By Louis T. Corsaletti Woodinville, WA — Perry Ford knew something obviously was wrong when he saw a man dragging a kicking and screaming teenager across a Safeway parking lot. But he didn't know that his subsequent actions would result in the arrest of a 29-year-old Seattle man in the attempted abduction —...
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Tags: Jan Jorgensen, King County, Lost Lake Road, Perry Ford, Polly Klaas, Rick Chubb, Seattle Times, Snohomish County, WA
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by Hal Springer Olympia, WA–The state Supreme Court in August 1993, upheld a unique law that allows the indefinite lockup of sex predators for crimes they might commit. The decision means 20 of Washington State?s most dangerous sex offenders will remain behind bars in a special facility at the state reformatory near Monroe....
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Tags: American Civil Liberties Union, Andre Brigham Young, Booth Gardner, Chief Justice Jim Andersen, Community Protection Act, Earl Shriner, Gene Kane, Gerard Sheehan, Jim Dolliver, Justice Barbara Durham, Justices Charles Johnson, King County, Special Commitment Center, Superior Court, Supreme Court
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A man’s habits — caught Barnard’s attention: An avid chess player — A lapsed U.S. Chess Federation membership…and it’s time to renew. "I asked the chess federation to flag his file when he re-upped. Give me a ring," Barnard said. Then he waited for the next move. It came just before Christmas 1991....
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Tags: Child Find, Detective Carolyn Parks Giffin, EDITOR, King County, Linda Bridges, NOTE, OK, OPERATION, Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA
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