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AG Ferguson announces DNA collection from more than 2,600 serious offenders
Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced today that more than 2,600 serious criminal offenders provided their DNA to law enforcement after previously failing to do so as required by law. As a result of Ferguson’s lawfully owed DNA project, these samples are now in a national DNA database critical to identifying perpetrators of unsolved rapes, murders and other violent crimes. -
AG Ferguson’s statement on ruling in Washington v. Gator’s Custom Guns
Attorney General Bob Ferguson issued the following statement after a Cowlitz County Superior Court judge presiding over an enforcement action against Gator’s Custom Guns ruled that Washington’s ban on the sale of high-capacity magazines is unconstitutional. -
Judge sentences Everett man to three years of supervised mental health treatment after animal cruelty prosecution by Attorney General’s Office
A Snohomish County Superior Court judge sentenced an Everett man on Wednesday following a criminal prosecution by Attorney General Bob Ferguson. -
AG Ferguson: $500K will fund genetic genealogy testing for all unidentified remains in Washington
Attorney General Bob Ferguson provided the following statement after the Legislature approved his budget request for $500,000 to fund genetic genealogy and DNA testing for the entire backlog of unidentified remains in Washington. -
Federal judge dismisses challenge to AG Ferguson-requested law to hold gun industry accountable
A federal judge agreed with Attorney General Bob Ferguson and dismissed a challenge to Washington’s new law that ensures gun manufacturers and dealers — like other purveyors of dangerous goods — must take reasonable steps to prevent their products from getting into the wrong hands. -
Legislature adopts AG Ferguson’s proposal to launch Artificial Intelligence Task Force
Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s bipartisan proposal to create an Artificial Intelligence Task Force in the Attorney General’s Office passed the Legislature today in a bipartisan 30-19 vote. -
AG Ferguson: Providence debt collector Harris & Harris to pay $1 million for failing to inform patients of their medical debt collection rights
Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced that debt collection agency Harris & Harris will pay his office $1 million to resolve a lawsuit, which asserted the company unlawfully collected medical payments from more than 160,000 Washington patients without providing them with disclosures about their rights when faced with medical debt. -
AG Ferguson: Federal Way gun store to pay $3 million for illegally selling high-capacity magazines
Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced that Federal Way Discount Guns and its owner, Mohammed Baghai, will pay $3 million for violating Washington’s prohibition on selling high-capacity magazines with the capacity to hold more than ten rounds of ammunition. -
AG Ferguson: Federal Way gun store to pay $3 million for illegally selling high-capacity magazines
Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced that Federal Way Discount Guns and its owner, Mohammed Baghai, will pay $3 million for violating Washington’s prohibition on selling high-capacity magazines with the capacity to hold more than ten rounds of ammunition. -
AG Ferguson: Johnson & Johnson to pay nearly $150M over its role fueling opioid epidemic
To avoid trial in Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s lawsuit, opioid manufacturer and raw material supplier Johnson & Johnson will pay $149.5 million to Washington state over its role fueling the opioid epidemic. -
Union Gap, Everett men sentenced to maximum terms of life in prison following attempted child rape prosecutions by Attorney General’s Office
Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced a Yakima County Superior Court judge sentenced two men to maximum terms of life in prison following their convictions for felony child rape. -
AG Ferguson: Lumen will pay $825,000 to 1,099 customers over illegal pandemic disconnections
Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced today that Lumen, formerly CenturyLink, will pay a total of $825,000 to 1,099 Washington telephone customers it disconnected during the pandemic in violation of the emergency health and safety moratorium. -
AG Ferguson statement on trial verdict in the death of Manuel Ellis
Attorney General Bob Ferguson offered the following statement on the trial verdict in the death of Manuel Ellis. -
AG Ferguson wins largest-ever federal Emmett Till grant for Indigenous cold case project
Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced that his office will partner with tribes across Washington to research, identify and create an inventory of cold cases involving missing and murdered Indigenous people that date back more than 40 years. -
Chief investigator hired to lead AG Ferguson’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People Cold Case Unit
Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced toay that Brian George, a 27-year law enforcement veteran and enrolled member of the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe, will lead the investigations work for the office’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People Cold Case Unit.