May
16th
Prosecutors appeal decision to move torture case against Tacoma man to Pierce County
Last week, a King County judge ordered that the trial of a Northeast Tacoma man accused of kidnapping and raping a prostitute last month be moved to Pierce County Superior Court.
Now, King County prosecutors have filed a motion for the decision to be reviewed by the state Court of Appeals. The motion was filed today. Meanwhile, a hearing in the case was scheduled for this morning to discuss next steps.
King County prosecutors initially charged John Joseph Hauff Jr., 66,with first-degree rape, first-degree kidnapping and second-degree assault after a Seattle police investigation.
He’s accused of taking a 24-year-old woman …