CRIME WATCH FOLLOWUP: Man charged in Gatewood child-grab case found not guilty in jury trial

A two-week trial in King County Superior Court ended Tuesday with a jury finding 22-year-old Cristien X. Bugge-Marcum not guilty. He was charged last April with attempted second-degree kidnapping after an 8-year-old girl reported a man grabbed her and, prosecutors said, “tried to drag her away” near 36th SW and SW Othello. He was arrested the day after the reported incident, alleged to be the person seen on home security video walking in the area close to the same time. The reported incident was

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