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    Pierce County Prosecutor’s Office
    A teenager set fire to the Point Defiance Park Pagoda in April. (PHOTOS COURTESY TACOMA FIRE DEPARTMENT)
    Teen receives maximum sentence for Point Defiance Park...
    October 12, 2011 12:00 am

    A 16-year-old boy from Tacoma was sentenced Tuesday to 142 to 189 weeks in the Juvenile Rehabilitation Administration, the maximum…

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    Devil's Head. (PHOTO COURTESY CASCADE LAND CONSERVANCY)
    Coalition preserves Pierce County 'jewel'
    July 14, 2010 12:00 am

    Devil’s Head, a 94-acre jewel in the South Sound, will be preserved for public use thanks to a coalition of…

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    Judge Murphy joins Pierce County Superior Court
    Judge Murphy joins Pierce County Superior Court
    June 21, 2010 12:00 am

    Judge Edmund Murphy was sworn in June 10 at a public ceremony at the Pierce County Courthouse. A reception followed….

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    Gov. Gregoire makes Pierce County Superior Court appointments
    Gov. Gregoire makes Pierce County Superior Court appointments
    May 11, 2010 12:00 am

    Gov. Chris Gregoire today announced the appointments of Edmund Murphy and Elizabeth Martin to the Pierce County Superior Court.

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    Last year, Crime Stoppers of Tacoma / Pierce County offered a $1,000 reward leading to the arrest of a serial arsonist at the Winthrop apartment building in downtown Tacoma. (IMAGE COURTESY CRIME STOPPERS TACOMA / PIERCE COUNTY)
    7-year prison sentence for Winthrop arsonist
    By Todd Matthews • April 23, 2010 12:00 am

    A man who pleaded guilty in January to intentionally setting a series of fires last year inside the Winthrop apartment…

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    According to Tacoma Police, the Pierce County Prosecutor's Office, and Winthrop residents, between Aug. 16 and Sept. 2, eight fires were intentionally set in different areas of the Winthrop, an 85-year-old, 12-story former historic hotel downtown. (FILE PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Accused Winthrop arsonist pleads guilty
    By Todd Matthews • February 2, 2010 12:00 am

    A man Tacoma police and Pierce County prosecutors allege intentionally set a series of fires last year inside the Winthrop…

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    (PHOTO COURTESY PIERCE COUNTY)
    Adult criminal cases focus of new Pierce County...
    January 19, 2010 12:00 am

    Pierce County Superior Court is the first Superior Court in the state to appoint a commissioner whose duties are exclusively…

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    (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Respect, grief mark police memorial
    December 9, 2009 12:00 am

    More than 20,000 law enforcement officials convened in Tacoma Tuesday for a memorial at the Tacoma Dome to honor four…

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    (PHOTO COURTESY PIERCE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT)
    Search continues for suspected Lakewood cop killer
    November 30, 2009 12:00 am

    Law enforcement officials continue to search for a man suspected of killing four Lakewood police officers in a Parkland coffee…

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    The Winthrop Hotel in downtown Tacoma. (FILE PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Living On Edge: Inside the Winthrop arson investigation
    By Todd Matthews • October 23, 2009 12:00 am

    For most residents of the Winthrop apartment building in downtown Tacoma, just living day-to-day is hard enough. The 12-story, 84-year-old…

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