by #DebbieCockrell in #TheNewsTribune:

"A Pierce County Superior Court judge on Friday issued an order of contempt and authorized the arrest of a Pierce County woman who continues to refuse isolation, testing and treatment for tuberculosis."

https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article271848862.html

#tuberculosis #PierceCounty #Tacoma #Washington #PhilipSorensen #DeniseStinson #HealthDepartment

Federal prosecutors have charged two men in the Christmas Day #substation attacks in #PierceCounty that caused power outages and allegedly $3 million in damage.

Prosecutors say the men attacked two #Tacoma Power and two #PugetSound Energy substations

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/two-charged-in-pierce-county-christmas-day-substation-attacks/

Greenwood, in a statement to law enforcement after his arrest and being read Miranda rights, said he and Crahan had been planning to disrupt power to commit a #burglary, according to the complaint.

After the morning attacks, Greenwood said they went to a local business, drilled out a lock and entered to steal from a cash register, according to the complaint.

#Tacoma #PowerOutage #TPU #PSE

Welp, this is unsurprising.
#substationattack #piercecounty
https://www.kiro7.com/news/south-sound-news/2-men-charged-attacks-4-pierce-county-utility-substations/GPL4RPGKFBGZBGSWPZU37WKGO4/?taid=63b47431540f7d0001e09f5d&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=trueanthem&utm_source=twitter&s=09

Vandalism at three power substations in western #Washington early Sunday cut power to about 14,000 customers

Two of the break-ins were at Tacoma Public Utilities #TPU substations and the third was at a Puget Sound #Energy station #PSE

#Tacoma Public Utilities reported vandalism at about 5:30 a.m. at one #substation followed by vandalism at a second substation

Puget Sound Energy (PSE) also reported vandalism at about 2:30 a.m. causing a power #outage at one of its substations.

"There's a good possibility they are related, we are going to be investigating to see if this was coordinated by a specific group or people, but at this time all we know is that we have burglaries where the #power was purposefully knocked out"

#Graham #PierceCounty

https://www.mytpu.org/physical-attacks-on-our-substations/

- No public statement from PSE found on PSE website or social media - "The company is investigating, along with authorities, and declined to comment further"

Another series of electrical substation attacks leaves several thousand without power in Washington: https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/more-than-7k-without-power-east-pierce-county-after-substation-attack/WVRNJQTTLJAHRIHTVJ5SJ2BCGE/

#terrorism #energy #kiro #briseidaholguin #grid #utilitygrid #electricalgrid #washington #piercecounty #pierececountywashington

Today's Christmas morning attacks on three electrical substations in Washington State left 14,000 people without power.

Since September, there have been at least 16 attacks on the US power grid in 4 different states.

Right-wing "accelerationists" have adopted such attacks as a terrorist strategy in the past, but the recent attacks have no known links to right-wing terrorism.

#PierceCounty #PowerOutage #Extremism

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/three-men-plead-guilty-conspiring-provide-material-support-plot-attack-power-grids-united

Apparently it happened again: another coordinated attack on a county’s electric power substations. This time it’s Pierce County, Washington, where Tacoma is located:

https://komonews.com/news/local/tacoma-public-utilities-pierce-county-sheriff-department-deputies-substation-vandalism-burglary-power-outage-restore-police-report#

#PierceCountyWashington #PierceCounty #DomesticTerrorism #ElectricSubstations #Vandalism

So I did a post exploring how in our local experience and in academic research, incumbent sheriffs lose. Because Ed Troyer and all, it seemed like an interesting topic to research. I also found some incredible overlaps between two sheriff races in my own county separated by decades

Anyway, somewhere along the line my blog got aggregated by this NewsBreak app and the visits/comments have been a lot

#tacomawa #waelex #piercecounty #PierceCountyWA

https://www.olympiatime.com/2022/12/how-incumbent-sheriff-loses.html

How two Thurston County sheriff races (one in the 80s and one a few weeks ago) and an academic paper give clues to the future of Ed Troyer in #piercecounty

#PierceCountyWA #tacoma #tacomawa #waelex

https://www.olympiatime.com/2022/12/how-incumbent-sheriff-loses.html

#PierceCounty WA #sheriff #EdTroyer called an #AfricanAmerican newspaper deliverer a "porch monkey" & told 911 the man had threatened to kill him. He later retracted his statement & is on trial for misdemeanor false reporting. And this #racist #cop will probably be acquitted. #defundthepolice #tacoma

Local health officers and health care leaders recommend wearing masks indoors

https://publichealthinsider.com/2022/12/09/local-health-officers-and-health-care-leaders-recommend-wearing-masks-indoors/

#Seattle #Tacoma
#WashingtonState #KingCounty #SnohomishCounty #PierceCounty #ThurstonCounty #WhatcomCounty #JeffersonCounty #ClallamCounty #SanJuanCounty #ClarkCounty #PacificCounty #SkamaniaCounty #KittitasCounty #KitsapCounty

#bringbackmasks
#COVIDisAIRBONE
#MasksWork
#COVID19 #RSV #influenza

Case: State v. Troyer, Pierce County District Court No. 1AC002225
Judge: Honorable Jeffrey Jahns (Visiting Judge, Kitsap County)

Here is the link main page where you can view the filed documents and also view the live stream of the trial.

https://www.piercecountywa.gov/7884/Trial-Information

Nov 29 - Jury Selection Continues*
Nov 30 - Opening Statements
Dec 8 - Anticipated Closing Statements

#LawTwitter #PierceCounty #WashingtonState #Sheriff #TrialCourt #Harrassment #Troyer #BlackLivesMatter #WSJ