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🐾 CSO WEEKLY - ANIMAL ABANDONMENT
Yakima Police Community Services Officers have responded to several animal abandonment calls over the past week. Abandoning an animal is both cruel and illegal. Responsible pet ownership means ensuring your pet has a safe home and proper care, not leaving it behind to fend for itself.
Our CSOs would also like to remind the community about the importance of spaying and neutering pets. This simple step helps prevent unwanted litters, reduces the number of stray animals in our neighborhoods, and promotes a healthier and safer community for both people and pets.
If you need assistance or are considering rehoming a pet, please reach out to the Yakima Humane Society or one of our many dedicated local rescue organizations to learn about available resources and services.
Animal welfare is a shared responsibility. If you see someone abandoning an animal, please report it.
NEWS RELEASE
FATALITY COLLISION - 7600 Block of Coolidge Rd
On November 8, 2026, at approximately 4:30 p.m., officers with the Yakima Police Department and personnel from the Yakima Fire Department responded to a report of a head-on collision involving two vehicles in the 7600 block of Coolidge Rd in the City of Yakima.
Upon arrival, officers located two occupants trapped inside one of the vehicles, both suffering from serious injuries. Yakima Fire Department personnel arrived and worked to extricate both individuals from the vehicle while providing medical treatment. The occupants were identified as a 70-year-old male and his 67-year-old wife, both residents of Yakima. The second vehicle was driven by a 26-year-old male, also a Yakima resident.
The preliminary investigation indicates the 26-year-old male was traveling westbound on Coolidge Rd in the eastbound lane at a high rate of speed when he collided head-on with the other vehicle.
Both occupants of the second vehicle were transported to Muli-Care Memorial Hospital with life-threatening injuries. Despite life-saving efforts by medical staff, the 67-year-old female succumbed to her injuries. Her 70-year-old husband was later airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle due to the seriousness of his injures for additional treatment.
The 26-year-old male driver was arrested at the scene. Alcohol is believed to have been a contributing factor in the collision. He was subsequently booked into the Yakima County Jail for Vehicular Homicide and Vehicular Assault.
The collision remains under investigation by the Yakima Police Department Traffic Unit. Anyone with information about the incident is encouraged to contact Traffic Investigator Darius Williams at 509-306-3814.
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Is it just me or does it seem like there's been a lot more drinking and driving wrecks lately? Like more than the usual for this time of year.
I was the third car that passed this right after it happened. I had two small children with me. It’s been on my mind since. I just want to take a moment to acknowledge the pedestrians who rushed out of their cars to help these victims, and the impressive quick response from Yakima County Sheriff's Office, West Valley Fire-Rescue, YPD, and AMR. Thank you for all that you do. Praying for these families and everyone involved.❤️🩹Don’t drink and drive, please.
Although I don't know details, I want to remind people that your last couple drinks can delay effects for an hour or so after you cut off drinking. Can even hit you on your way home. Humans are delicate beings. Condolences to the families effected.
Poor man, at that age, loosing his wife could also be a sentence for his life too. Broken heart sickness is real. Prayers for those involved
This is heartbreaking. A drunk driver again takes the life of a beautiful person and walks away. I hope the events are fully investigated and the driver spends many years in prison.
I was on a walk with my dog, coming from the Apple Tree neighborhood and on the way home, having to pass through where the fatal coalition happened. This was two blocks away from my house. Fire fighters, ambulances and police officers arrived quickly. Thank you for your outstanding service. I chose to stay and watch, I don’t know why. Now I have these horrific images embedded in my brain that can’t be unseen nor forgotten. For deep respect to the family victims, I won’t disclose their names. Please know they are a great family and have been a family devoted to community service in Yakima, for many decades. I’m heartbroken and devastated for this family, my heart goes out to the family. To the son who was at the scene and had to witness his parents being extracted from the car and witnessed his mother loose her life in front of his very own eyes and father in critical condition, taken to Harborview Hospital. I saw drunk driver Trevor Stockton, according to public records 26yo, but looking more like in his early 40s. He got out of his truck, walking uncoordinated, heavily intoxicated, no a scratch, no broken bones, no visible blood, just the dark tinted blood left in his soul after taking a life of a beautiful woman who did not deserve to die this horrific way!! The drunk driver received medical attention by the first responders, and within minutes he got handcuffed, chains on his feet, and taken into custody. Listen, no law put in place or community awareness about no drinking and driving has prevented innocent people from dying at the reckless hands of people with significant substance use issues. Innocent people are always the victims of drunk drivers. May this be a reminder that you, I, and each of us have moral obligation and responsibility in the communities we live in. The safety and prosperity of our communities is everyone’s responsibility and should be a priority. DO NOT DRINK and DRIVE!!
Who gets hurt next?
When is this gonna end? Seems to be happening a lot more these days. Innocent lives being taken by someone driving under the influence. Heartbreaking for the poor man who lost his life. Prayers to him and his family. 😢
Absolutely heartbreaking 💔😭 prayers for all the families involved
There needs to be more advocacy and accountability to those at the bars or out there drinking. If you know your friends or family is under the influence no matter how annoying they are or etc etc call the police, call for a family, or offer a ride to get them home with a Sober driver!!! This couple was together for a long time! They probably had grandkids and they probably was going to plan Thanksgiving and Christmas 🎄 and now look. The husband is fighting for his life and the wife is passed 😢
Please pray for the injured.
🙏🏻 Sending prayers to All of the families 💔 also to all the first responders 💕 🙏🏻
My heart goes out to the families. Such a tragic thing to have happen, and again, totally preventable. My heart breaks for the husband, losing his wife this way. The drunk driver needs to be put in jail for life. It's against the law to drive drunk, but nothing's done, they continue to drive, people get killed, and the driver gets a slap on the wrist. If you drive drunk and kill someone, you need to go to jail for life. It's premeditated murder, period. There's no defense, they chose to get behind the wheel knowing they shouldn't. Make the punishment more severe.
Prayers for 70 year and the 1st responders. May the wife Rest in Peace. I sure hope this a lesson to others that make the wrong choice to drive under the influence.
Andie Nichole Adcock
Praying for the family
My heart is breaking for the family. Lord please be with them as they not only navigate the loss but also navigate what comes next for the survivor
What do you know, a drunk bro in a lifted truck killing people. 😢
And again nothing happens to the intoxicated person 😢
Prayers for healing and to the families of all involved💕✨️🙏✨️💕
Lifting Dave & Family Before Our Lord & Savior! 🙏❤️☝️
Can the driver be punished probably? Why do they always survive !!!!!
Donna McIntyre
Francys Mae Lowe
I hope and pray for family! Im sure the gentleman left the bar at west valley tavern they should be looked into for over servering!
PATROL DIVISION - DID YOU KNOW? - Narcotics & Firearms
While most people will only see a black and white Yakima police car driving around the community, even fewer get the opportunity to see some of the more unique things that occur in the Patrol Division. In this series of short videos, the patrol command team will inform the community on a few of the inner workings that occur everyday in Patrol. We hope you enjoy!
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Thank you sir ! I'm guessing most of the firearms are stolen. After the trail is over, are they ever returned to their owners or are they simply destroyed ?
Just curious abut how many of the 444 firearms where reported stolen and returned to the registered owners? Thanks for cleaning up Yakima.
Thank you for sharing and thank you to those who serve our community.
Thank you for helping in keep our city safer. 💙💙
Thank you. God Bless you all
This is gang central
Thanks Lt!
Y'all rank 44 out of 100 in your whole department is filled incompetency
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We all know who does the largest percentage of this.