Police & Fire

Gig Harbor Now reporters stay alert to crimes and emergencies and relay information that allows readers to understand and react to incidents.

State calls off search for plane missing from Narrows Airport

Mar 20, 2023 | By:

After 13 days, the Washington State Department of Transportation called off the search for a Cessna airplane that has been missing since it took off from Tacoma Narrows Airport on

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Gig Harbor Police Blotter: Serial shoplifting suspect arrested in Gig Harbor

Mar 17, 2023 | By:

Editor’s note: The Blotter is written based on information provided by Gig Harbor Police and Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One. Gig Harbor officers arrested a man who employees said has stolen about a $1

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Bremerton man pleads guilty to stalking Rep. Caldier

Mar 15, 2023 | By:

Sentencing of Isaiah Long is scheduled for March 24. The prosecutor will ask for top-of-the-range 17 months.

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Search continues for plane, pilot missing from Tacoma Narrows Airport

Mar 14, 2023 | By:

Searchers have been looking for a Cessna since the night it departed Tacoma Narrows Airport on March 6, but snow and rugged terrain near Queets have made it difficult.

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Pilot, plane disappear after departing Gig Harbor airport

Mar 10, 2023 | By:

The Tacoma man departed Monday evening and headed out over the Key Peninsula before contact was lost.

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Gig Harbor Police Blotter: HIPAA cited in refusal to say where drugs came from

Mar 10, 2023 | By:

Editor’s note: The Blotter is written based on information provided by Gig Harbor Police and Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One. St. Anthony Hospital asked police to collect drugs found on a patient on March

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Suspect in Olalla homicides sentenced to more than 66 years in prison

Mar 08, 2023 | By:

Shaun David Rose pleaded guilty to killing two people at an Olalla home last summer and was sentenced to more than 66 years in prison. Rose, 40, received the sentence

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Gig Harbor man impresses at World’s Strongest Firefighter competition

Mar 08, 2023 | By:

If you should ever need to be carried out of a burning building, Zack Hash would be a strong candidate. The Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One firefighter placed seventh

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Suspect sought in second armed robbery in two days in Gig Harbor

Mar 06, 2023 | By:

Gig Harbor Police are seeking a suspect in the armed robbery of the GameStop store on Olympic Drive that occurred Saturday, March 4. It was the second robbery involving a

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Police arrest armed robbery suspect following collision in downtown Gig Harbor

Mar 06, 2023 | By:

Gig Harbor Police arrested a suspect in an armed robbery that occurred late Friday, March 3, on Pioneer Way. The highly visible incident involved a gun, a collision, a chase,

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