A Union Gap man will be retried in August on charges he sought to have sex with a teenage girl he met online. Hayden Aaron Erlandson’s trial earlier this month on charges of second-degree child rape ...

A Yakima judge has sentenced an Ellensburg man to nearly six years in prison for attempted child rape. This is one of six attempted child rape cases being prosecuted from the Net Nanny operation, a ...

A sting dubbed “Operation Net Nanny” in Grant County has resulted in the arrests of seven alleged child sexual predators. The sting occurred over several days as part of Washington State Patrol’s ...

Cat missing from Salem home found weeks later in Tillamook National Forest Periwinkle's family is still wondering how she managed to travel dozens of miles on her own. Hit-and-run victim dies in the ...

GRANT COUNTY, Wash. — Seven men were arrested in Grant County over the course of several days for accusations of sexual misconduct against minors. No children were put in harm's way of the accused men ...

(The Center Square) - A Washington state bill would reduce the length of time an individual must register as a sex offender after being convicted in a “net nanny” operation, while ending the lifetime ...

The Benton County Kennewick Campus includes the Benton County Justice Center, Jail and administrative offices in Kennewick. Bob Brawdy bbrawdy@tricityherald.com Four men have yet to go to trial, eight ...