The criminal cases against 33 people accused of occupying a UW engineering building are expected to end without criminal convictions or restitution paid to the University of Washington, following 16 months of legal wrangling and $1 million in damages. The King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office charged 33 people in March with first-degree criminal trespass stemming from the May 2025 occupation of the university’s Interdisciplinary Engineering Building, or IEB. Prosecutors did not charge anyone with causing the extensive property damage inside the building, saying investigators could not identify the specific people responsible. Full story here: bit.ly/47cEvnD #komo #komo4 #komonews #seattle