Jun. 12 A man who gave his girlfriend life-threatening injuries by repeatedly stabbing her last year has been sentenced to life without parole under the state's three-strikes law. Jurors convicted 36-year-old John Monty Davis of first-degree assault last month. Given his prior convictions for second-degree assault, that amounted to his third strike when Pierce County Superior Court Judge James .
Two Tacoma police officers charged with second-degree murder in the death of Manuel Ellis were given lower bail amounts than the vast majority of other defendants charged with the same crime in Pierce County since 2017, court records show.
Judge Michael E. Schwartz set Burbank, Collins and Rankine’s bail for $100,000, respectively. All three officers were released from jail on bail Friday, May 28.
Jun. 4 A new appellate court ruling means there will be a closer look at public records penalties against the City of Tacoma in a case concerning a cell phone surveillance device used by police. A three judge panel of Division II of the Washington State Court of Appeals upheld most of the penalties against the city Wednesday, which totaled $182,340 for records it withheld about the device. The .