Tag: Yakima
Gordon Dean Rhoan, Child Sex Abuse, Washington 2023
⏱ 3 min read Gordon Dean Rhoan, a 25-year-old member of the Confederated Bands and Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation, has been found guilty of attempted aggravated sexual abuse of a child. The crime occurred in February 2023, when Rhoan attempted to engage in oral sex with a 7-year-old girl on tribal trust land…
Zachary Tyler Vantuyl, Arson, Washington 2023
⏱ 2 min read A serial arsonist has been brought to justice in Eastern Washington. Zachary Tyler Vantuyl, 34, of Selah, Washington, has been sentenced to 240 months in federal prison for setting multiple wildfires in 2023 and 2024. The fires caused over $1 million in damages. Vantuyl was also found to be a felon…
Rosenda Strong, Double Murder, Washington 2018
⏱ 3 min read In a shocking double homicide, Rosenda Strong and Jedidah Iesha Moreno were murdered in Yakima, Washington, within the boundaries of the Yakama Nation Indian reservation in October 2018. Strong, an enrolled member of the Yakama Nation, and Moreno were reported missing, sparking separate investigations by the Yakama Nation Police Department and…
