SUV crash kills three
Friends say 24-year-old Erika Savage, her brother Ryan Savage, 30, and her friend Matt Saunders, 31, died after their SUV hit two trees and a power pole before crashing into a building near the intersection of Eighth Avenue South and South 192nd Street.

Records indicate just hours before the crash, Erika Savage had been arrested under suspicion of driving under the influence.

A Des Moines police officer had arrested Erika Savage three hours earlier while she was driving in the vehicle that was involved in the crash, a Lincoln Navigator registered in her name.

Video from the patrol car shows Erika Savage inebriated to the point of struggling to stand up.

But police say she refused to take a breathalyzer test or give a blood sample to test her alcohol level, a driver's right in the state of Washington.

The department's policy is to hold a DUI suspect only if that person is involved in an accident or has an outstanding warrant.

Neither exception applied to Erika Savage.

An ambulance took Erika Savage to Highline Hospital, and the officer gave the car keys to her friend, Matt Saunders.

Three hours after the arrest, Saunders and Ryan Savage picked up Erika Savage the hospital, where doctors had no obligation to keep her.

The King County Medical Examiner's Office said that neither Erika nor Ryan Savage was driving the SUV when it crashed. Consequently, sheriff's investigators said it appears Saunders was behind the wheel at the time.

Gunmen storm casino

Police were called to the Riverside Casino, 14060 Interurban Ave S, at about 7:30 a.m. on Sept. 24.

At least two masked gunmen stormed inside the casino and made off with an undisclosed amount of cash.

Investigators said the masked gunmen restrained at least three employees, stole an undisclosed amount of cash and then sped off.

A casino employee was able to free himself and called 911, but by then the robbers had escaped.

Poison found in pick-up

Police pulled over a pick-up truck in the area of South 188th Street and International Boulevard South.

The officer ran the driver's information and found out the subject had a Failure To Appear and Unlawful Weapon Display warrant.

The man was arrested and the vehicle was searched.

A loaded pistol, individually wrapped marijuana and sodium cyanide was found in the cab of the pick-up.

The driver was booked into King County Jail.

Car break-Ins, vandalism, prowlers, thefts

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