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Nick Brown

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.

Attorney General’s Office presents argument defending rules requiring pharmacies to fill lawful prescriptions

Stormans case to be argued in federal Ninth Circuit court Thursday

PORTLAND, Ore. — This week, the Attorney General’s Office will defend rules requiring pharmacies to fill lawful prescriptions for time-sensitive medications.

On Thursday, Nov. 20, at 2 p.m. in Portland, Ore., the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear argument in the case of Stormans v. Wiesman, in which a pharmacy owner and two pharmacists challenge Washington rules requiring pharmacies to fill lawful prescriptions.