A man driving the wrong way on Interstate 5 was killed and two women were injured in a collision early Tuesday. State Patrol Trooper Kirk The wrong-way driver, year-old Jason French, of Shelton, died at the scene, the State Patrol said. The two women, a year-old driver and a year-old passenger, both from Sedro-Woolley, suffered serious injuries and were taken to a hospital. A former Redmond church youth-group leader has pleaded guilty to child-rape and child-molestation charges that date back nearly four years.
Brent A. Krum entered guilty pleas Friday to three counts of third-degree child rape and three counts of third-degree child molestation. A former youth leader at the Summit View Church in Redmond, Krum acknowledged having sexual intercourse with girls who were then 15 years old, beginning in May and on other occasions through Krum, 37, faces up to five years in prison for the offenses under standard state sentencing guidelines.
Sentencing is set for p. A University of Washington student was beaten and robbed early Tuesday while walking down his dorm stairwell. The student was shoved down the stairwell at McCarty Hall by a man at about a. A Seattle man who police say coerced a year-old girl into prostitution pleaded not guilty Tuesday to two counts of second-degree child rape and one count of promoting commercial sexual abuse of a minor. A judge ordered bail for Steven L. Leonard, 23, met the seventh-grader on a sidewalk in Seattle on Jan.
According to charging papers, Leonard had sex with the girl several times and gave her tips on how to work as a prostitute, including how much money to charge for various sexual acts. A man then paid the girl for oral sex and she later handed over most of the cash to Leonard, according to the charging documents. Leonard has been previously convicted of escape, theft, animal cruelty and possession of stolen property. He has been booked into the county jail seven other times in the past 11 months.
Police said a man who was wanted for questioning in connection with the shooting death of a woman at the Federal Way Transit Center park-and-ride lot has been cleared as a suspect after he was questioned by investigators.
