One Sentence Stories

Busted

Everett pet store owner Nathaniel Swanson was sentenced to one year in federal prison for smuggling endangered turtles into Hong Kong. 

Career Change

Former DEA agent Patrick Moen is giving up busts for the boom, joining Privateer Holdings, a local firm that invests in legal weed businesses.

In Search of Love

Chinese women are traveling 6,000 miles to the Emerald City to look for love, thanks to a Chinese rom-com inspired by Sleepless in Seattle. 

NEAR MISS

Starbucks avoided a Target-style fiasco when a security specialist discovered how easy it was to steal customer data from its mobile app. 

TMI

For TLC’s new show Sex Sent Me to the ER, a Seattle woman identified only as Liz recounted the three-hour orgasm that sent her to the hospital. 

Published in the Seattle Ultimate Lunch Guide issue of Seattle Met.