“An important thing to note here is that victims of crimes deserve justice regardless of where they live. And people who commit felony crimes can expect charges whenever we can prove those cases, regardless of where they happen in King County.”
They don’t always make the headlines, but every Friday in King County Court, those convicted of crimes hear their sentence. KIRO Newsradio brings you the story each week during ‘Crime and Punishment.’
“There was a tent fire with two people inside – a man and a woman. And when Seattle police went to investigate, there was a witness who said that he saw a guy going to the gas station nearby and pouring gas on this tent before he lit it on fire. And one of the victims came out and said ‘what are you doing?’” Casey McNerthney with the“This is a case that King County prosecutors rush filed. We asked for the defendant here to be held on $100,000 bail because we argued that he was a danger.
“He’s got a history of violence, which King County prosecutors showed to the judge with our high bail request. His conviction history includes multiple assault cases and criminal trespass, harassment, interfering with domestic violence reporting,” he said.“And that matters, because in Washington state if you’re convicted of misdemeanors, those don’t count towards your offender score, which influences how long you stay in prison for a new offense,” explained McNerthney.
“There was a red light there but this car didn’t stop, and plowed into the back of a Tesla,” said McNerthney. “He had multiple felony convictions out of Pierce County, including three convictions for ID theft and two for attempted robbery. So this is a guy who had a high offender score going into his sentencing. [He] was convicted of vehicular assault, felony hit-and-run and unlawful gun possession,” said McNerthney.
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