News Stories for June 2006
Stories for Wednesday, June 28
Mystery Surrounds Cab Crash
A local cab driver claimed he was once again attacked by a person he picked up in Tacoma, reported KIRO 7 Eyewitness News. Cabbie Palwinder Singh picked up Johnny Osley, 67, Tuesday afternoon. Singh told Tacoma police that Osley hit him over the head, knocking him unconscious and causing him ...
Rollover Accident Backs Up Traffic Near Port Orchard
According to the Washington State Patrol, a Ford F350 pickup truck towing a load rolled into the median on State Route 16 just west of Burley Olalla.The accident blocked traffic in the left eastbound lane.No injuries were reported.
Pilot Survives Plane Crash At Harvey Field
A plane crashed Wednesday afternoon at Harvey Field on the east side of the airport, reported KIRO 7 Eyewitness News.The pilot took off in his Aeronca Champ from Harvey Field near Snohomish and reported a sudden loss of power. The pilot turned the plane around for safe landing, but the ...
Search Continues For Missing State Official
Rescue teams, including a helicopter, are set to resume the search for a missing state official Wednesday morning, KIRO 7 Eyewitness News reported.The effort to find 47-year-old Gilbert Gilman is focused on Olympic National Park's Staircase campground area near Hoodsport.Gilman is the deputy director and policy chief for the Washington ...
Vintage Cars Flipped Over, Vandalized
A group of vandals is targeting the Leschi and Mount Baker neighborhoods, destroying vintage cars by flipping them over, reported KIRO 7 Eyewitness News.Early Sunday morning, Carey Jackson watched as vandals destroyed his Saab, which he has owned for more than 19 years, longer than his 19-year-old son has been ...
Stories for Tuesday, June 27
Officials Investigating Bainbridge Boat Fire
The Coast Guard, Seattle Fire and the Seattle Police Harbor Patrol responded to the scene of a boat fire mid channel between Bainbridge Island and Golden Gardens.The 40-foot cabin cruiser caught fire Tuesday afternoon.Initial reports indicated there was ammunition aboard the boat.A passenger and two dogs aboard the boat escaped ...
Cab Driver Allegedly Attacked Second Time; One Dead
A local cab driver has been attacked twice while on the job , police said, the second one ending in the alleged attacker's death, reported KIRO 7 Eyewitness News. The latest attack occurred Tuesday afternoon in Tacoma. The most recent attack on Palwinder Singh came within weeks after another passenger, ...
Medics Respond To Near Drowning Near Port Orchard
Kitsap County officials responded to Helena Lake south of Port Orchard to the scene of a near drowning of a 13-year-old girl.The girl and her parents were swimming at Niwana Girl Scout Camp when her parents noticed she had gone under. They went down and pulled her out.Medics attempted to ...
Local Mother Creating Parenting TV Channel
Laurie Simons’ son introduced to her to the field of video production, and from there Simons had an idea.The Parent Television Network: A television channel created just for parents.Simons, along with a group of advisors and board of directors, put together a plan to create a television network that would ...
Neighborhood Activist Sexually Assaulted
A Renton Highlands woman was sexually assaulted in her home early Saturday morning after a man climbed through an open window.The 59-year-old woman is a neighborhood activist and community volunteer.The victim believes she was targeted because she keeps law enforcement informed when any drug activity takes place in her neighborhood.The ...
Homeowner Finds Alleged Killer Hiding In Bedroom
Dona Smith woke up around 5 a.m. to watch World Cup Soccer when she noticed Aris, her 4-year-old Pomeranian, was acting very strangely.With the help of her dog, Smith, a Bellevue woman, discovered a man hiding behind a closet door in her guest bedroom Tuesday. After she called police, she ...
3 Charged In Carjacking Murder
After more than a year, detectives arrested the widow and stepson of the victim, as well as a friend of the stepson, and Tuesday all three were charged with first degree murder. Velma Lee Ogden-Whitehead, 48, her son, John J. Ogden, and Ogden’s 17-year-old friend were all charged in connection ...
Man Arrested In Connection With Bellevue Murder
Bellevue detectives have caught a man Tuesday morning they believe stabbed someone to death late last night, reported KIRO 7 Eyewitness News.Police said the murder started with an altercation in the 1300 block of 144th Southeast in Bellevue around 10 p.m. Monday.The victim was rushed to Harborview Medical Center where ...
Man Gunned Down On South Seattle Sidewalk
Police responding to reports of gunshots in South Seattle at 11:47 p.m. Monday found a man dead on the sidewalk. Seattle Police spokesman Sean Whitcomb said officers were called to the intersection of 14th Avenue South and South Donovan Street just before midnight. Neighbors called 911 to report hearing gunfire. ...
Stories for Monday, June 26
Personal Information Accessible On King County Recorder's Web site
Personal information such as Social Security numbers and addresses were available through the King County Recorder's Office's Web site, and the King County Sheriff's Office didn't know."I was shocked . I was shocked. I didn't realize that Social Security numbers were available in such a fairly easy manner to get," ...
Teenage Girl Drowns While Swimming
A 15-year-old girl drowned when her friends said she tried to swim across the Snoqualmie River near North Bend Monday afternoon, reported KIRO 7 Eyewitness News.The Mount Si High School student and volleyball player, Tess Sollitto, was at the river with a group of friends yesterday afternoon. Eyewitnesses said she ...
Suspects Arrested In Seatac Murder
SeaTac police arrested two men for the shooting death of a Seatac man Friday night.The two men, who are brothers, were arrested Sunday. One of the men is 21 years old and was booked into the King County Jail on suspicion of homicide. The other man is 29 years old ...
Microsoft Millionaire Killed In Plane Crash
A Microsoft millionaire was killed in a Montana plane crash over the weekend.Jeffrey Harbers was killed near Big Timber Airport in Montana on Saturday when the single-engine turboprop airplane he was in slammed into pastureland just after takeoff and exploded into flames.The crash left scorch marks on the ground, killing ...
Drunken Driver Back In Court
Drunken driver Susan West was back in court Monday morning, but was not prepared to enter a plea in the case, and instead asked the judge to do it.The judge entered “not guilty” pleas on West’s behalf. Judge Janet Garrow began Monday’s arraignment and bail hearing by asking West about ...
Amber Alert Boy Back In Hospital, Mother In Jail
A baby boy who had been the subject of an Amber alert is back at Children's Hospital in Seattle, scheduled for kidney surgery, reported KIRO 7 Eyewitness News.Second-degree kidnapping charges were filed Monday against the boy’s mother, Tina Carlsen, accused of taking 9-month-old Riley Rogers from the hospital last Thursday.The ...
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