"Joselito Barber" News

Responding with grim determination to the cold-blooded killing of a Seattle police officer, all available officers on the force went in search of the gunman. The fallen officer was identified as Timothy Brenton, a field-training officer and 9-year veteran of the force.

A Seattle police officer was shot to death and another officer was wounded late Saturday night as they were sitting inside their patrol car in the city's Central District neighborhood. Officials called the act a "deliberate homicide" and vowed to hunt down whoever is responsible.

Mary Jane Rivas, a six-time felon who was high on cocaine when she killed a rookie Seattle police officer Joselito Barber last year, was sentenced to 250 months in prison Friday.

Mary Jane Rivas, a six-time felon who was high on cocaine when she killed Seattle Police Officer Joselito Barber in an 80 mph crash, pleaded guilty Friday morning to vehicular homicide.

One year after a six-time felon ran a red light and plowed into his patrol car, friends and family of Joselito Barber gathered at the intersection where the Seattle police officer was killed.

Governor Gregoire ordered the report after after three released convicts were implicated in the deaths of three Seattle-area law enforcement officers in recent months.

Now, less than 24 hours after a whistleblower's accusations about lax supervision of offenders by the Department of Corrections, state Republican lawmakers want action.

Three local police officers have been killed recently, and one thread links all three deaths. In each case, the suspect was a convict on probation, and each one supervised by the State Department of Corrections.

Gov. Chris Gregoire on Monday announced a state probe of three ex-convicts who were implicated in the deaths of three Seattle-area law enforcement officers in recent months.

Mary Jane Rivas, a six-time felon, was allegedly high and driving 80 mph when she ran a red light and plowed a sport utility vehicle into a cruiser driven by Officer Joselito Barber.

From Oregon to British Columbia, officers from nearly 75 law enforcement agencies gathered Monday to honor Seattle police officer Joselito Barber.

Eight days after he was killed by a speeding sport utility vehicle, rookie police officer Joselito Barber was laid to rest Monday.

Mary Jane Rivas now faces vehicular homicide and possession of cocaine charges in a crash that killed a young Seattle police officer.

Mary Jane Rivas, a six-time felon, is expected to be charged with vehicular homicide by Monday.