🌱 Patch AM: How a fake FBI raid led suspects to a Lakewood credit union

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• How a fake FBI raid led suspects to a Lakewood credit union

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• Monday: Rain in the afternoon, with a high of 51 and low of 37 degrees.
• Tuesday: An a.m. shower; mainly cloudy, temps: high: 48, low: 39.
• Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, a little rain, with a high of 49 and low of 35 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• They claimed to be FBI agents, then stole $13K, Pierce County charges say (thenewstribune.com) — Two women were allegedly kidnapped and taken to a closed Lakewood credit union during a fake FBI raid that Pierce County prosecutors say netted $13,000. Investigators tied the August incident to two men now charged with robbery, burglary, impersonating officers, and kidnapping after victims described a terrifying ordeal that began at their Tacoma-area apartment.
   

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Wednesday December 24

• Christmas Eve Candle Lit Service
  10402 Kline St SW , Lakewood
  5:00 pm

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Monday December 22

• Santa Photos at Sunrise Village
  Sunrise Village Shopping Center , 10507 156th Street East , Puyallup
  11:00 am
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• Handforth Gallery Exhibit
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  8:30 am
• Housing Justice Project
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• Baby Storytime
  Fern Hill Branch Library , 765 South 84th Street , Tacoma
  1:00 pm
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  Swasey Branch Library , 7001 Sixth Avenue , Tacoma
  3:30 pm
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  Fern Hill Branch Library , 765 South 84th Street , Tacoma
  3:30 pm
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  4:30 pm
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  6:00 pm

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