police standoff

A Kittitas County man is in jail after police say he assaulted his girlfriend and held her hostage. The Ellensburg Police Department says officers were called to reports of a domestic dispute at a residence where a male suspect had barricaded himself inside while holding a female against her will...

Police in Grant County are still looking for the suspect involved in a spurious standoff that took place in Moses Lake on Sunday afternoon. The Grant County Sheriff's Office says it began at around 11 a.m. at a residence in the 1000 block of Lowry Drive...

Charges are pending against a Wenatchee woman who's accused of assaulting her mother and staging a standoff with police late Wednesday afternoon. Capt. Brian Chance of the Wenatchee Police Department says officers responded to reports of a domestic disturbance in the 400 block of North Franklin Avenue at around 4:15 p...

A Moses Lake man is in jail after he allegedly pistol-whipped his sister in the face prior to staging a standoff with police. Officers with the Moses Lake Police Department were dispatched to a residence on Loop Drive at around 4:30 p.m. where they found the 26-year-old victim outside...

An East Wenatchee man is behind bars after police say he led them on a lengthy vehicle pursuit that ended in an armed standoff on Monday night. Trooper Jeremiah Mathews of the Washington State Patrol says the incident began around 7:30 p...

A Grant County man is in jail and two people have injuries following reports of a police standoff in Moses Lake on Wednesday afternoon. The incident allegedly occurred in the 4600 block of Grape Drive at around 3:15 p.m. when police responded to a 9-1-1 call from someone claiming an armed man had barricaded himself inside a residence and was holding a woman against her will...

A Grant County woman is recovering after police say she was shot during a domestic dispute at her residence in Ephrata on Thursday morning. The Ephrata Police Department says officers were dispatched to the 10 block of F Street Southwest at around 8:15 a...

A jury in Chelan County found 47-year-old Abel Wilkes guilty of 2nd Degree Assault late Thursday afternoon.

The attorney for 48-year-old Abel D. Wilkes' filed paperwork claiming the government did not properly get a warrant, over reacted and withheld evidence.