If President-elect Donald Trump follows through on his promise to deport millions of undocumented immigrants, the privately-run detention center in Tacoma could play an important role in the feds’ Northwest operations, via @petejtalbot

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An ex-guard was sentenced this month on charges that he accepted a bribe to smuggle drugs into a Seattle jail. His case shares similarities with the recent indictment of Pierce County defense attorney John Sheeran, namely alleged co-conspirators.

RT @TNTAdam: More upheaval at TPD, as reported by @simcarttweets.

Prominent Pierce County defense attorney John M. Sheeran was arraigned Monday for allegedly smuggling drugs to clients in a King County jail From @thejuliastory and @amkrell.

Tacoma's city manager said Police Chief Avery Moore, who returned to work Wednesday, had been placed on paid administrative leave so his personal use of a “city asset” could be investigated, @petejtalbot reports.

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Tacoma Police Chief Avery Moore has been placed on administrative leave, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the matter. It's not immediately clear why. via @simcarttweets

An expiring Tacoma taxpayer-funded plan in 2015 improved residential streets as it set out to do. But minimal work on arterial roads left them in decline. Would a 2025 initiative, focused on arterials, avoid the opposite effect? w/ @simcarttweets

RT @petejtalbot: Public records released to me and @thenewstribune this year found that the WA Attorney General's Office paid more than $4…

RT @petejtalbot: Thurston County prosecutors declined to file charges, citing insufficient evidence

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Nearly eight years after a Land Rover was brought in to be restored at a Gig Harbor shop, the vehicle's owner claims he was a victim of theft and fraud. The details of the falling out are more complicated — as are the parties involved.

A University Place woman's death was difficult enough for her family, including three siblings based in Washington and a daughter and son-in-law in Georgia. A prolonged struggle that followed made things worse.

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