A Pierce County jury spent a third full day deliberating the fate of Douglas S. Chanthabouly today but left the County-City Building without rendering a verdict.

Jurors are expected back in Superior Court Judge Ronald Culpepper’s jury room Wednesday to continue their deliberations.

Chanthabouly is charged with first-degree murder in the Jan. 3, 2007, shooting death of Samnang Kok in a hallway at Tacoma’s Foss High School.

Chanthabouly, who has paranoid schizophrenia, has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.

The jury got the case Thursday afternoon.

A federal grand jury in Seattle has indicted a Tacoma man on 10 counts of wire fraud, alleging that he lied to potential investors to secure more than $6 million.

John Min, 36, frittered away most of the money on bad investments and spent the rest on himself and his family, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Seattle reported in a news release issued today.

In a separate action, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission also charged Min with violating anti-fraud and registration provisions of the federal securities laws. The SEC complaint seeks “civil injunctions, the return of ill-gotten

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State liquor control agents cited McCabe’s American Music Cafe this month after employees allegedly served alcohol to already intoxicated patrons.

As a result, the embattled downtown club’s liquor license will be suspended for 30 days – from 4 p.m. May 14 to 4 p.m. June 13, the Washington State Liquor Control Board reported today. McCabe’s can challenging the suspension.

"We are currently reviewing it and anticipate challenging the allegations," said Mike McAleenan, the attorney for McCabe’s owners.

If the owners challenge the administrative violation, they’d be able to serve liquor until the challenge is resolved.

The

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Tacoma police are responding to a bank robbery in the Hilltop.

According to dispatchers, the Key Bank at 1120 S. 11th St. was robbed a few minutes ago. The bandit fled in an unknown direction.

This event is over. It turned out to be a hoaxed. Fife police have not called me back but here’s what our news partners are reporting.

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Fife police and Tacoma firefighters are on the scene of a suspicious package found outside, near the Costco business center in Fife, the Tacoma Fire Department reported.

The package, which had a note, is being investigated by Fife police and agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The Port of Seattle bomb squad also is on the scene.

The package is on the

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A woman died overnight in Tacoma after shooting herself in the head while playing with a gun, Tacoma police reported.

The 28-year-old woman was intoxicated and playing with a gun inside a home in the 1700 block of East 67th Street about 11:30 p.m. Monday, Tacoma police spokesman Thomas Williams said.

Family members reported the woman held the gun to her head and fired. There was no bullet in the chamber at the time, Williams said.

The woman chambered a round, held the gun to her head a second time and fired the weapon, Williams said.

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A woman was killed and a man seriously injured during a shooting inside a four-plex on Tacoma’s East Side early today.

Now, detectives are trying to figure out why the victims were attacked and who was responsible. No arrests have been made.

The four-plex has been taped off and investigators were canvassing the neighborhood to learn more. Homicide detectives were waiting for a search warrant before going back into the top-floor unit where the shooting took place, Tacoma police spokesman Thomas Williams reported.

The 23-year-old man, who was shot multiple times in the pelvis, was taken to

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The Lakewood Police Department has received another infusion of grant money to help fight auto theft.

The department received $530,000 last year to form the Pierce County Auto Theft Task Force. The one-year grant came from the state Auto Theft Prevention Authority.

The task force is comprised of investigators from the Washington State Patrol; the Lakewood, Tacoma, Fife and Puyallup police departments; and the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department. It also partners with Pierce Transit, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Pierce County Office of the Prosecuting Attorney.

The Washington Auto Theft Prevention Authority recently awarded Lakewood PD

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