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.

Tacoma police arrested a teenage girl this week for allegedly helping her friends beat, tie up and rob her grandmother.

The girl and three other juveniles were booked into the Remann Hall juvenile detention center for investigation of robbery, authorities said. Their ages could not be determined Friday.

Authorities contend the three girls, a boy and a 20-year-old man on Wednesday bound the woman with duct tape, pummeled her with kitchen pots and pans then took her car and other items.

The attack allegedly took place in the woman's home in the 6000 block of South Gove Street.

Detectives believe the girl and her friends may be so-called "Juggalos," followers of the band Insane Clown Posse who are sometimes known to engage in criminal activity.

The juveniles could be charged as early as Monday, said Sue Sholin, a Pierce County deputy prosecutor.

The man who allegedly took part in the incident was charged Friday with one count of first-degree robbery.

Matthew Richard White pleaded not guilty and was ordered jailed in lieu of $100,000 bail.

Tacoma police are searching for a 53-year-old man suspected of trying to sexually assault two women and then robbing them in recent weeks.

Pierce County prosecutors charged Earl Lee Sherrod with two counts of first-degree robbery Wednesday and a warrant was issued for his arrest.

Sherrod (pictured here) is described as black, 5 feet 11 and 150 pounds. He has brown eyes.

Investigators are concerned because the man appears to be escalating his attacks.

"We've got to find this guy," Tacoma police detective Larry Andren said. "We don't want anyone else hurt."

According to police and court documents, Sherrod is accused of attacking a woman about 11 p.m. June 8 at the Dome Transit Center in the 600 block of Puyallup Avenue near the Tacoma Dome.

The woman got off a bus and walked to her car. As she opened the driver's door, a man approached and demanded cash. She turned and saw the man, later identified as Sherrod, holding a knife.

Sherrod demanded the woman's cell phone and debit card (including the PIN) and said he'd stab her if she didn't comply.

She gave him her purse and he fled. The incident was captured on surveillance tape.

Last week, the same woman reported to transit security officers that she thought she saw her attacker again in the center, police reported. Security officers couldn't immediately locate the man.

Later, a bus driver contacted an off-duty Tacoma police sergeant and reported that the attacker might be on the bus on the East Side. The man was contacted and officers got his information. He was not arrested at that time because he had not been positively identified by the victim as her attacker.

On Monday, the victim in the transit attack was shown a photo montage of suspects. She picked Sherrod out of the montage.

Later that day, Sherrod is accused of attacking a nurse after she got on an elevator in the Cedar Medical Center at South 19th and Cedar streets.

The nurse told police she waited at the elevator with a man. After they both got inside, he tried to hit the stop button. He demanded sex but the nurse was able to resist his advances, police reported.

The man pulled out a knife and held it to the nurse.

When the elevator door opened, the nurse screamed. The man demanded - and received - cash from the nurse and then fled just before 5 p.m.

The nurse picked out Sherrod from a photo montage Wednesday. Charges were then filed against him.

Investigators got warrant for Sherrod's arrest in the two incidents. They say he's a transient and ask the public for their help in finding him.

"Women really have to be aware of their surroundings," Andren said.

KIRO TV posted the surveillance video of the Pierce Transit Center attack on their Web site. You can find it here.

Pierce County prosecutors have charged a 39-year-old man with assault after he threw hot coffee on two convenience store clerks in Lakewood last month.

Richard Lee Myers was charged Thursday with two counts of second-degree assault.

Court documents provide the following information:

Lakewood police were called to the 7-Eleven store in the 7700 block of Custer Road West at 10:10 a.m. June 21. Two clerks told officers that a man entered the store with a used coffee cup.

The patron, later identified as Myers, threw away the used cup, selected a new one and filled it with hot coffee.

"The victims told Myers that he needed to pay full price for the coffee rather than a refill price," charging documents state. "Myers became enraged and threw the hot coffee on (the victims)."

The patron fled in a vehicle.

The victims suffered burns. One had burns to the face; the other to the side of his chest. Paramedics evaluated the injuries at the scene.

The clerks gave police officers the license plate number of the patron's vehicle. Officers also reviewed surveillance video of what happened.

Investigators researched the registered owner of the vehicle, then prepared a photomontage that included a photo of the registered owner. Neither victim could identify anyone in the montage.

"The investigator noted that the registered owner's brother, identified as Myers, was associated with the registered owner in other investigations," charging documents state. "The investigator showed the victims a photo of Myers and both instantly identified Myers as the assailant."

A warrant has been issued for a 37-year-old man suspected of kidnapping and assaulting a 79-year-old man last week.

Pierce County prosecutors have charged Bryan Lee Stetson (pictured here) with first-degree kidnapping and first-degree assault. The charges were filed and an arrest warrant was issued Wednesday.

Meanwhile, the victim remains hospitalized in critical condition, Lakewood police report.

Lakewood police and court documents provide the following information:

Stetson and the victim had been sharing a room at the Gloria Motel, 10005 South Tacoma Way, in Lakewood for several days. Officers and paramedics were called to the room about 4:30 p.m. Friday.

They found the victim bruised around his eyes, on his arms and torso. His hands were discolored, he had open wounds on his arms and his skin was torn and bleeding.

"These wounds appeared fresh," court documents state.

Since being hospitalized, the victim has gone into cardiac arrest. Hospital staff consider his injuries life threatening.

The victim has been unable to tell officers what happened so what provoked the assault is unknown.

A witness told Lakewood police she'd been sitting outside hotel room, talking to Stetson for several hours. He kept saying he'd had a fight with the victim.

"When she asked Stetson about the fight he told her that it was 'personal,'" court documents state. "She noted what appeared to be blood on Stetson's clothing (coveralls)."

The woman asked if the victim was alright and Stetson said they should go see. They entered the room and the witness saw the victim crawling on the floor, unable to get up.

"He appeared to have been badly beaten," court documents state. "She asked (the victim) if he was OK and he responded, 'I'm trying.'"

The witness left the room and reported what she saw to the hotel manager. Meanwhile, Stetson was seen leaving. His car was found the next day in Tacoma and towed away for processing. The hotel room also was processed for evidence.

Stetson returned to the hotel Saturday and asked to be let into the room to retrieve his identification so he could fly to Alaska. Though he was denied, he got in anyway and took a bag from the room. He was last seen wearing dark pants, a gray hoodie-type sweatshirt and a plaid coat.

Lakewood police ask anyone who sees Stetson to call 911.

The state Court of Appeals for Division II has affirmed four of Tacoma Mall shooter Dominick Maldonado's first-degree assault convictions.

In 2007, a Pierce County jury convicted Maldonado of 15 crimes: attempted second-degree murder, six counts of first-degree assault, four counts of first-degree kidnapping, two counts of second-degree assault and two counts of first-degree unlawful possession of a firearm.

He was sentenced to more than 163 years in prison.

Maldonado (seen here)appealed four of the first-degree assault convictions, arguing that prosecutors did not present enough evidence during his trial that he intended to "inflict great bodily harm" when he opened fire in the mall back in November 2005.

The appellate judges disagreed.

"Viewing all the evidence in a light most favorable to the state, there is sufficient evidence that Maldonado intended to inflict great bodily harm when he fired into the mall concourse filled with holiday shoppers," they said in an opinion released Tuesday.

You can read the entire opinion by clicking here.

My story about his sentencing follows:

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A teenage girl is recovering and another is jailed after a stabbing Saturday night in Bonney Lake.

Bonney Lake police were called to the 5300 block of South Island Drive just before 10:30 p.m. They found a 13-year-old girl with several stab wounds.

The girl and several witnesses identified a 15-year-old girl as the one responsible for the injuries, police reported.

The victim and her friends had been walking down the street when the suspect came up and confronted the victim, said police spokesman Daron Wolschleger.

"It sounds like there somewhat of a squabble between these two girls over a boy," he said.

Paramedics took the injured girl to Mary Bridge Children's Hospital and Health Center for treatment.

Officers located the suspect, who had fled the scene, and arrested her without incident. Officers booked her into Remann Hall juvenile jail on suspicion of first-degree assault.

A Pierce County judge on Tuesday ordered the 53-year-old man suspected of opening fire on sheriff's deputies jailed without bail for 72 hours.

Superior Court Judge Frederick Fleming granted the request of deputy prosecutor Mark Lindquist, who said investigators need time to continue collecting evidence against Rick Alan Lundgren.

Lundgren was arrested Monday and booked for investigation of attempted murder after a shooting at a house in the 17100 block of Fifth Avenue Court East in Spanaway. One deputy suffered a minor hand wound.

The two deputies were dispatched to the house about 2 p.m. for a "trouble unknown" call.

A 71-year-old woman reported to be Lundgren's girlfriend had been tied up inside the house, authorities said. She escaped just prior to the shooting.

Lindquist said outside court detectives are investigating whether Lundgren committed any crimes against the woman.

Public defender Lisa Contris, who represented Lundgren at his first appearance, requested that her client undergo an evaluation to determine his mental competency to stand trial.

Fleming did not rule on that request Monday.

Lindquist said he expects to charge Lundgren by Thursday.

Pierce County prosecutors have filed charges against a man who allegedly assaulted a Tacoma gas station owner after the owner refused to sell him a beer.

Bobbie Simmons, 55, was charged with first-degree assault and resisting arrest Thursday in connection with the Wednesday night incident at a gas station in the 2300 block of South 12th Street.

Court documents provide the following information:

Officers responded to the gas station just after 9:30 p.m. Wednesday. They found the victim standing next to a van parked at the gas pumps. It appeared the victim was fighting with someone in the van.

"Police observed (the victim) fall backwards as if he had been hit, pushed or shot," court documents state. "(The victim) was bleeding profusely from the forehead and face."

Officers tried to detain the driver, who was later identified as Simmons. The officers struggled to get him into custody.

Officers noted Simmons appeared to be intoxicated. He told officers he tried to buy a beer from the convenience store but the owner refused to sell it because Simmons was already drunk.

The two argued.

"Simmons left and admitted that he knocked over part of chip display," court documents state.

According to Simmons, the victim followed Simmons to the van and tried to prevent him from leaving, grabbing his keys. Simmons grabbed the handle of a socket wrench and hit the victim in the head.

That's when the police arrived. Simmons said he didn't think he had to comply with the officers' commands.

Witnesses told officers that Simmons punched the victim several times in front of the store. The victim demanded Simmons wait for officers and he declined. Witnesses also reported that Simmons hit the clerk multiple times with the wrench handle.

The victim was taken to a local trauma center for treatment. He was expected to survive.

Here's a link to the video report prepared by our news partners at KIRO.

Here's the TNT's story.

Also, KING 5 had an interview with the male half of the equation.

KOMO-TV talked to the female half.

Sumner school officials plan to resume classes Friday at Lakeridge Middle School.

The school sent students home this morning after diesel fumes from a backhoe began drifting into the school's ventilation system.

The fumes didn't sicken students.

District spokeswoman Ann Cook says the school will run the heating-ventilation system tonight and conduct additional air tests Friday.

About 550 students attend the middle school.

Here's the automated e-mail the district sent at 4:22 p.m. today:

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Pierce County prosecutors today filed charges of attempted first-degree murder, first-degree assault and unlawful possession of a firearm in the second degree against a 15-year-old boy suspected of shooting a man on a Pierce Transit bus Friday.

The boy is expected in juvenile court this afternoon for a preliminary appearance. Juvenile prosecutors say they plan to request a hearing to decline jurisdiction over the boy and send his case to adult court.

The 18-year-old victim suffered a chest wound and remained hospitalized.