Here's your local news at a glance for Thursday, the 17th of April.
Good morning, Auburn.
🚨 Crime
Kent Police are asking for help locating 51-year-old Avon A.
Cobb, a domestic violence suspect wanted for an assault involving a firearm and eluding arrest after he fled a Kent apartment and later escaped from an Auburn building at 1520 W. Pike St.—the building caught fire during a SWAT standoff on April 8.
On April 15, officers arrested three juveniles and one adult after a shoplifting incident turned robbery at Haggen when a juvenile allegedly threatened an employee with a gun; one juvenile was found carrying three handguns with extended magazines and switches and the suspects were booked on first-degree robbery and firearm charges while a child in the vehicle was safely released to a family member.
🏛️ Government
On April 14, Auburn City Council appointed Lisa Stirgus — replacing former councilmember Larry Brown who resigned for medical reasons on Feb.
16 — to serve the remaining eight-month term. She will hold the seat until the final council meeting in December after voters elect a new member in November.
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