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A foreign student who crashed his newly purchased Mercedes-Benz into another car, killing its driver and injuring three people, was sentenced to 17½ months in prison on Friday. Yichun Xu, 20, pleaded guilty in February to vehicular homicide and three counts of reckless endangerment for a Nov. 10, 2012, crash in Des Moines that killed a…

A man in a dress was caught taking photos in the women’s restroom at the Des Moines Library. Police say a victim knocked the phone out of his hand Thursday evening and chased him out of the restroom. KOMO reports that the man fled and shed his skirt, but officers tracked him down.

A Chinese community-college student, who drove his newly purchased Mercedes-Benz at freeway speeds on a residential street in Des Moines and crashed into another car, killing the driver and injuring three people, pleaded guilty today. Yichun Xu pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide (disregard for the safety of others) and three counts of reckless endangerment. He faces a sentence…

UPDATE, 10:05 p.m. | Officers have located Jonathan Ormsby, who is now home, the Des Moines Police Department said. ORIGINAL POST | Police are seeking the public’s help in locating a boy who is missing and may be endangered. Johnathan Ormsby, 15, was last seen around 12:30 p.m. after he ran from the Des Moines Marina,…

SPOKANE (AP) — Autopsy results show the death of a 21-year-old man at a June concert at the Gorge Amphitheater was related to methamphetamine, not the drug known as Molly. Officials initially thought Patrick D. Witkowski of Des Moines died June 30 due to an overdose of the drug considered to be a form of Ecstasy. Chelan…

UPDATE, 7:21 p.m. | The shooting suspect has been arrested, according to King County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Cindi West. He was found hiding in an apartment complex in the 10600 block of 22nd Avenue South. ORIGINAL POST | The King County Sheriff’s Office has released surveillance footage photos of a suspect being sought in a shooting in…

A 31-year-old man was sentenced this afternoon to 28 years in prison for fatally shooting a woman and wounding a man in a Des Moines parking lot in November 2011. Johnny Rourn, of Des Moines, had pleaded guilty in August to second-degree murder and second-degree assault. Both charges include firearm sentencing enhancements. Two groups of people were involved in…

Folks in Des Moines can drink straight from the tap again. The Washington State Department of Health has lifted an advisory for residents of Water District 54 to boil their water before drinking it, after lab tests showed the water now meets safe drinking-water standards, a spokesman confirmed. Officials issued the warning Saturday, after tests found E….

UPDATE 12:50 p.m. Wednesday: | Kato, the Kent police dog  stabbed while on duty Tuesday night, has been released from a veterinary hospital and is recovering at home, according to Kent police. ORIGINAL POST: A Kent police dog was stabbed in Des Moines after the K-9 team responded to a report of a domestic-violence incident  Tuesday…

A 30-year-old man has pleaded guilty to fatally shooting a woman and wounding a man in a Des Moines parking lot in November 2011. Johnny Rourn, of Des Moines, pleaded guilty Friday to second-degree murder and second-degree assault, according to the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office. Both charges include firearm sentencing enhancements and Rourn is looking at a sentence…