Thursday.
Pete O'Cain
World news editor
WENATCHEE — A motion to suppress breathalyzer tests in more than 30 drunken driving cases was denied Tuesday by Chelan County District Court judges.
Pete O'Cain
World news editor
WENATCHEE — A Bible study leader is accused of sexually assaulting two young adult men at his home in Sunnyslope.
Pete O'Cain
World news editor
BRIDGEPORT — A Bridgeport man convicted of damaging a store during a 2019 burglary must be resentenced after an appellate court found prosecutors didn’t prove property damages fit the charge.
Pete O'Cain
World news editor
WENATCHEE — The Chelan County Commission on Tuesday released a list of finalists seeking to replace outgoing Chelan County District Court Judge Kyle Mott.
Pete O'Cain
World news editor
HYAK — A Wenatchee man was arrested on suspicion of vehicular homicide Sunday after a fatal crash on Snoqualmie Pass.
Pete O'Cain
World news editor
WATERVILLE — A Waterville town councilman is accused of fleeing from a Douglas County deputy and then lying to the deputy during a follow-up investigation.
Pete O'Cain
World news editor
WENATCHEE — A Wenatchee man suspected of killing a rival gang member in his sleep entered not guilty pleas Monday in Chelan County Superior Court.
Pete O'Cain
World news editor
WATERVILLE — A former Rock Island man won’t serve jail time after he was convicted of conspiring to manufacture a hallucinogen he says was intended for religious ceremonies.
Pete O'Cain
World news editor
WATERVILLE — A motion to suppress evidence in the trial of a Rock Island man accused of killing his wife in 2018 may be heard by the state Supreme Court.
Pete O'Cain
World news editor
SKYKOMISH — A 24-year-old Everett woman was killed Saturday evening during what investigators believe was a road rage-related shooting on Highway 2.
Pete O'Cain
World news editor
ORONDO — A GoFundMe account is available to support the family of a Wenatchee man who died Wednesday after hitting a concrete slab that fell from a truck on Highway 97.
Pete O'Cain
World news editor
WENATCHEE — An East Wenatchee man who called in a bomb threat in June to the Chelan County courthouse has been sentenced to nearly six years in prison.
Pete O'Cain
World news editor
WALLA WALLA — A second suspect in the Aug. 12 murder of Yair Flores was arrested Tuesday evening in Walla Walla.
Pete O'Cain
World news editor
WENATCHEE — Police on Monday arrested a Wenatchee man on suspicion of the Aug. 12 murder of 18-year-old Yair Flores.
Pete O'Cain
World news editor
WENATCHEE — Two Cashmere brothers charged in connection to the shooting death a 22-year-old Cashmere man entered not guilty pleas Monday.
Pete O'Cain
World news editor
ROCK ISLAND — The dead man found in the Columbia River Saturday at the Rock Island Dam has been identified as a resident of a Wenatchee assisted living facility who had been reported missing.
