[ValerieUSA]

Anthony Casper Dias, 26

[Brilliant]

The decision was made because at least one of Dias' alleged victims is related to a King County corrections officer, Hayes said.

You need to have connections in Seattle in order to get justice?

[samtheman]

The decision was made because at least one of Dias' alleged victims is related to a King County corrections officer, Hayes said.

Translation:

The decision to jail the suspect in a different county was made because at least one of Dias' alleged victims is related to a King County corrections officer, Hayes said.

I guess the reporter was busy studying Political Correctness in journalism school and missed any discussion (maybe there was none) of grammar and referents.