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Donald W. Meyers Crime

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Sep 25, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Donald W. Meyers Crime and Courts Reporter Author facebook Author twitter Author email

    Kennewick man dies when semi-truck collides with his car outside Legends Casino Hotel (opens the original)

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    A Kennewick man was killed when his car was hit by a semi-truck outside Legends Casino Hotel near Toppenish Wednesday afternoon. Yakima County sheriff’s investigators say Robert Wayne Lalonde, 49, was driving west on Fort Road when he made a left turn on Teo Road in front of a semi. The truck hit his car, and both vehicles skidded into the casino parking lot after hitting a utility pole, according to a sheriff’s office news release. Lalonde was pronounced dead at the scene. Yakima County Cor

  2. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Donald W. Meyers Crime and Courts Reporter Author facebook Author twitter Author email

    Seven arrested, firearms, drugs seized in raids in Toppenish, Wapato (opens the original)

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    Yakima County sheriff's deputies and other agencies arrested seven people in the Lower Yakima Valley and seized 19 firearms during a series of raids Tuesday. Members of the sheriff's proactive enforcement unit, assisted by federal and local agencies, executed eight search warrants at different locations in Toppenish and Wapato simultaneously for crimes ranging from unlawful possession of firearms to drug distribution, according to a news release from the sheriff's office. Two suspects who ran aw

  3. Article · Sep 23, 2026 · Donald W. Meyers Crime and Courts Reporter Author facebook Author twitter Author email

    Prosecutors drop vehicular assault charge against Yakima man in May crash (opens the original)

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    Yakima County prosecutors dropped a vehicular assault charge against a Yakima man involved in a crash that injured his passenger. In the motion to dismiss the charge against John Thomas Evans, Deputy Yakima County Prosecuting Attorney Richard Petersen cited an anticipated year’s wait in getting the toxicological tests from Washington State Patrol crime lab, the fact that a preliminary breath test showed Evans’ blood-alcohol content was below the state standard for intoxication and a victim w

  4. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · Donald W. Meyers Crime and Courts Reporter Author facebook Author twitter Author email

    Authorities release identity of White Swan woman fatally shot near Toppenish (opens the original)

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    Authorities have released the identity of a woman who was killed near Toppenish. Michelle Domínguez, 44, whom authorities have described as a White Swan woman, died from multiple gunshot wounds, Yakima County Coroner Marshall Slight said following an autopsy in Benton County. Yakima County sheriff’s detectives are seeking a suspect in the shooting. The suspect and Domínguez had “previous interactions,” according to a news release from the sheriff’s office. Deputies were called to the 4

  5. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · Donald W. Meyers Crime and Courts Reporter Author facebook Author twitter Author email

    Davis High teacher accused of possessing child sexual abuse material (opens the original)

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    An A.C. Davis High School teacher has been arrested on suspicion of possessing child sexual abuse material. David Lorin Bray, 56, was released on court supervision following a preliminary appearance hearing in Yakima County Superior Court Thursday afternoon. An email from Yakima school Superintendent Trevor Greene informed parents that a teacher had been arrested “in connection with a law enforcement investigation involving serious allegations. “YSD remains committed to cooperating fully wit

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