Attorney General Bob Ferguson released the following statement today in response to a letter he recently received from Paul Lawrence, of Pacifica Law Group, regarding the charter schools law passed this year by the Legislature (SB 6194).

Gregoire was the first woman to lead the office

SPOKANE — The Spokane Division of the Washington Attorney General’s Office now bears the name of former Attorney General and Gov. Chris Gregoire.

Attorney General Bob Ferguson officially renamed the office today in Spokane with a ceremony and reception honoring Gregoire, who led the Spokane Division in the 1980s and was the state’s first-ever female Deputy Attorney General, promoted by then-AG Ken Eikenberry.

Offender has been civilly committed since 2000

COUPVILLE — Prosecutors with the Attorney General’s Sexually Violent Predator Unit are attempting to prevent a sex offender from being conditionally released into the community in a civil trial this week in Coupeville on Whidbey Island.

Curtis Brogi, 48, was found by an Island County jury to be a Sexually Violent Predator in January of 2000 and was civilly committed to the state’s Special Commitment Center, now located on McNeil Island.

Respondent Tim Eyman refuses to comply with subpoenas in campaign-finance case

TACOMA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson today announced that his office obtained the criminal conviction of James Moseley, a Whitman County sex offender, on two felony counts. Moseley pleaded guilty Thursday in Pierce County Superior Court to second-degree assault with a deadly weapon and felony harassment (threat to kill). He was sentenced to more than five years in prison for the offenses.

At least 800 Washington victims scammed out of $500K

SEATTLE — Attorney General Bob Ferguson today announced a lawsuit against a Florida-based company and its owners, accusing them of charging students illegal fees for debt adjustment services, including assistance with consolidating federal student loans.  Borrowers can already consolidate their loans, and get other assistance, for free through the federal government.

Complications left women permanently disabled, in chronic pain

SEATTLE — Attorney General Bob Ferguson today released the following statement following Susannah Frame’s latest KING 5 report on the hardships experienced by Hanford Nuclear Reservation workers:

“It was my honor to meet with Seth Ellingsworth, whose health problems arising from his Hanford work are profiled in Susannah’s story, earlier this month in the Tri-Cities. 

Improper renovations put workers, neighbors at risk

SPOKANE – Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed criminal charges on Monday in Spokane Superior Court against three people and one company for multiple violations of clean air laws involving improper asbestos removal and disposal. Ferguson alleges the defendants’ actions endangered the health of their neighbors and workers.

Offender’s stipulation precludes lengthy trial

EPHRATA — Prosecutors from the Attorney General’s Sexually Violent Predator Unit today obtained a convicted sex offender’s agreement to be civilly committed as a sexually violent predator, shortly before the parties were to begin selecting a jury in Grant County in a trial seeking to commit him involuntarily.