Crime
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MLPD logs for Dec. 15-17, 2025
The reports below were provided by the Moses Lake Police Department. All suspects are considered innocent until pr…
Coroner: Quincy boy died in Moses Lake shooting
A 16-year-old Moses Lake boy was killed and an 18-year-old Moses Lake man injured in a gang-related shooting at a home in the 300 block of South Gibby Road Mon…
One dead, another hurt in shooting; victims not named
One unidentified person was killed and a second was taken to Samaritan Hospital after a shooting late Monday afternoon at a home in the 300 block of South Gibb…
Two men turn selves in after drive-bys
MATTAWA — Two of three men — wanted by the Grant County Sheriff’s Office in two drive-by shootings and a car theft Thursday morning in Mattawa and Grant County…
LDS church company to bid on Easterday properties
SPOKANE — A Salt Lake City-based real estate company associated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is preparing to bid nearly $200 million fo…
Three men, ‘armed and dangerous,’ sought in connection to two drive-bys Thursday
The Grant County Sheriff’s Office is looking for three men in connection to two drive-by shootings in Mattawa Thursday morning. All three are armed and conside…
Othello woman arrested on methamphetamine possession
EPHRATA — An Othello woman was arrested May 11 and booked into the Adams County Jail on charges of possession of methamphetamines with intent to deliver and po…
8-year-old fatally shot with pellet gun in Moses Lake
An 8-year-old boy was fatally shot in the chest by a 13-year-old boy with a pellet gun at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday on Scott Road near the lake in Moses Lake, accordin…
Grant County Sheriff's Office seeks suspects from Thursday shooting
The Grant County Sheriff's Office hasn’t found a suspect or motive for a shooting Thursday on state Route 17, south of Moses Lake.
16-year-old girl seriously injured in collision Monday
ROYAL CITY — A 16-year-old Royal City girl remained hospitalized at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle Tuesday, after she was partially ejected from the car …
Man convicted in ML case arrested
A Salvadoran man — sentenced in Grant County for third-degree child rape — was among 10 migrants caught Saturday evening while attempting to illegally enter the U.S. near Abrams, Texas, according to a Monday releas…
Six injured in two-vehicle collision
Six people were injured Sunday afternoon in a two-vehicle collision at state Route 243 and Road 22.5, northwest of Mattawa.
Six ML area residents plead not guilty in federal drug bust
SPOKANE — Six Grant County residents are each facing lengthy prison terms for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine after a series of drug busts by federal law enforcement officers in the Moses Lake area in earl…
Saturday fire off state Route 17 likely caused by people
Just after 7 p.m. Saturday, Grant County Fire District 7 responded to a 30-plus acre wildfire near Lake Lenore, off state Route 17.
Four injured in four-vehicle collision Sunday afternoon
Four people were injured Sunday afternoon in a four-vehicle collision on state Route 17 at milepost 24, south of Othello in Adams County.
Two injured early Sunday in DUI collision
An Othello man and an Ephrata woman were injured in a two-vehicle DUI collision that closed a westbound lane of Interstate 90, near Hansen Road, early Sunday m…