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Vancouver Sun
01-05-2025
- Politics
- Vancouver Sun
Ex-Seattle police staffer seeking $3M, alleges affair with top cop was rumour
The former chief of staff for Seattle's top cop is seeking $3 million in pain and suffering, alleging that claims she was having sex with him were just rumours. Article content Article content According to Fox affiliate KCPQ, a legal rep for Jamie Tompkins sent a letter to the mayor's office on Nov. 26, 2024, 'to determine whether the city is interested in a negotiated resolution of this dispute.' The letter was obtained by the station following a recent public records request. Article content Article content Tompkins alleged Seattle Police Department employees began a rumour that she was sleeping with now-former police chief Adrian Diaz when news surfaced that she was ditching her job at KCPQ Fox 13 to work for him. Article content Article content 'Words cannot describe the anguish and humiliation Tompkins experienced,' Tompkins' lawyer Michael Submit wrote in the letter. 'Tompkins felt and still feels violated, degraded, and dehumanized. Tompkins is not the same person she was when she began employment with the city 18 months ago.' Article content Tompkins and Diaz have publicly denied the rumour they were in a sexual relationship despite an Office of Inspector General report said they slept together and tried to keep it under wraps. Article content Article content Diaz came out as gay during a radio interview in June 2024 after he was accused of 'predatory behaviour' and 'grooming' by four female officers. At the time, Diaz was married with three children. Article content 'It's a story that it's struggled with, over the last four years, that I'm a gay Latino man,' a tearful Diaz told The Jason Rantz Show on KTTH. 'You know, it doesn't bother me. It's more of my concern for my kids because they're going to have to deal with a lot of the struggles that I might not have to deal with.' Article content Diaz said he realized he was gay later in life and accepted that fact in early 2020. Article content In October, Diaz sued Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell and other city employees for $10 million, alleging discrimination, harassment and retaliation while police chief. Article content Diaz and Tomkins were placed on paid administrative leave in late October. Article content On Nov. 6, Tomkins resigned from the police department. The mayor fired Diaz in December after the inspector general report found he had 'an intimate or romantic relationship with a former SPD employee (Tompkins)' and did not disclose that before hiring her as his chief of staff. Article content
Yahoo
16-04-2025
- Yahoo
FBI intensifies manhunt for suspect in Lacey Tesla attack, labeling it ‘domestic terrorism'
This story was originally published on The FBI Seattle Field Office announced at a press conference Tuesday that it is intensifying the search for a suspect connected to a Tesla charging station attack in Lacey. FBI officials say they're treating this as a domestic terrorist incident. While they did not report much new information about the attack, FBI officials hoped to refocus the spotlight on the incident in hopes that anyone with video evidence would come forward. Authorities say they are looking for a white man approximately 5 feet 10 inches to 6 feet 2 inches tall. The man also has a slight limp. The FBI is also looking for a gray 2016 to 2019 Tesla Model X that was near the incident and may be able to provide footage. Anyone in the area of the Target and Kohl's stores in the South Sound Center on Monday night into Tuesday morning on April 8 at 1:34am, including along the Chehalis Western and Woodland Creek Trails, is being asked to review doorbell and security camera surveillance footage. It may show the suspect walking or accessing a car from Monday evening to Tuesday morning. Those with information are asked to contact the FBI's toll-free tip line at 1-800-225-5324 or submit a tip online on the FBI's website. Lacey officers dispatched to 'explosion' at EV charging station The charging station was targeted in an early-morning attack last week. While no one suffered any injuries, there was 'extensive damage.' Lacey Police were 'dispatched to a report or reports of a loud explosion coming from the electric vehicle charging station in the parking lot of the South Sound Center in front of the Target story.' 'Officers arrived and found extensive damage to the electric vehicle charging station,' Detective Sergeant Jeremy Knight confirmed to 'The Jason Rantz Show' on KTTH. Mike Herrington, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Seattle, said Tuesday that the FBI is treating the incident as domestic terrorism, even though the intent has not yet been confirmed.
Fox News
15-04-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
FREE SPEECH SHUTDOWN: Jason Rantz Weighs in on SHOCKING Attack on Free Speech in WA Legislature
Jason Rantz, host of The Jason Rantz Show on KTTH in Seattle and author of What's Killing America , joined The Guy Benson Show today via Comrex to expose a series of radical moves by Washington State Democrats. Rantz detailed how lawmakers used a brand new loophole to shut down debate on a pro-parent bill as it was introduced in the Washington legislature. The same bill has also been prevented from being added to a ballot, but the story continues to be avoided by mainstream media. Rantz also blasted a recent CNN soundbite that Republicans are the primary drivers of political violence, pointing to left-wing attacks on Tesla dealerships and others in recent memory. Listen to the full interview below! Listen to the full interview below: Listen to the full podcast below:
Fox News
27-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Fox News
Seattle Community Coffee Event Cancelled Because the Owner is a… Conservative Pastor? Jason Rantz Weighs In
Jason Rantz, host of The Jason Rantz Show on KTTH 770AM/94.5 FM in Seattle/Tacoma and author of What's Killing America , joined The Guy Benson Show to discuss the absurd cancellation of a 'Coffee with a Cop' event in Shoreline, Washington, simply because the coffee shop owner is a conservative pastor. Rantz and the crew also joked about producer Christine's hypothetical trip to Seattle to crash at his place. Plus, he weighed in on the activists ramping up their attacks against Tesla owners and dealerships. Listen to the full interview below! Listen to the full interview below: Listen to the full podcast below:
Yahoo
21-03-2025
- Yahoo
$10,000 worth of stolen Lego bricks recovered via search warrant alongside stolen guns and drugs
This story was originally published on Pierce County sheriff's deputies used a search warrant to uncover approximately $10,000 worth of stolen Legos within a storage unit. Sasquatch Bricks toy store in University Place was victim to a robbery Feb. 13. The crime took place during off-hours, with the owner, Scott Nelson, learning about the crime through his security system. When Nelson called the police, they said they had already been notified. The suspect allegedly backed a U-haul to the front door of the store in order to steal $10,000 worth of Legos. 'Thankfully, our neighbor upstairs, when the thief backed up with a U-Haul, they ran into our store sign that was just hanging outside the front door, which promptly woke them up. And they were like, 'Well, this is a little unusual for just being about five o'clock in the morning,'' Nelson told 'The Jason Rantz Show' on KTTH. The case went cold until Thursday when investigators served a search warrant on a storage unit. Within the unit, the suspect, the stolen legos, stolen guns, and drugs were discovered, according to Pierce County Deputy Carly Cappetto. Nelson acknowledged that he was, in some ways, lucky that this was the first time his store had been broken into. He chalked up this incident to the recent surge in retail theft plaguing the region. 'I don't know if it's political or not, but when these thieves or retail theft rings know that there's not going to be a whole lot of consequences involved with it, you know, they'll continue to do it,' he said. He was arrested and charged with possession of stolen property.
