News Stories for October 2007
Stories for Wednesday, October 31
Amber Alert Canceled For 14-Year-Old Girl
Algona Police have canceled an Amber Alert for a 14 year old girl.Fourteen year-old Miarlene Sales was last seen at Auburn-Riverside High school Tuesday morning.Sales is a Hispanic female, 5 feet tall, 110 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a black jacket and black ...
Police Looking For Missing Man
The King County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help locating a missing Sammamish man.According to deputies, Donald “Don” Cella, 80, has been missing since Tuesday morning.According to Cella’s wife, he left to visit a friend on Mercer Island and never returned. Cella’s wife told investigators that he did ...
Construction Workers Rescue Child Trapped Under Car
Construction workers jumped into action after a mother called for help following a traffic accident involving her 1-year-old child on Wednesday.Witnesses told KIRO 7 Eyewitness News that the mother was pushing her child in a stroller when the stroller was struck by a car. Both the stroller and the baby ...
Boeing Delivers 150th Next-Generation 737-800 To Ryanair
Ryanair, Europe's largest low-cost carrier, took delivery on October 26 of its 150th Boeing Next-Generation 737-800. The successful European carrier operates a fleet of 737-800s around Europe and northwest Africa. From its inception, Ryanair has relied on the 737 -- first the 737 Classic and now the Next-Generation 737 -- ...
Fire Reignites At Buddhist Temple
A house that burned early Tuesday at a Buddhist temple compound in south Seattle caught fire again Tuesday night. Firefighters put the fire out for the second time about 9 p.m. No one was hurt.Investigators said the first fire was caused by faulty electrical wiring. That fire had burned slowly ...
Man Rescued At Construction Site
Firefighters rescued a man who was injured at a Seattle construction site Wednesday morning, KIRO 7 Eyewitness News reported.The 25-year-old man was working when an air hose broke, whipping him into a hole, where he landed on his stomach on a pile of dirt 40 to 50 feet down.“It was ...
6 Hurt In Head-On Crash
Police said six people were injured in a head-on collision in Thurston County Tuesday afternoon.Authorities said a Honda was traveling southbound in the 4800 block of Ruddle Road Southeast when it collided with an SUV traveling northbound in Lacey.One vehicle had teens in it and there were two people in ...
Stories for Tuesday, October 30
Horizon Plane With Gear Problems Headed To Sea-Tac
Horizon flight 488 with 50 people on board is headed to Sea-Tac International Airport to make an emergency landing due to gear problems.The Dash 8 aircraft is scheduled to arrive at 1:57 p.m.The Sea-Tac fire department is at the airport and preparing for an emergency response if necessary.
Traffic Stop Brings New Leads In 19-Year-Old Cold Case
Police said a traffic stop by a Bellevue police officer on Friday night led to the arrest of a man who was a suspect in a homicide investigation that was nearly 20 years old.When the patrol officer stopped the man for faulty equipment on his truck, a records check revealed ...
House Catches Fire In Shelton
The Shelton Fire Department responded to a house fire Tuesday afternoon at the 500 block of Grant Avenue.Early reports said there may have been one person inside the home.Video from Chopper 7 showed fire crews at the scene but no smoke or flame.There are no reports on any injuries or ...
School Bus Driver Charged With Molesting 4-Year-Old Student
A Peninsula school district bus driver was arrested Monday as part of an investigation of child molestation.According to charging documents, Scott Bender, 48, molested a 4-year-old girl on a school bus on Oct. 23.“He’s not that way. People that know him know he’s not that way. Child molestation in the ...
Craigslist Ad Leads To Hate Mail
A local woman is in the middle of a scam controversy involving the Web site Craigslist.com after she placed an ad trying to help her brother’s family following the California wildfires.Leah Galindo said her brother David and his family left their Running Springs, Calif. home during the fires. When the ...
Pastor Accused Of Raping, Molesting Children
A 60-year-old Kitsap County man who turned himself in to authorities on Monday is being held on $500,000 bail following a probable cause hearing.Robbin Leeroy Harper was booked into the Kitsap County Jail on suspicion of two counts of second-degree rape of child, police said.Harper leads an approximately 60-member non-denominational ...
Fire Chars Buddhist Temple
Fire investigators said the cause of an early-morning fire that destroyed a bunk-house at the Duoc Su Buddhist Temple was caused by faulty electrical wiring in the basement's ceiling.Nguyen Thanh, one of the two monks who lived in the house, said they didn't spend the night in their building because ...
Stories for Monday, October 29
Two Drivers Arrested After Speeding In Ferrari
The Washington State Patrol airplane was working routine patrol on state Route 520 Friday night near Interstate 405 when it spotted a fast-moving car traveling westbound.The car, a 2005 Ferrari F430 was weaving in and out of traffic using several lanes.As the Ferrari increased speed on the Evergreen Point floating ...
Fire Burns South Sound Apartments
Firefighters battled a stubborn fire at an apartment building in University Place Monday afternoon.Video from Chopper 7 showed flames coming from one of the units and heavy smoke throughout the area. Fire crews sprayed the building's roof with foam in an attempt to stop the flames.The building is at 42nd ...
West Seattle Fire Destroys Home
Firefighters were called to a house fire in West Seattle Monday morning.According to firefighters, when they arrived flames were shooting from the basement windows and the first floor.One of the children living in the home tried to put the fire out himself before firefighters arrived, KIRO 7 Eyewitness News reported.There ...
Man Hurt In Violent Crash
Police said they believe alcohol and speed played a role in an Auburn car crash that sent one man to the hospital.Authorities said a Nissan Pathfinder was heading northbound on Auburn Way and then made a left turn at about 11:30 p.m. Sunday.A white pickup was heading southbound and ran ...
South Lake Union Trolley On Track
A new streetcar line in the South Lake Union neighborhood of Seattle is getting on track. The 1.3-mile line was tested Monday morning and should start rolling next month.Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels, King County Metro Transit officials and the streetcar manufacturer attended the trolley’s first test run. The mayor boarded ...
Men Accused Of Central District Shooting
Police arrested two men in connection with a shooting in Seattle’s Central District Sunday night, reported KIRO 7 Eyewitness News.The men were arrested at 18th and East Jefferson streets after officers on patrol heard a gunshot and saw a car leaving the area.Police pulled over a car with two men ...
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