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Police beat: Yelling at speeder leads to violent confrontation

The Tacoma man bought smartphones by the handful, some new, some used. He had a regular supplier: a 25-year-old black woman, about 5-foot-3, 120 pounds.

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Police Beat: The cop's car probably had it coming

Police beat: Officers were going to let drunk go, until he decided to use his head to smash cruiser’s window | The drunk was on the verge of being driven home by police. But then, he headbutted a...

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Police beat: Stolen-terrier scam, gun, another Nigerian nightmare

The 51-year-old Tacoma man was looking for love. He thought he found it on a website called flirtomatic.com.

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Police beat: A scam, an angry Hilltop queen and toppled barrels

The queen of Hilltop was displeased. Her subjects offered pizza, but no money. They shooed her out of the barbecue joint in the 900 block of South 11th Street.

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Police beat: Fake car damage, a scam and a spat over fried food

Some scams are simple – promise money over the phone and hope elderly targets buy a phony story.

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Police beat: Dog-donation theft and a shoplifter using a walker

The 29-year-old Tacoma woman needed work. She surfed Craigslist and spotted a good opportunity.

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Police beat: Envelope with cash returned; stolen iPad recovered

The 28-year-old Tacoma man could have kept the money; no one would have known.

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Police beat: Honking, road rage and fight over feeding squirrels

Perhaps it would have been wiser to let the old man feed the squirrels.

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Police beat: Theft of cheap brandy and a trapped tagging trio

No longer shall BEEFR, 5LEGS and DRYROT trouble Tacoma’s freeway pillars.

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Police beat: Armed robber gets $15; bus rider spits on stranger

The pizza-delivery driver kept his cool, even after he saw the gun.

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Police Beat: Con artists take Tacoma woman for $18,000

The pigeon-drop queens found another mark. This time, the take was $18,000.

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Police Beat: Robbed trying to buy a phone, guy had to call cops

Police beat: Once again, the victim was trying to buy online from Craigslist.org | June 5: Pop quiz – select the best way to buy a mobile phone:

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Police beat: Road-rage arrest, scam and a slip of the tongue

The golfers wanted grub. The cook wanted to close early. He took a licking.

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Police Beat: Man says he swapped cocaine for stuffed lion head; another...

The police report called it a stuffed lion head. It was more than that: a head with a rug attached. It was heavy.

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Police Beat: Man steals car, then gas

Taking your son on a morning drive in a freshly stolen car, pumping 60 bucks worth of gas at the full-service island, and driving away without paying tends to draw police attention. Especially if the...

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Police Beat: Battles over soccer, boat docking and a pointed laser

It was a case of bike versus car. The car won, but the driver landed in jail.

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Police beat: Restroom ruckus, road rage and unusual burning

Near South Fourth Street and South St. Helens Avenue, a 50-year-old woman crossed the street to her apartment. It was after 4 a.m.

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Police Beat: Meat sale scammers persuade victims to write two checks

July 29-Aug. 6: The scammers sold meat door to door. The customers bought empty promises.

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Police beat: Pub painting theft, knifing cartons of poisoned milk

The Tacoma woman cranked the tunes and cruised downtown at 9:55 a.m., a blaring spectacle on a Monday morning.

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Police Beat: Dad waiting to pick up his daughter grabbed by teacher

Tacoma father waiting to pick up his daughter after school files complaint with police over run-in with teacher on playground.

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