Pierce County Sheriff

More than three dozen Pierce County Jail inmates allege long-known plumbing issues are creating unhealthy living conditions and sickening people awaiting trial.

Pierce County sheriff’s deputies shot and killed a man they say was holding a hand grenade while walking along train tracks just outside Tacoma Friday morning.

A jury acquitted Pierce County Sheriff Ed Troyer on false-reporting charges related to his confrontation last year with a Black newspaper carrier. KNKX South Sound reporter Kari Plog joins KNKX All Things Considered host Emil Moffatt to explain what the verdict means and why this case drew so much attention.

The jury acquitted Pierce County Sheriff Ed Troyer on false-reporting charges related to his confrontation last year with a Black newspaper carrier.

Attorneys questioned their first witnesses in the criminal trial of Pierce County Sheriff Ed Troyer.

Jury selection began Monday in the criminal trial of Pierce County Sheriff Ed Troyer. He is charged with false reporting and making a false or misleading statement to a public servant.

Episode 7 of The Walk Home podcast is about a law enforcement official who has been part of the Manny Ellis case since the start: Pierce County Sheriff Ed Troyer. He was quoted in the first stories about Ellis' death, which helped shape a narrative that's now being questioned by the State Attorney General's Office.

An anti-harassment order has been issued against Pierce County Sheriff Ed Troyer, requiring him to stay away from, Sedrick Altheimer, a Black newspaper carrier who is suing him over a confrontation in 2021. Troyer must steer clear of Altheimer for one year.

An attorney representing a Black newspaper carrier who is suing Pierce County and Sheriff Ed Troyer has filed a temporary anti-harassment protection order against the sheriff. The order, filed by attorney Vonda Sargent, went into effect Monday. Sargent alleges that Troyer followed Sedrick Altheimer on several occasions while he was driving his paper route.

Authorities say a Pierce County deputy shot and wounded a 19-year-old man who was driving a vehicle wanted in an armed carjacking and robberies. The Pierce County Sheriff’s Department reported all deputies were OK. The man shot was hospitalized with serious injuries.