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Police mishandled evidence in a case involving a registered sex offender in Chelan County, which leads to the dismissal of third-degree rape charges. That's the ruling from a Chelan County judge earlier this week, as Superior Court Judge Travis Brandt tossed the charges against 29-year-old Bernadino Dwite Hamilton...

A Wenatchee man receives 15 years in federal prison for Receipt of Child Pornography. 34-year-old Justin Renteria, who is already a registered sex offender, will also undergo a lifetime of supervised release. Acting U.S. Attorney Richard Barker says this case highlights the consequences of repeat criminal behavior...

A Royal City man is in jail after being accused of sexually assaulting two children. The Grant County Sheriff's Office says deputies arrested 54-year-old Sergio Leal Barragan on Tuesday. Barragan made an initial appearance in Grant County Superior Court on Wednesday when Judge Tyson Hill found probable cause to formally charge him with first-degree rape of a child and first-degree child molestatio

A convicted sex offender has potentially avoided life in prison after being resentenced in Chelan County Superior Court this week. Fifty-eight-year-old Lonnie Kaye England of Wenatchee is currently serving 89 months for pleading guilty to two counts of first-degree child molestation...

Detectives say a 16-year-old female told them she and three of her girlfriends did online research to find the identity of Bernardino Hamilton, who is accused of soliciting them back in July of 2021, when they were 14 and 15 years-old.