KING 5 NEWS Officers with party patrol units across Pierce County knew it could be a busy and dangerous weekend when you mix graduations and parties. Sgt Bob Thompson, with 24 years with the Puyallup Police Dept., says under-age drinking and drunken driving is abnormally high in Pierce County. “We’re not going to tolerate kids…

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Click here to read the full article  MUKILTEO – A car loaded with seven teenagers leaving a high-school graduation party slammed into a utility pole early yesterday, leaving two teens dead. The driver, Evan Gillen Bentz, 17, who had just graduated from Kamiak High School, was pronounced dead at the scene. Amanda Flanagan, 18, died…

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Click here to read the full article A 17-year-old Renton High School graduate who drowned Sunday night at a party in Lake Retreat has been identified by the King County Medical Examiner’s Office as Shing Vong. According to the King County Sheriff’s Office, several teens among about 20 at the graduation party decided to go…

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Click here to read the full article TACOMA, Wash. – A man pleaded guilty to a murder charge Wednesday in Tacoma for a shooting that took the life of an 18-year-old following a graduation party. The News Tribune of Tacoma reports 20-year-old Xavier M. Magana of Tacoma faces a 20-year prison term when he is…

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  “I was just in shock”-Stanwood Girl Thrown into Bonfire at Her Own Graduation Party STANWOOD, Wash. — Ciara Hodges was celebrating her graduation with her friends when she was thrown into a nightmare. Hodges and her friends had lit a bonfire in her yard in order to burn their homework in a symbolic gesture. But…

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Q13 FOX News Article Click to read the full article here Two teams of County Party Intervention Patrol officers showed up at three underage drinking parties last Friday and Saturday nights, arresting 26 young adults ages 15-20. Officers also arrested two teens for DUI and found two intoxicated girls, ages 15 and 16, at one…

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