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Renton police warn of staged-collision carjackings
By Benjamin Leung • September 20, 2023 2:45 pm

Renton police say they have seen an increase in staged vehicle collisions in the region with the aim of committing…

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Man stabbed in tent in Renton
Man stabbed in tent in Renton
By Benjamin Leung • September 18, 2023 4:00 pm

Officers arrived and located the victim in the hallway of an apartment complex.

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(Courtesy of the Washington State Patrol.)
Wrong-way crash on I-405 kills Renton woman and...
By Benjamin Leung • September 18, 2023 3:45 pm

A 48-year-old Renton woman and 32-year-old Bellevue man died Sept. 16 in a two-vehicle traffic collision on Interstate 405 near…

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Adrienne Marcel Farrow, a 47-year-old Renton resident, continued driving, fleeing the scene of the collision that killed 59-year-old Renton resident Krista Brown. (Courtesy of Renton Public Records.)
Renton woman sentenced for 2021 hit-and-run death
By Benjamin Leung • September 18, 2023 10:50 am

At around 7 p.m. Dec. 20, 2021, 59-year-old Renton resident Krista Brown exited her Metro bus in Renton and started…

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Patient assaulted in hospital room | Renton police...
By Benjamin Leung • September 12, 2023 3:30 pm

Renton police dispatched at approximately 4:17 a.m. Aug. 27 to Valley Medical Center after receiving a report of a domestic violence assault in a patient’s hospital room.

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Renton woman charged with kidnapping pleads not guilty
Renton woman charged with kidnapping pleads not guilty
By Benjamin Leung • September 11, 2023 2:30 pm

Prosecutors formally filed charge of kidnapping in the second degree

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Battalion Chief Ryan Simonds, Battalion Chief Jim Ochs, and firefighter and engineer Jeremy Tucker (left to right). (Courtesy of the Renton Regional Fire Authority.)
Renton firefighters assist with search and rescue in...
By Benjamin Leung • September 11, 2023 9:54 am

Three days after wildfires swept the island of Maui in Hawaii, Washington State Task Force 1 arrived outside of the…

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Man shot in the chest in Renton
Man shot in the chest in Renton
By Benjamin Leung • September 6, 2023 1:30 am

Police currently have limited information on shooting

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Courtesy of National Transportation Safety Board documents
Crews pulled the wreckage of the plane crash from the seafloor five days after the accident on Sept. 9, 2022.
Renton company named in lawsuit over fatal plane...
By Benjamin Leung • September 2, 2023 1:30 pm

The pilot and all nine passengers on the scheduled flight from San Juan Island to Renton died as a result of injuries after the plane impacted and sank in the waters near Freeland and Whidbey Island.

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Man caught masturbating at Highlands Community Center |...
By Benjamin Leung • September 2, 2023 7:30 am

Gunpoint robbery

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Renton police discovered Yimy O Ponce-Chirinos, 26, deceased in downtown Renton on July 14 after responding to reports of a shooting in the area of South 4th Street and Morris Avenue South. (Courtesy of the Renton Police Department.)
Renton police identify homicide victim who was found...
By Benjamin Leung • September 1, 2023 10:42 am

According to the department, detectives believed Yimy to have been “fairly new” to the area and homeless.

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Renton Police Department.
Girlfriend stabs man with scissors | Renton police...
By Benjamin Leung • August 30, 2023 2:45 pm

The man showed officers a second stab wound near his groin area.

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A mudslide resulted in road blockages on Aug. 29 in Renton. (Courtesy of the Renton Police Department.)
Mudslide results in road blockages in Renton
By Benjamin Leung • August 30, 2023 1:47 pm

A mudslide at the Houser Way Bypass and Sunset Boulevard North on Aug. 29 resulted in temporary road blockages.

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The Econo Lodge at 4710 Lake Washington Blvd. NE in Kennydale.
Econo Lodge in Kennydale seen as potential homeless...
By Benjamin Leung • August 30, 2023 1:45 am

Recent developments have raised questions about the City of Burien’s intent with the Econo Lodge, a hotel in Renton’s Kennydale…

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Scene from the Aug. 25 fire. (Photo courtesy of Renton Regional Fire)
1 dead in Renton house fire
By Benjamin Leung • August 28, 2023 9:07 am

A residential fire in Renton on Aug. 25 killed one person and hospitalized a second person.

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WSDOT highway camera photograph of crews battling the brush fire. (Courtesy of the Renton Fire’s social media)
Renton firefighters extinguish brush blaze on I-405
By Benjamin Leung • August 25, 2023 1:45 pm

The fire resulted in temporary closures to the on-ramp.

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Fraud at gunpoint | Renton police blotter
By Benjamin Leung • August 24, 2023 2:45 pm

Fraud at gunpoint

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Renton woman arrested in Seattle kidnapping investigation
Renton woman arrested in Seattle kidnapping investigation
By Benjamin Leung • August 23, 2023 2:10 pm

Suspect is accused of luring a child into her vehicle with ice cream prior to driving away.

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Renton man accused of killing his mother on front porch
Renton man accused of killing his mother on...
By Benjamin Leung • August 22, 2023 9:30 am

King County prosecutors have charged a 40-year-old Renton man for the Aug. 9 murder of a 70-year-old Renton woman, the…

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Woman charged in shooting death of rideshare driver
Woman charged in shooting death of rideshare driver
By Benjamin Leung • August 21, 2023 1:19 pm

According to charging documents, the woman used the victims vehicle to visit her mother and brother in Skyway, smoke marijuana in Rainier Beach, and see a hairdresser in Kent.

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