The long arm of the law reaches a local costumed do-gooder. In a turn of events markedly different than the bus jacking foiled by the local masked crusader, Seattle police say that local "real life superhero" Phoenix Jones ended up on the wrong side of the law in the wee, last-call hours of Sunday morning. Jones, profiled by Publicola last year, is leader of the Rain City Superhero Movement -- which, as Nerdist says, "is equal parts awesome and stupid." more ›

The City Council has put their stamp of approval on an agreement between the City and the County over the King County Jail -- one that would put the County's space to use, and sparing the City from having to build a new one. more ›

You may have heard yesterday's news of downtown becoming the stabbiest neighborhood in Seattle, with two stabbings in the past week. Both of these stabbings happened at Seattle's biggest shitshow: the northbound 3rd and Pike/Pine bus stops. A suspect in the first stabbing is at large, but a suspect in the second stabbing, Alphonse Hope, is being held in King County Jail on a $250,000 bail, leaving prosecutors until Wednesday to file a formal charge. More details of the ruckus that preceded the stabbing inside! more ›

Jail officers get tasers, emergency bans on unconventional drugs, and no Presidential Primary in 2012. Welcome to Wednesday. more ›

The Mayor and the Executive get all kinds of friendly, as they agree to share the jail. Aww. more ›

Two middle-aged men had been drinking and having good time until an argument broke out between the drinking buddies shortly after 2 a.m. this morning at Carlton Avenue South near South Bailey Street. The SPD Blotter reports the disagreement heightened when the 54-year-old suspect accused the 49-year-old victim of stealing something. Shortly thereafter, a witness hearing all the commotion stepped outside only to see the suspect stabbing the other man in the back multiple times. She immediately called 911, and the victim was transported to Harborview with life-threatening injuries. The suspect was detained by police and taken to King County Jail for investigation of assault. UPDATE: SPD Twitter says the victim died of his wounds. more ›

• This morning, one lady driving her Mini Cooper wasn't feeling super-duper after she crashed into a parked car on Madison, and flipped her car on its side.
• Talk about a tough day on the job for Department of Ecology workers: today they received word that two trains cars collided, spilling nearly 1,000 gallons of diesel fuel on the train tracks in SoDo.
• Could more changes be coming to the Crocodile/Via Tribunali space at Second and Blanchard? Hideous Belltown snapped a few pictures of the missing wall and found more breezy cha-cha-changes are currently taking place. Because every bar needs a garage door?

The King County Department of Adult and Juvenile Detention will double its book budget by ditching their librarians and having inmates and correction officers deliver books within the jails instead. That's how it is in the movies, so we're assuming the new set-up will work just fine. And more money for books is a wonderful development! The P-I's article is warm and fuzzy, and we love us some books, so it's unknown at this point if there even is a downside to the end of the librarian contract. Suffice it to say that if we ever land ourselves in jail, the doubled variety of books to choose from will be much appreciated. more ›

What do you do with hardened, scary misdemeanor criminals when there's no room in the county jail? Create new programs that focus on counseling, job training, and other rehabilitative services? Feed cash to community centers and mentoring programs that help head off the problem before it starts? No, stupid, you build more jails. more ›