Soft on Crime, Hard on Clallam

Clallam County Watchdog · Oct 22, 2025 · 45m

From soft-on-crime failures to taxpayer-funded favoritism, these ten stories reveal how leadership at every level — city, county, and school — are putting special interests ahead of the public good.

The Cost of “Compassionate” Justice

On Sunday, a Port Angeles man was stabbed during an apparent carjacking — his vehicle was stolen with seven children still inside. The children, ranging in age from six months to nine years, were later found safe in Kitsap County.

Their parents, Nicholas Well, 30, and Rosario Lopez-Castro, 27, were arrested. It wasn’t their first encounter with deputies that…