A King County program intended to help juvenile criminal offenders has been put on hold due to a lack of effectiveness. Following results that show over half of juveniles referred to King County’s ...

KING COUNTY, Wash. — On the heels of the announcement of what King County's Executive is calling "100 Days of Action" against youth gun violence, a member of the county council said he believes a ...

A $16 million effort by King County to send most juvenile criminal cases to community-based diversion programs, rather than the court system, is struggling to meet its goals, a county report shows.

On a Sunday morning last November, an 18-year-old named Seattle Savior Wheeler crouched behind a bed, clutching a gun. He was at his cousin’s apartment in Rainier Valley, where, prosecutors say, his ...

Attorney Adam Lustberg of Lustberg Law Offices, LLC ( is highlighting pathways that can reduce the impact of firearm charges ...

has been hired as a peer support specialist for the drug diversion program. Brianna Pearson, a Superior native, struggled with addiction to methamphetamine and alcohol, on and off, for 16 years. "I've ...