Pierce County sheriff’s deputy Ed Roberts stands in the driveway of a Summit-area home where two men were slain when they apparently attempted to rob a homeowner who had a large marijuana-growing operation. (PETER HALEY/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)

2 slain during apparent robbery attempt

12:23 AM - A Pierce County man with his 9-year-old son at his side Thursday shot and killed two men who apparently were trying to steal marijuana from what sheriff’s deputies called an illegal pot-growing operation inside the man’s garage.

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Published December 6th, 2012 - 2:49PM
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UPDATED WITH VIDEO: A homeowner in the Summit area shot and killed two men who apparently were trying to steal marijuana from a pot-growing operation at the home, Pierce County Sheriff's spokesman Ed Troyer said today.
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A federal jury on Friday convicted a Tacoma man of trafficking women and girls for sex.

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