It appears @KingCountyWA legal filing against @waDSHS for leaving mentally ill defendants in jail is the first of more motions to come. King Co. wants a court to force DSHS to reimburse them for “unnecessary costs” incurred by state’s failure to move the defendants out of jail
*Breaking: @KingCountyWA has just taken legal action against @waDSHS for failure to move mentally ill defendants out of the King Co. Jail and into a psychiatric hospital.
State-paid doctor under review by licensing agency following KING 5 investigation A Seattle psychiatrist paid millions of dollars to conduct exams for the Dept. of Labor & Industries is under investigation by the Washington Medical Commission https://t.co/SZZTRAEspr
Most important story you'll watch this month. ‘The suffering here is egregious’: Massive backlog of mentally ill defendants waiting in jail for treatment https://t.co/JoNXaYHaP0 via @SFrameK5
WSAJ EAGLES Katherine Mason & David Harkness talk with KING 5's Susannah Frame about a disturbing doctor for the Department of L&I. Injured workers faced sexually intrusive questions at compelled medical exams while L&I failed to investigate complaints. https://t.co/lO0mr8y6Qn
Shortly after noon today, the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office charged Alexander Jay with Murder in the First Degree. The murder occurred March 3 in Seattle & and was referred to prosecutors after additional investigation by @SeattlePD after Mr. Jay was in custody.
Now Jay has been charged with attacking three random people within 24 hours in early March. Prosecutors are now asking for additional $5 million bail in connection with the murder charge
According to charging documents just filed, Jay attacked and killed a 32 year-old man on Capitol Hill with a piece of rebar. Alleged crime happened just hours after light rail attack. @SeattlePD referred case to @KCProsecutor office, which filed charges within the hour.