The Pierce County Sheriff’s Office said deputies arrested a 13-year-old boy early Saturday after investigators learned he had made threats of a school shooting and claimed access to firearms. “There ...

(The Center Square) – The Pierce County Sheriff’s Office’s ongoing staffing shortage has some county leaders considering a sales tax to provide more revenue for the department. As of July 18, the ...

After a judge barred a private attorney from acting as a legal advisor to Pierce County Sheriff Keith Swank, the sheriff said he offered the lawyer a job giving him policy advice. The lawyer, Joan ...

Austin Nolan-Copple wasn't about to go near a stolen vehicle on her own. The vacant property she was driving to on Sept. 11 was supposed to be her mother-in-law's new home, the 33-year-old Raft Island ...

The Pierce County Sheriff's Office rescued over 100 cats from a home in Buckley on Wednesday. Now, an animal cruelty ...

An office assistant in the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office was fired Wednesday after being charged with a pair of felonies. “The employee was charged with residential burglary and malicious mischief, ...

All Pierce County Sheriff’s Office personnel who went to the scene of a two-car collision allegedly caused by Maj. Chadwick Dickerson should have had their body-cameras activated, Sheriff Keith Swank ...

After Pierce County Sheriff Keith Swank posted a series of social media posts, including ones that sparked controversy regarding transgender people and gun ownership, the Washington State Criminal ...

PIERCE COUNTY, Wash. — Pierce County sheriff’s deputies and SWAT officers seized dozens of weapons from a 13-year-old boy’s home, along with evidence they say indicates he was preparing for an attack.

When the public has reason to suspect a law enforcement official got special treatment from the sheriff’s department, the moment calls for leadership. But while questions swirl around the behavior of ...

Deputies had tried to speak with the man after they established probable cause for felony harassment, the Pierce County ...