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Woman charged with robbing East Side coffee stand

Stacey Mulick | March 11, 2010

Pierce County prosecutors have charged a 20-year-old woman with robbing an East Side Tacoma coffee stand last month.
Marisa S. Richie was arraigned Wednesday on one count of first-degree robbery. She's being held in Pierce County Jail in lieu of $50,000 bail.
The Isle De Cafe in the 1400 block of East 72nd Street was robbed the [...]

Man robbed at gunpoint on East Side street, Tacoma police report

Stacey Mulick | March 9, 2010

Tacoma police were searching for two men who robbed another man at gunpoint this morning as the victim walked to an East Side convenience store.
The victim told officers he was walking about 7:25 a.m. in the area of East 40th and Spokane streets when two suspects came out from behind some bushes, Tacoma police spokesman [...]

Reminder: Blessing ceremony today for woman killed in East Side driveby

Stacey Mulick | March 4, 2010

Just a reminder ...
Representatives from Associated Ministries will perform a Moment of Blessing ceremony this morning on the street where a 20-year-old woman was killed in a driveby shooting last month.
The brief, spiritual ceremony for Camille Love begins at 10:30 a.m. at the intersection of East 56th Street and Portland Avenue. The events, which are [...]

Ceremony planned Thursday for woman killed in East Side driveby shooting

Stacey Mulick | March 2, 2010

Tacoma police detectives continue to look for clues in the last month's deadly driveby shooting on the East Side.
Meanwhile, a Moment of Blessing ceremony for 20-year-old Camille Love is planned for Thursday morning at the intersection where she was fatally shot.
Love and her brother, 19-year-old Josh Love, were driving north on Portland Avenue the night [...]

Grand opening today for new Sector 4 substation

Stacey Mulick | February 25, 2010

The Tacoma Police Department will host a grand opening celebration and open house today at its new Sector 4 substation.
The station, which is modeled after the city's four other police substation, is located at 400 E. 56th St. Sector 4 encompasses the East Side and part of the South End.
There will be a ceremony at [...]

Woman robs East Side coffee stand, Tacoma police report

Stacey Mulick | February 23, 2010

Tacoma police were searching for a woman who allegedly robbed an East Side coffee stand Monday night.
The woman pulled up to the Isle De Cafe stand in the 1400 block of East 72nd Street about 6:50 p.m. and ordered a drink, police spokesman Mark Fulghum said.
According to reports, the woman then got out of her [...]

Do you know who was driving this van? Police seek new clues in deadly East Side shooting

Stacey Mulick | February 11, 2010

Tacoma police released a picture today of the stolen minivan used in Sunday night's deadly shooting on the East SideĀ  in hopes that someone will come forward with information about who was behind the wheel.
The driver of the minivan, which was stolen late Saturday in Auburn, fired several rounds at a red car Sunday at [...]

Teen seriously wounded in drive-by Friday night on East Side

Stacey Mulick | February 8, 2010

A teenager was seriously injured Friday night in a drive-by shooting on Tacoma's East Side.
The 15-year-old boy's gunshot wounds were initially considered life threatening, police spokesman Mark Fulghum said.
The boy and three friends were walking near East 32nd Street and Portland Avenue about 9:45 p.m. Friday when a four-door vehicle pulled up next to them, [...]

UPDATED: One killed, one injured in shooting on East Side

Stacey Mulick | February 8, 2010

A 20-year-old woman was killed and her younger brother injured when an occupant of another vehicle opened fire as the siblings sat in their vehicle on an East Side Tacoma street.
No arrests have been reported. The Pierce County Medical Examiner's Office identified the woman as Camille A. Love, 20.
The surviving victim told officers there was [...]

WHAT WAS THAT: Police activity on the East Side

Stacey Mulick | January 27, 2010

Tacoma police and Pierce County sheriff's deputies converged on the East Side this afternoon.
There was a report of a stolen car crashing into a fence in the area of East 50th and McKinley Avenue, police spokesman Mark Fulghum said. The car had been fleeing sheriff's deputies.
The driver fled but was caught a short time later.
The [...]