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The Associated Press TACOMA — Pierce County authorities say a man who witnessed his girlfriend being robbed at gunpoint chased down the suspect in his car, striking the robber as he got away. Charging documents say 28-year-old Deandre Lopez Garcia walked up to a Spanaway coffee stand Tuesday, pointed a gun at the barista and demanded money….

A 30-year-old man who would not take no for an answer was sentenced to five years in prison for stalking a woman he met at a coffee stand. David Lainez, of Bellevue, was arrested in June 2013 just four days after his release from jail, where he served a nine-month sentence for harassing the 22-year-old woman,…

Samuel McDonough in December. A self-proclaimed “pirate” who pleaded guilty to stealing a Victoria Clipper ferry last month was sentenced to two years and five months in prison by a King County Superior Court judge on Friday. Samuel Kenneth McDonough, a convicted sex-offender from Preston who represented himself during the court proceedings, asked the judge to…

National Weather Service forecast Some design work on a Boeing plane will be done outside of the Puget Sound area. The company told employees yesterday work on the 777X will be done in Charleston and four other cities. (The Times) The Sounders win big with a 2-0 victory against Colorado…

Puget Sound Business Journal columnist Patti Payne tells a story about a hoax that left a Bellevue barista and the community action agency Hopelink understandably disappointed. The story centers around a $50,000 donation, a regular customer to a Tully’s in Factoria and the hope that what was said to be true actually was.