A 56-year-old Seattle man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to five years in prison for dealing drugs while armed with a handgun, announced U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman. Cuong Quoc Cao pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
Enrollment data for the 29 universities in King County revealed white was the most common ethnicity among students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the latest disclosure from the National Center for Education Statistics.
Six individuals have been indicted on charges of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, six counts of bank fraud, and six counts of aggravated identity theft. The scheme allegedly resulted in the theft of over $345,000 from a credit union in western Washington, according to an announcement by U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman.
There were four companies in cities associated with King County that received five FDA inspections in July, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Association.
A 38-year-old member of the Tulalip Tribes pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to voluntary manslaughter and using a firearm in a crime of violence, announced U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman. Abdul Qasim Ray Zahir admitted that he shot and killed a friend who had been helping him work on a car in a detached garage at his home on the Tulalip reservation. Zahir stated he shot the victim amid a sudden quarrel over noise from the auto work.
U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) voted against the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, known as the SAVE Act, which would require individuals to provide proof of U.S. citizenship when registering to vote in federal elections and bar illegal aliens from voting.
There were two companies in cities associated with King County that received FDA citations as a result of two inspections conducted in the county over the second quarter of 2024, according to reports from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).