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Crime

For information regarding local and national criminal news, see our latest news stories below.

Updated 1 day, 4 hours ago

Seven arrested in MLPD, Safeway undercover operation

MOSES LAKE — Eight people were arrested Monday during an undercover operation designed to catch shoplifters and th…

Updated 9 years, 9 months ago
Man cited for DUI after accident causes fire

SOAP LAKE — A Tacoma man was allegedly intoxicated when he crashed his vehicle north of Soap Lake Wednesday. The accident caused a 15-acre brush fire alongside…

Updated 9 years, 9 months ago
Man sentenced for pulling knife

EPHRATA — A Moses Lake man was sentenced for threatening a man with a knife during a physical confrontation after the man accused him of raping a woman.

Updated 9 years, 9 months ago
Firework sparks brush fire in Moses Lake

MOSES LAKE — A firework reportedly caused a brush fire in Moses Lake late Monday night.

Updated 9 years, 9 months ago
Ephrata man, teenage girlfriend charged for stabbing incident

EPHRATA — A Ephrata man allegedly ordered his 17-year-old girlfriend to stab a man in the leg with a kitchen knife.

Updated 9 years, 9 months ago
Man sentenced for selling stolen guns to detective

EPHRATA — A Moses Lake man will be spending over five years in prison for selling two stolen guns to an undercover detective with the Grant County Sheriff’s Of…

Updated 9 years, 9 months ago
Man arrested for felony hit-and-run

EPHRATA — A man was arrested early Friday morning after a person who was riding in the bed of the truck he was driving fell out and was seriously injured. The …

Updated 9 years, 9 months ago
Shots fired in car chase near Soap Lake

SOAP LAKE — Shots were reportedly fired in a car chase involving two cars near Soap Lake on Friday.

Updated 9 years, 10 months ago
Grand Coulee man charged for bomb threats, shooting at ex-wife

EPHRATA — A Grand Coulee man reportedly contacted police stating he had hard-wired his house with an incendiary device and later admitted to firing a shot at h…

Updated 9 years, 10 months ago
Spokane woman sentenced for role in attempted murder

EPHRATA — A Spokane woman will be serving eight years in prison for her role in the attempted murder of a Moses Lake man in mid-may.

Updated 9 years, 10 months ago
Man sentenced for pointing rifle at neighbor

EPHRATA — A Moses Lake man will not be serving time in jail for pointing a rifle at his neighbor as she drove by.

Updated 9 years, 10 months ago
Fire destroys manufactured home near Soap Lake

SOAP LAKE — No one was injured after a fire destroyed a manufactured home near Soap Lake about 6 a.m. Saturday.

Updated 9 years, 10 months ago
Jury finds Soap Lake woman guilty of shooting husband in 2014

EPHRATA — A Grant County jury found a Soap Lake woman guilty of shooting her husband in the stomach in 2014.

Updated 9 years, 10 months ago
Moses Lake woman pleads not guilty to striking boy with car, leaving scene

EPHRATA — A Moses Lake woman pleaded not guilty to striking a 9-year-old boy with a car and leaving the scene. Numerous members from the Unchained Brotherhood …

Updated 9 years, 10 months ago
Rollover causes large wildfire near Soap Lake