{"id":2687395,"date":"2026-10-18T20:04:01","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T00:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-seattle-cant-have-nice-things-alleged-machete-armed-bus-attacker-simply-walks-away-to-escape-home-detention\/"},"modified":"2026-10-18T20:04:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T00:04:01","slug":"why-seattle-cant-have-nice-things-alleged-machete-armed-bus-attacker-simply-walks-away-to-escape-home-detention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-seattle-cant-have-nice-things-alleged-machete-armed-bus-attacker-simply-walks-away-to-escape-home-detention\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Seattle Can&#8217;t Have Nice Things: Alleged Machete-Armed Bus Attacker Simply Walks Away to Escape &#8216;Home Detention&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhy-seattle-cant-have-nice-things-alleged-machete-armed-bus-attacker-simply-walks-away-to-escape-home-detention%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2687395&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A Seattle man with a long rap sheet escaped from \u201chome detention\u201d after being charged with damaging a city bus with a machete in July.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Daniel Couch, 30, was confirmed to be \u201cmissing\u201d Oct. 10th, according to King County\u2019s Department of Adult and Juvenile Detention. After being discharged from a treatment facility, Couch wandered away from his court-ordered non-jail location and is nowhere to be found. At least 44 warrants have been lodged against Couch since 2015 for failure to appear in court, and King County currently considers him to be \u201cdangerous to the community,\u201d <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kiro7.com\/news\/local\/machete-attack-suspect-escapes-home-detention-custody-sought-seattle\/27WZ6EFT7BG3PHUH6UFE6SONJY\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KIRO 7 News reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Couch\u2019s case reflects a broader struggle for the Emerald City\u2019s left-wing establishment, which has failed to control a crime epidemic that\u2019s driving businesses away and wearing down residents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">The 30-year-old was refused entry onto a Metro Route 7 bus July 2nd because he was wielding a machete; Couch then busted two side windows and cracked the front windshield, prosecutors allege in a <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/1059887030\/Daniel-Damien-Couch-charging-docs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">charging document<\/a>. Couch was formally charged with second degree malicious mischief and pled not guilty.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Couch entered into \u201celectronic home detention\u201d on July 30th so he could receive treatment at Sea Mar Turning Point Treatment Center in Seattle\u2019s Central District; however, he violated the rules of his home detention and was booked in jail on Aug. 19th. A judge permitted Couch to again be confined at the treatment center<b> <\/b>via electronic home detention Sept. 15th; but as of Saturday, Couch was discharged and is now missing, according to King County\u2019s Corrections Division.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">\u201cThe device Mr. Couch was wearing indicated that he left the authorized location where he was required to stay, and he did not contact a caseworker who attempted to follow up with him.\u00a0The court will determine next steps, which may include issuing a warrant for his arrest,\u201d the King County Department of Adult and Juvenile Detention informed the Daily Caller News Foundation. Couch has previously been convicted for felony mischief with a deadly weapon, 4th degree assault and theft, per the charging document.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">In the post-George Floyd era, Seattle has increased use of its electronic home detention program while also proposing new programs to keep criminals out of jail. In response to concerns over violence related to sex trafficking in the city, Mayor Katie Wilson proposed the implementation of \u201cred flag laws\u201d to disarm sex traffickers of their weapons, as opposed to locking them up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">In King County, judges continue to send individuals charged with crimes to electronic home detention instead of jail. In 2026, an average of <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.kingcounty.gov\/-\/media\/king-county\/depts\/dajd\/documents\/population-information-pdfs\/2026-09-kc-dar-scorecard.pdf?rev=e2bef0871ec44003b5dbff70a3e11520&#038;hash=ECDE4CEEADF62682C5B19565F67274EB&#038;_gl=1*zpih5c*_ga*MTY4NDcwMzE4Ny4xNzkyMDAxODUy*_ga_W2BH6TXD2Z*czE3OTIwMTQ4MzEkbzMkZzAkdDE3OTIwMTQ4MzEkajYwJGwwJGgw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">445 people are confined<\/a> via electronic home detention every day in King County, a nearly 51% increase from the <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.kingcounty.gov\/-\/media\/king-county\/depts\/dajd\/documents\/population-information-pdfs\/2022-12-kc-dar-scorecard.pdf?rev=4d05b7f9865f48a1a0bc068a2b41e507&#038;hash=9E145BFEB7923C601AB62031F9483221&#038;_gl=1*1hwspt5*_ga*MTY4NDcwMzE4Ny4xNzkyMDAxODUy*_ga_W2BH6TXD2Z*czE3OTIwMTQ4MzEkbzMkZzEkdDE3OTIwMTUwNTYkajYwJGwwJGgw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2022 average<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any legitimate news publisher that can provide a large audience. 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