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Local marijuana ban upheld by Benton County judge, agreeing with Attorney General’s opinion

Attorney General’s Office presented arguments to defend I-502, uphold will of the voters

KENNEWICK — A third superior court judge today agreed with an opinion issued by the Attorney General’s Office this year, concluding that nothing in Initiative 502 overrides local governments’ authority to regulate or ban marijuana businesses.  Every court to consider this issue has now agreed with the Attorney General’s opinion.

Attorney General seeks to outlaw malicious ticket bots

Scalpers use software to unfairly drive up event ticket prices, often quintupling face value

OLYMPIA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson has proposed legislation with bipartisan support to outlaw 'ticket bot' software used to inflate online ticket prices, often by four times or more their face value.

Ticket bots — short for robots — are computer programs used by scalpers to buy large quantities of tickets online to popular concerts and sporting events. Bots often target the most desirable seats.

Hazardous waste dumper charged by Attorney General’s Office sentenced to pay $127,000, serve jail time

Defendant previously convicted in derelict vessel sinking that closed Penn Cove mussel farm

SEATTLE — A former Renton man accused by Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson of abandoning roughly 40 barrels of hazardous waste pleaded guilty as charged today in King County Superior Court.

Attorney General’s Office obtains conviction in guard stabbing by Clallam County prison inmate

PORT ANGELES — A Clallam County jury today convicted a Clallam Bay Corrections Center inmate of assaulting a corrections officer with a shank, in a case prosecuted by Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s office.

Carlos Avalos was convicted in Superior Court of second-degree assault for repeatedly stabbing the guard with a 4- to 5-inch metal shank. He now faces a standard sentencing range of four years, five months to five years, 10 months.

Restaurant owner in Pierce County charged with faking injury to collect benefits

This release is compliments of the Washington State Dept. of Labor & Industries

TUMWATER — A Spanaway woman has been charged with stealing more than $56,000 in injured worker benefits while operating a barbecue eatery.

Susan Kathleen Ruiz claimed she was too disabled from an on-the-job injury to work, yet managed Roadside BBQ in the Parkland-Spanaway area of Pierce County for more than a year and a half, according to court documents filed by the Washington Attorney General.

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