Cops & Robbers

Seattle Drug Ring Busted by DEA Used Burner Cell Phones, Talked in Code Like Characters From The Wire

By Keegan Hamilton Fri., Jan. 27 2012 at 6:00 AM
Categories: Cops & Robbers, Crime & Punishment

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​In one episode of the dearly departed HBO series The Wire, Baltimore police struggle to crack a code that dope dealers are using to do business, causing a detective to wonder, "How complex a code can it be if these knuckleheads are using it?" Now it seems a real life version of that situation unfolded in Seattle as the DEA eavesdropped on the phone conversations of a drug kingpin and his henchmen.

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California Customs, cocaine, DEA, drug bust, heroin, Jose Rodriguez-Rivera, Kent, Lynnwood, meth dealers, Renton, The Wire
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James Egan, Sued for Requesting Dash-Cam Videos, Is at It Again

By Nina Shapiro Thu., Jan. 12 2012 at 7:00 AM
Categories: Cops & Robbers

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​James Egan, the attorney hauled to court because he requested a slew of dash-cam videos from police, isn't giving up. Now he's got a new request: the same videos--but without sound.

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Christopher Monfort, dash-cam videos, Department of Justice, James Egan, John T. Williams, Pete Holmes, SPD, state privacy act, state public disclosure act
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Tim Burgess Manifesto Says Seattle Should Wake Up to Its Crime Rate, Now Worse Than New York's

By Nina Shapiro Wed., Jan. 11 2012 at 8:00 AM
Categories: Cops & Robbers, Crime & Punishment

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​Seattle now has a worse crime rate than New York City. That stunning fact is delivered in a wake-up-call of an essay released this week by City Council member Tim Burgess as he steps down from the chairmanship of the council's public-safety committee.

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city auditor, Compstat, Joe Kessler, New York City, persistent offenders, SPD, Tim Burgess
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Sports

Seahawks Home Season Ended With a Knockout--to a Cop

By Ellis E. Conklin Wed., Jan. 4 2012 at 1:29 PM
Categories: Cops & Robbers, Sports

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​The madcap fan accused of knocking out a Seattle police officer -- on Christmas Eve no less -- during the final home game of the Seattle Seahawks season has been charged with felony assault. Things could have been worse for the downed officer had it not been for a San Francisco 49ers fan.

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Andrew Weaver, CenturyLink Field, Seattle Seahawks
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Starbucks Frappuccino Bottles Become Molotov Cocktails in NYC Bombings (VIDEO)

By Curtis Cartier Tue., Jan. 3 2012 at 1:15 PM
Categories: Cops & Robbers

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​The molotov cocktail requires little in the way of specialized components. That said, one New York City scumbag has apparently singled out Starbucks Frappuccino bottles as tops when it comes to vessels of arson.

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arsonist, Frappuccino bomb, Frappuccino molotov, hate crime, Starbucks bomb, Starbucks molotov
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Phoenix Jones and 'Superhero' Crew Duck Bullets in Belltown (VIDEO)

By Curtis Cartier Tue., Jan. 3 2012 at 11:03 AM
Categories: Cops & Robbers

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​I've certainly been guilty of giving local "superhero" Phoenix Jones a hard time for his media-whoring tendencies and his highly-questionable claims of being shot. This video, however, does show Jones and Co. being at least in the vicinity of gunfire.

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Belltown shooting, Motor Mouth, Phoenix Jones, Rain City Superhero, vigilante
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Crime & Punishment

Jose Contreras: Police Dog Takes a Bite Out of Freakishly Tattooed Fugitive (UPDATE: Contreras On the Loose Again)

By Keegan Hamilton Wed., Dec. 28 2011 at 8:03 AM
Categories: Cops & Robbers, Crime & Punishment

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​Updated Wednesday, December 28 at 8 a.m. Crime took a bite out of Jose Contreras last November when a police dog sniffed him out hiding beneath a Yakima apartment while on the lam from a King County burglary charge. Now, a month later, the "tattooed terror" is once again featured on Washington's most-wanted list.

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Burien, fugitive, Jose Contreras, tattoos, U.S. Marshals, Yakima
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James Egan Releases New Police Video; Driver So Scared He Called 911

By Nina Shapiro Tue., Dec. 27 2011 at 5:09 PM
Categories: Cops & Robbers

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​James Egan, the attorney who earlier this month released a video of police officers unleashing a torrent of profanity, has a new video to share. In this one, involving two of the same officers as the last, a driver is stopped by police and gets so scared that he calls 911.

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Amanuel Gebreselassie, Brett Schoenberg, Casey Steiger, James Egan, John Diaz, skull fuck video, SPD DOJ
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Port Angeles 'Baby Jesus Theft Ring' Terrifies Neighbors, Leaves Remaining Christ-Family Members in 'Sexually Suggestive Positions'

By Curtis Cartier Thu., Dec. 22 2011 at 9:00 AM
Categories: Cops & Robbers

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​The concept of virginal conception means that Mary and Joseph need never have consummated their marriage in order to produce the eternal savior Jesus Christ. But with Baby Jesus stolen, Joseph, Mary, sheep, wise men, and everyone else is apparently consummating like bunny rabbits.

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baby Jesus theft ring, blasphemy, Nativity scene, Nativity vandalism
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Whimsy

Fife is Home to Two of the 'Worst Bosses' in America

By Ellis E. Conklin Wed., Dec. 21 2011 at 3:30 PM
Categories: Cops & Robbers, Whimsy

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​Seems inexplicable but the little city of Fife, best known as a repository for a dozen or more car dealerships scattered along Interstate 5, is home to two of the worst bosses in America. That's right, Fife, gateway to Tacoma, population 9,173, has managed to land a couple of notorious spots on eBossWatch's third annual top 100 list of the nation's most, shall we say, difficult bosses.

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America's worst bosses, eBossWatch, Fife, Mayor of Edmonds, sexual harassment
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