A 26-year-old man wanted in connection with a home-invasion robbery last week in South Tacoma has been arrested.

Monaroes Sar was stopped by law enforcement officers Tuesday in Beaverton, Ore., after he got on a train without a ticket, Tacoma police spokesman Mark Fulghum said.

Officers ran Sar’s name and discovered he had a warrant for his arrest in connection with the Tacoma home-invasion robbery.

Pierce County prosecutors charged Sar on Friday with first-degree robbery, first-degree burglary and unlawful imprisonment. They allege Sar and two others of burglarizing Gabrielle Senn’s home in the 3600 block of South Gunnison Street on …

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A teenager convicted of shooting a Tacoma man to death during a  robbery two years ago was sentenced Friday to 29 years, three months in prison.

Shadeed Booker Beaver, 19,  killed Sokun Phorn and stole a bag of marijuana from him in October 2010.

Beaver, who was 17 at the time of the killing, pleaded guilty in December to first-degree murder in Phorn’s death. He also pleaded guilty to first-degree robbery for stealing an iPhone from another man at gunpoint a few days before the murder.

Deputy prosecutors Patrick Cooper had asked for a sentence of 32 years, four months …

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A man suspected of stabbing his pastor at their Tacoma church was ordered jailed Thursday in lieu of $500,000 bail while Pierce County prosecutors decided what charges he should face.

Ivan Zaytsev is scheduled for arraignment Monday in Superior Court.

Tacoma police said Zaytsev attacked the Rev. Peter Sayenko of the Slavic Christian Center on Tuesday night as the men talked in the pastor’s church office.

Deputy prosecutor Patrick Cooper said Thursday that Sayenko was punched in the face, then stabbed in the back with a sharp implement. The pastor is recovering.

Zaytsev, who reportedly had been receiving marriage counseling …

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Flames destroyed a Steilacoom home early Thursday.

The owner of the home at 74 Bonney St. noticed the fire and ran to the house of a neighbor, who called 911 about 1:40 a.m., according the Steilacoom Department of Public Safety.

Public-safety officers from Steilacoom as well as firefighters from DuPont and West Pierce Fire & Rescue responded and doused the flames.

No one was hurt.

Neighbors looked on with relief Wednesday as a demolition team knocked down and hauled away what was left of the Graham- area house where Josh Powell killed himself and his two sons.

“It’s a hell of a sight,” said owner Patrick Small, who rented the house to Powell. “Every time the neighbors walk out the door, they get reminded just by looking. It’s a horrible sight to look at.”

On Feb. 5, police found Powell and his two sons dead inside the home. The boys were reportedly beaten with a hatchet before their father set it on fire.

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A Pierce County man was sentenced to 29 years in prison Friday for killing his girlfriend’s two-year-old daughter.

Charles Mann, 28, pled guilty to assault of a child and manslaughter for causing the death of two-year-old Najaiyla Lowe on May 9, 2011.

“The defendant violated the mother’s trust and abused an innocent child,” said Prosecutor Mark Lindquist.

Mann was babysitting Najaiyla and the couple’s two-month-old baby on the evening the incident occurred.

Mann originally claimed the child drowned in the bathtub while he was tending to the baby in another room.

In an autopsy, Pierce County medical examiner Dr. Thomas …

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UPDATE: Washington State Department of Transportation reports the collision is cleared but to expect some time before back-up eases. Wind blew mobile home over.

PREVIOUS POST: A collision on the westbound span of the Narrows bridge is blocking two lanes, and traffic is quickly backing up.

At least one of the vehicles involved was towing a mobile home.

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A witness told police that Josh Powell spoke of killing someone and disposing of a body, according to a search warrant unsealed this afternoon in the case of his father, Steven Powell.

The newly unsealed warrant also revealed that Charlie Powell, the couple’s son, said “my mom is dead” as early as January 3, 2009, shortly after Susan Cox Powell disappeared.

The warrant says Susan Cox Powell’s cell phone was found in Josh’s car after she disappeared and that he couldn’t explain why.

Detectives investigating her disappearance found blood on the floor in the couple’s …

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