Kittitas County Superior Court

A man accused of stealing a breakfast burrito from an Ellensburg grocery store has been sentenced to 30 days behind bars. The Ellensburg Daily Record says the sentence was handed down to 45-year-old Nicholus James Leman in Kittitas County Superior Court this week...

A teenager accused of killing a rival gang member in the parking lot of an Ellensburg fast food restaurant has been found guilty of first-degree murder. The Ellensburg Daily Record reports it took a 12-member jury only a few hours to return the verdict against 18-year-old Benny Lee Castizo in Kittitas County Superior Court this week...

A former Cle Elum resident has pled not guilty to ten felony drug charges. The Ellensburg Daily Record reports 40-year-old Jeffrey Allan Wunder entered the plea to charges of possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, unlawful use of a building for drug purposes, and the manufacture of a controlled substance in Kittitas County Superior Court last week...

A teenager accused of killing a rival gang member at an Ellensburg fast food restaurant last year has refused to plea bargain in his murder trial. Prosecutors say 18-year-old Benny Castizo shot 21-year-old Christian Guthrie to death at a Jack In The Box in the 100 block of West University Way on March 15, 2024...

An Ellensburg man has been sentenced to almost a year in jail for assaulting a police officer during his arrest two months ago. Judge L. Candace Hooper handed down the 364-day term to 33-year-old Steven Michael Schepler in Kittitas County Superior Court this week...

The trial of an 18-year-old man accused of killing an employee at an Ellensburg fast food restaurant earlier this year has been delayed. Prosecutors say Benny Castizo shot and killed 21-year-old Christian Guthrie at a Jack In The Box in the 100 block of West University Way on March 15...

A New Jersey man who was arrested earlier this month for attempting to assault police during a four-hour standoff near Easton has pled not guilty. Forty-five-year-old Neil Hwan Harrison entered the plea in Kittitas County Superior Court this week...

An East Wenatchee Police officer has pled not guilty to felony charges stemming from an alleged road rage incident in Kittitas County earlier this year. The Daily Record newspaper reports 40-year-old Landon Jensen entered his plea to charges of second-degree assault and unlawful display of a weapon in Kittitas County Superior Court this week...