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Jury convicts defendant in Camille Love trial

Stacey Mulick — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:04:52 +0000

The jury has convicted a 22-year-old man on trial in the 2010 slaying of Camille Love.

The verdict was read shortly after 2:40 p.m. News Tribune staff writer Adam Lynn is in the courtroom.

Pierce County prosecutors have alleged Eduardo Sandoval was a lookout on Feb. 7, 2010, when the 20-year-old Love was fatally shot as she drove her car down an East Side street. Her brother, who was in the passenger seat, was wounded.

Sandoval originally was on trial with three other men in the slaying. During the course of the trial, which …

Spiritual ceremony today for woman killed in East Side home

Stacey Mulick — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:33:29 +0000

Associated Ministries will conduct a Moment of Blessing ceremony today for a 26-year-old mother killed New Year’s Day while sleeping on the couch of an East Side home.

The brief, spiritual ceremony will begin at 1 p.m. at the home in the 8400 block of East D Street.

Tacoma police have said Michelle Davis was shot and killed late Sunday by her ex-boyfriend. The 22-year-old man killed himself a short time later outside Larchmont Elementary School.

The Moment of Blessing ceremonies are designed to reclaim the places in Pierce County where homicides occur. They are intended to provide comfort to …

UPDATED: Woman killed, man shot in East Side Tacoma shooting

Stacey Mulick — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 14:43:33 +0000

UPDATED at 1:15 p.m.

A 22-year-old man suspected of fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend and injuring another man late Sunday in Tacoma was later found dead.

Officers found the man at Larchmont Elementary School about 4:45 a.m. today, Tacoma police spokesman Mark Fulghum said. He had died from what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Investigators believe the man shot his 26-year-old ex-girlfriend and injured a 29-year-old man about 11:40 p.m. Sunday.

The shooting occurred inside the older man’s home in the 8400 block of East D Street, Fulghum said. There were other people inside the home at the time. …

UPDATED: Charges filed against man in death of teen found in trash can

Stacey Mulick — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 14:41:41 +0000

UPDATE as of 3:35 p.m.

Not guilty pleas were entered on Clark’s behalf during his arraignment this afternoon.

Superior Court Judge Beverly Grant set bail at $2 million.

UPDATE as of 12 p.m.

Pierce County prosecutors have charged Anthony T. Clark with first-degree murder, unlawful possession of a firearm and unlawful possession of a controlled substance.

Clark, 20, is expected to be arraigned at 3 p.m. today, according to the Pierce County Superior Court website.

Prosecutors allege Clark shot 16-year-old Devondre Davis in the back of the head on Wednesday.

Detectives found a blood stain on the floor near a …

What was that: Police activity on the East Side

Stacey Mulick — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 21:11:59 +0000

Tacoma police officers are investigating a fight on the East Side.

A 16-year-old boy was reportedly punched in the face near East 32nd Street and Portland Avenue shortly before 1 p.m. today. As the boy ran away, he heard a gunshot, Tacoma police spokesman Mark Fulghum said.

The boy provided officers with a description. Tacoma police and Puyallup Tribal police officers located the suspect and arrested him. He told officers his gun accidentally discharged. He no longer had the weapon, Fulghum said.

No one was injured by the gunfire.

Tacoma police were still investigating what happened.

East Side residents: Be on the lookout for mail thieves

Stacey Mulick — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 22:06:54 +0000

Thieves have been targeting mail boxes on Tacoma’s East Side.

The Tacoma Police Department reports an increase in mail theft in neighborhoods south of 56th Street, according to an email from community liaison officer Don Hensley to Safe Streets.

Several residents have found pieces of discarded mail on the street. The mail is from nearby neighborhoods, Hensley wrote.

One resident spotted a young woman trying to steal a package Wednesday morning from a porch near the 7200 block of A Street. When confronted, the woman took off.

Tacoma officers responded and found the woman.

“She has minimal criminal history of …

UPDATED: Tacoma police investigate drive-by shooting on East Side

Stacey Mulick — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 15:13:04 +0000

Tacoma police were investigating a drive-by shooting late Wednesday on the East Side that slightly injured two women.

Witnesses reported that a gunman fired at a tan minivan as it drove on East 30th Street near Portland Avenue about 11:15 p.m. The gunman then stashed two weapons – an AK-47 and an AR-15 – under a nearby vehicle and got into a newer black BMW, officers reported.

Tacoma police were called to the scene and located eight shell casings and broken glass in the roadway. They also found a rifle case and a duffel bag that contained two rifles, Tacoma …

UPDATED: Electrical wiring caused East Side Tacoma house fire

Stacey Mulick — Thu, 26 May 2011 17:17:14 +0000

Tacoma firefighters are battling a house fire in the 2000 block of East 70th Street.

Several people called 911 about the fire at 10:05 a.m.

“First arriving crews found a fairly established fire on the first floor of two-story house,” Tacoma fire spokesman Joe Meinecke said.

UPDATE: The occupants of the home made it out safely by the time firefighters arrived, Meinecke said. No injuries have been reported.

Firefighters are working to put out the hot spots.

“There’s quite a bit of damage to the house,” Meinecke said.

UPDATE 2: The fire is out. A cause is not yet known. …

Woman injured in motorcycle crash on Tacoma’s East Side

Stacey Mulick — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:15:00 +0000

A woman was seriously injured Thursday afternoon when she crashed her motorcycle into the back of a car on 72nd Street East, Tacoma police reported.

The woman was transported to Tacoma General Hospital for treatment. Her injuries were not considered life threatening, police spokesman Mark Fulghum said.

The woman and a man were each riding motorcycles Thursday afternoon. Around 4:20 p.m., they pulled out of a parking lot and headed westbound on 72nd Street East, Fulghum said.

The man had slowed for a car in front of him. The woman rode up from behind, passed the man and then hit …

UPDATED: Woman arrested, man sought after assault at East Side Tacoma home

Stacey Mulick — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:42:35 +0000

Tacoma police arrested a woman and were searching for her brother after they allegedly broke into his ex-girlfriend’s East Side Tacoma home Wednesday night.

Officers were called to the home in the 2000 block of East Columbia Avenue shortly after 10:30 p.m. for a possible stabbing or fight at the home, police reported.

Officers learned that a man and his sister broke into the home with a rifle and attacked his ex-girlfriend. The ex-girlfriend ran outside and started screaming, which prompted her neighbors to call 911, police reported.

Because the home is tribal property, Puyallup Tribal police also responded. Officers …