A 20-year-old man was arrested Wednesday afternoon for reportedly robbing a bank in downtown Auburn and running from officers.

At about 11:30 a.m., the man walked into the Key Bank at 15 Auburn Ave., and used a note to demand money from the teller. He left with an undisclosed amount of cash.

Within about 10 minutes, responding officers spotted the suspect. As they tried to contact the man, he ran. He was arrested east of downtown and the money was recovered. He is being held in the Auburn jail on suspicion of second-degree robbery.

Federal Way Police on Tuesday arrested two suspects wanted for the weekend shooting death of a man at a convenience store, and have issued a warrant the for last one.

Jesse Amaya, 18, is being sought for investigation of homicide in connection to the shooting at a 7-Eleven store.

Amaya and two other men were driving through the store parking lot when a verbal altercation began between them and a 32-year-old man, Federal Way Police spokeswoman Cathy Schrock said. One of the three men fired one shot, killing the man, and they fled in a silver 2002 Honda Accord.

The gun was not recovered during the arrests of the two men.

Amaya is described as 5-foot-5, 150 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. He is a resident of Pomona, Calif., and has reportedly has gang affiliations both in California and Washington.

Federal Way crews had to deal with a small lake that formed on Pacific Highway South this afternoon after a two car collision broke a water hydrant.

Kirsti Weaver, spokeswoman for South King Fire & Rescue, saw the two cars crashed at about 1 p.m., causing one to slam into a hydrant at the intersection of South 348th Street.

Federal Way police arrested a woman suspected of stabbing a man this morning.

Officers were called to the 900 block of Southwest Campus Drive just before 10:30 a.m., police spokeswoman Cathy Schrock said.

Officers discovered a man and woman had a dispute. The woman was taken to the King County jail and the man was transported to St. Francis Hospital for treatment of non-lifethreatening injuries, Schrock reported.

The man had been injured in the arm.

One dog died and another was receiving treatment after flames broke out inside an Auburn home, the Valley Regional Fire Authority reported.

Firefighters went to the house in the 600 block of 24th Street Southeast just before 1:45 p.m. today. A neighbor reported seeing smoke and flames coming out of the back of the house.

Firefighters found flames on the deck. They had spread to the house and attic area.

Firefighters searched the house and found two dogs inside. One dog died at the scene; the other was being treated by firefighters. No other injuries have been reported.

Crews were investigating the cause of the fire.

Fire and rescue crews are looking for a man who went missing while swimming in Steel Lake in Federal Way at about 5 p.m.

According to South King Fire and Rescue, the man dove off a dock and didn't come back up. A witness alerted a life guard, who called 911. Federal Way Police cleared the public beach, and fire crews from South King along with a dive team from the Valley Regional Fire Authority and the Renton Fire Department are searching the lake.

The only description of the swimmer is that he is in his 30s or 40s.

UPDATE: Kendra Kay, from South King Fire & Rescue, reported this morning that the search was turned over to the King County Sheriff's Office later in the evening.

South King crews searched for about two hours but didn't find the missing swimmer.

A 23-year-old Federal Way mother pleaded guilty today to a misdemeanor charge that she abandoned her baby daughter outside a church.

Nine months after pleading not guilty, Sarah M. Christianson pleaded to one count of third-degree abandonment of a dependent person, a gross misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in jail.

She's scheduled to be sentenced Aug. 14.

King County prosecutors will recommend Christianson receive a 24-month deferred sentence with no jail time as long as Christianson completes 200 hours of community service and remains employed or in school, undergoes mental health counseling and have no contact with her child except as permitted by Child Protective Services, office spokesman Dan Donohoe said.

King County prosecutors said when they charged Christianson in October 2008 they would not ask for jail time if she is convicted. They said they would request a sentence that includes treatment and parole.

Christianson admitted to leaving her baby at Steel Lake Presbyterian Church in Federal Way at 2:15 a.m. Sept. 28, two hours after she gave birth alone outside her apartment complex one-third of a mile away.

A church member found the baby 5 1/2 hours after she was left there in a towel.

Christianson pleaded not guilty Oct. 22 in King County Superior Court in Kent.

She was released after turning herself in to Federal Way police Sept. 29. She told police she left the baby because she wasn't emotionally or financially ready for a child and that she thought the church was a legal "safe haven" to leave a baby anonymously. State law allows for newborns to be left anonymously with personnel at fire stations and hospitals, but not churches.

The baby, Mariah Verle Stevens, had been placed with her father's mother, who was living in the Auburn area.

The father, Spc. Clark Stevens, 24, went to Iraq in October with the 81st Brigade Combat Team of the Washington National Guard.

Donohoe said Stevens is still deployed in Iraq and the baby is being cared for by his family in King County.

Neither Stevens nor his mother could be reached for comment July 20. Christianson also declined comment July 21.

Two South King County incidents from today ...

Firefighters from South King Fire & Rescue and the Regional Valley Fire Authority battled flames at a detached garage this afternoon.

Smoke from the fire in the 29200 block of 65th Avenue South in Auburn could be seen for several blocks, the fire departments reported.

The garage and its contents were a total loss. No one was injured. The cause of the blaze was under investigation.

A pregnant 30-year-old woman was injured this morning when her car veered off the West Valley Highway and crashed, according to Kent fire officials.

She reportedly felt faint when she went off the road about 11 a.m. Her car went through a fence, ran over a number of bee hives, clipped a small shed and hit a small cinder block outbuilding.

"Kent Fire Department and Medic 1 personnel were harassed by angry bees while extricating the injured woman from the car," a press release stated.

The woman, who is 8 months pregnant, was treated for minor injuries and taken to a local hospital for further evaluation.

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A woman was seriously injured this morning when her motorcycle crashed into a jersey barrier on a ramp to eastbound Highway 18 in Auburn, the Valley Regional Fire Authority reported.

Paramedics took the woman, described as in her mid-30s, to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle for treatment of her injuries.

According to the Fire Authority, the woman's riding partner called 911 just after 8:45 a.m. today to report a crash. Firefighters found the woman, who was wearing a helmet at the time, pinned between her motorcycle and the barrier on the on-ramp to Highway 18 near Auburn Way South.

Firefighters got the woman freed and stabilized her. King County Medic One paramedics took her to the hospital.

The cause of the crash was under investigation.

King County sheriff's detectives are asking for the public's help in identifying two people suspected of stealing mail and using a stolen debit card in several cities, including Tacoma and Puyallup.

Investigators released a surveillance photo of the two suspects today.

A SeaTac resident recently discovered the theft when unknown charges popped up on the victim's new debit card, the King County Sheriff's Office reports. The charges were into the thousands of dollars.

The bank supposedly mailed the new debit card and PIN number to the victim in separate envelopes, deputies reported. Both envelopes were stolen.

Investigators say the stolen card was used in Federal Way, Tacoma, Puyallup and Tukwila. They released a photo of the suspects using the stolen card in Puyallup.

Anyone with information on the suspects is asked to call the King County Sheriff's Office at (206) 296-3311 (24 hours) or 911.

A 15-year-old boy was arrested early this morning by Auburn police in connection with the shooting Monday of two teenagers in Auburn.

The youth was arrested about 3 a.m. and taken to the King County Juvenile Youth Center. He was booked into jail for investigation of two counts of first degree assault.

Police had been looking for him since the shooting.

The shooting occurred just after 9:30 p.m. in the 1200 block of 30th Street Southeast. Officers arrived and found a 17-year-old boy with gunshot wounds to the chest and a 19-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the arm, police reported.

The 17-year-old was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle for treatment. He was in critical condition, the Valley Regional Fire Authority reported. His condition today isn't available.The older man was taken to Auburn Regional Medical Center.

No information was available about a possible motive in the case.