Criminal justice reporter @thenewstribune | ptalbot@thenewstribune.com | 🏳️🌈 | he/him
Tacoma, WA
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Pierce County prosecutor race heats up as Schnepf, Chushcoff spar over issues thenewstribune.com/news/loca…
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Immigrants are increasingly turning to federal district courts to challenge their detentions. In 2025, Washington federal judges ruled that the government violated immigrants’ due process rights in more than half of cases so far.
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Body-cam footage shows ex-Pierce County Sheriff's Office Major Chad Dickerson after car wreck -- via @pbsanti0610 @thenewstribune
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Major in Pierce County Sheriff’s Office charged with DUI vehicular assault thenewstribune.com/news/loca…
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Tacoma’s mayoral candidates have a lot in common. What sets them apart? thenewstribune.com/news/poli…
Tacoma City Council just approved this settlement on an oral vote. Only Council Member Jamika Scott offered comments before it passed: "The fiscally responsible choice for us is not always the choice that feels good for us as council members or you all as community members."
Tacoma may pay $600K to ex-cop who said city defamed him after Manny Ellis’ death thenewstribune.com/news/loca…
“Since the change in regime — in the Department of Justice and in the presidency — we had little confidence that this matter would be reviewed thoroughly, adequately and with civil rights care,” James Bible, an attorney for Manny Ellis' family said Thursday
In vague statement, feds say review of Tacoma man’s police custody death closed thenewstribune.com/news/loca…
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Was woman’s stabbing on Tacoma park trail attempted murder? Here’s the verdict thenewstribune.com/news/loca…
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When I say I've lost sleep over the idea of Olympic NP — specifically the Hoh Rainforest and the Hall of Mosses — burning, it's not a joke.
This is in the SE side of the park, which is drier, but it's still far too close for comfort.
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If approved, Lakewood police's second in command
- retires within a year while staying on leave and getting paid, also gets severance and this $420K payout
- can't sue the city
- gets this investigation the city has said next to nothing about rescinded
Lakewood set to pay $420K to police leader subject to internal investigation thenewstribune.com/news/loca…
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Congresswoman tracks down U.S. citizen children detained at Ferndale facility bellinghamherald.com/news/po…
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Last year, an ex-medical worker from Gig Harbor, and married father to 5, was charged for sneaking medication inside his girlfriend so she could miscarry. Today's he's pleaded guilty and has been sentenced.
Reporting for @thenewstribune
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Extra! Extra! Two of the Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guilds unionized publications (@EverettGuild and @CentraloregonNG) are moving towards a subscriber boycott and are in need of your support. Read all about the campaign, send emails and sign the petition at pnwguild.org/save-pnw-news . Petition links are in the comments as well!
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Two must-reads from @thenewstribune's outgoing intern on how Mount Rainier's melting glaciers affect wildlife, plants, the tribes who have called it home for millennia and everyone who loves the mountain
I just finished my internship with @thenewstribune in Tacoma, WA. I am so grateful for all the incredible journalists I met and learned from there. And proud to see my long intern project — about Mt Rainier's glaciers — has been published!
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‘Aunty Lynn is coming home.’ Pierce County woman detained by ICE to be released thenewstribune.com/news/loca…
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Pierce County Sheriff Swank to Prosecutor Robnett: ‘You are my peril’ thenewstribune.com/news/loca…
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Tacoma police leader ‘feared coming forward’ about ex-Deputy Chief Paul Junger thenewstribune.com/news/loca…
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‘Harassment’ or dog walk? Why Lakewood police chief called cops on his neighbors thenewstribune.com/news/loca…
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Ex-Tacoma police chief got big payout to resign. City leaders won’t comment thenewstribune.com/news/loca…
