Kittitas County Sheriff's Office

Police in Kittitas County are looking for a man wanted for allegedly attempting to commit insurance fraud by faking a fall at an Ellensburg supermarket. The Ellensburg Daily Record says 47-year-old Nathan Christopher McCain of Ellensburg is facing charges of first-degree theft and three counts of making a false insurance claim in excess of $1,500...

A transient has been jailed in Kittitas County after allegedly threatening to shoot a woman near Ellensburg. The Ellensburg Daily Record reports the incident occurred while the woman was walking her dog near South Canyon Road last Thursday, April 10...

Two Kittitas County men are in jail after police say they damaged a pair of unoccupied vehicles with a shotgun early this morning in Ellensburg. The Ellensburg Police Department says officers responded to reports of shots fired in the area of North Chestnut Street and Helena Avenue and arrived at the scene to discover two parked cars with damage from a shotgun blast...

The pilot of a small airplane who was killed when it crashed earlier this week in Central Washington has been identified. The Kittitas County Sheriff's Office says 70-year-old Susan Johnson of Waterville was the only person on board the Cessna Skyhawk 172 when it went down on Whiskey Dick Mountain near Vantage on Tuesday...

A Yakima woman is dead after the small plane she was piloting crashed in Eastern Kittitas County on Tuesday. A search for the Cessna Skyhawk 172 began at around 11 p.m. on Tuesday after both the Kittitas and Grant County Sheriff's Offices were contacted by an air traffic controller in Seattle who reported the aircraft had vanished from radar tracking...

A multi-agency search is underway after a small plane went missing near the Columbia River on Tuesday. The Grant County Sheriff's Office says the Cessna Skyhawk reportedly vanished at around 11 p.m. after taking off from McAllister Field in Yakima at about 3 p.m. b...

A pair of men who allegedly burglarized a residence near Easton have pled not guilty in court. The Ellensburg Daily Record says the pleas were entered by 19-year-old Jovanny Adame Contreras and Jakob Daniel Koury, also 19, in Kittitas County Superior Court last Thursday...

A King County woman is behind bars after police say she assaulted a Kittitas County Sheriff's deputy last week. The Ellensburg Daily Record reports the deputy noticed a vehicle stuck in the snow at the entrance to Lake Easton State Park at around 7:30 a...

Two Chinese nationals are in jail after police say they posed as FBI agents and conned a Kittitas County couple out of a large amount of money. The Kittitas County Sheriff's Office says it began on Nov. 15 when the couple received a phone call from a woman who claimed to be a federal agent in possession of evidence that the couple had been involved in cybercrimes...

A Yakima man is behind bars following a lengthy pursuit that covered over 70 miles in two Central Washington counties. The Kittitas County Sheriff's Office says it began at around 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 13 in Yakima County near Union Gap, when a Washington State Patrol (WSP) trooper pulled over a sedan driven by 22-year-old Misael Altamirano-Rabadan for suspicion of driving under the influence.