News Stories for November 2010
Stories for Tuesday, November 30
Amazon-WikiLeaks Connection Angers Issaquah Grandmother Of Soldiers
An Issaquah grandmother of two American soldiers said she's outraged at Amazon for providing web hosting to WikiLeaks, the organization that has leaked thousands of classified government documents.Nadine Gulit had two grandsons deploy to Iraq and founded Operation Support Our Troops. She isn't very diplomatic about Amazon helping out WikiLeaks."That ...
Boeing Test 787 Returns To Seattle After Fire Repairs
The Boeing 787 test flight plane that caught fire earlier this month returned to Seattle Tuesday afternoon for the first time since the incident.The 787 "ZA002" -- the second Dreamliner ever to fly -- came in to Boeing Field at about 4:10 p.m., video from Chopper 7 showed.Boeing earlier Tuesday ...
Inquest Into Seattle Woodcarver Shooting Set For January 10
A King County judge on Tuesday set January 10, 2011, as the date for an inquest hearing into the deadly police shooting of Native American woodcarver John T. Williams.The inquest jury will decide if Seattle police Officer Ian Birk had sufficient reason to use deadly force when he shot Williams ...
Thousands Lost When Aids Support Group Office Burglarized
Staff at the Dunshee House, the home of the Seattle AIDS Support Group, said they came to work Tuesday morning to find that their offices had been burglarized and ransacked.Several thousand dollars in computer and electronics equipment, as well as many personal belongings of the staff, were stolen.The burglary took ...
Man In Capitol Hill Hatchet Attack A Suspect In Separate Homicide
The man accused of killing another man with a hatchet in Seattle's Capitol Hill Neighborhood is a suspect in another homicide investigation, according to charging documents released Tuesday.Michael LaRosa, 26, was charged with first-degree murder on Tuesday for an attack on November 22 in which he struck Joseph LaMagno, 58, ...
Diesel Fuel Spills In Tacomas Blair Waterway
The Department of Ecology, Coast Guard and U.S. Oil are responding to a diesel fuel spill in Tacoma's Blair Waterway Tuesday afternoon. The DOE said during a fuel transfer, a U.S. Oil employee found a leak on a partially open bleeder valve. The valve was closed and the transfer was ...
Man Sentenced To 26 Years In Dog Trainer's Murder
A judge has sentenced a Skagit County man convicted of killing a dog trainer to 26 years in prison.A jury last month found Michiel Oakes guilty of first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of his girlfriend's ex-husband, Mark Stover, who trained the pets of Pearl Jam and Nirvana, moviemaker Cameron ...
Thurston County Sheriffs Office Recovers Stolen Car
The Thurston County Sheriff's Office said it has recovered a sheriff's office car stolen from an employee’s home earlier this month.Police said the car was located in Lacey and two people have been arrested in connection with the theft.Officials said the two suspects had been prowling vehicles in the area, ...
UPDATE: Lockdown Lifted For 3 Schools In Highline District
Three schools in the Highline School District were locked down after someone called 911 to report that a female student may have brought a gun to school.Deputies used a bomb-sniffing dog to check school lockers for a gun at Evergreen High School and Cascade Middle School.New Start Alternative was also ...
Police: Man Repeatedly Shocked Woman With Stun Gun
Police arrested a man who they said attacked a woman with a stun gun at an apartment in Hoquiam on Monday.An officer responding to a report of an assault heard yelling and a banging sound as he arrived at the apartment in the 500 block of Karr Avenue Monday morning, ...
Woman To Sue Seattle City Light Over Dog's Electrocution
A Seattle woman said she plans to sue Seattle City Light after her dog was electrocuted while walking down a sidewalk. Lisa McKibbin said her German shorthair Sammy started yelping then collapsed and later died after stepping on a metal plate on Queen Anne Avenue North. The shock was caused ...
Vandals Steal, Damage Tahoma Cemetery Plaques
Police are trying to find the vandals who stole plaques from Tahoma National Cemetery in Kent over the weekend.Over the weekend, someone stole 11 bronze plaques from the cemetery's memorial walkway. The vandals also damaged three others.The cemetery's director, Jim Trimbo, told KIRO 7 Eyewitness News the plaques were donated ...
Stories for Monday, November 29
Seattle Somali-Americans Fear Reprisals After Portland Terror Arrest
The arrest of Portland terror suspect Mohamed Osman Mohamud is sending waves of fear through Seattle's Somali community, KIRO 7 reporters learned on Monday."Oh, I'm really upset about what's happened," said Farhiya Mohamed, a family advocate at Southwest Youth and Family Services in West Seattle. "This young guy, what he's ...
UPDATE: Gregoire Gets 1 List Of Budget Cut Ideas; Looking For 3 More
Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire said Tuesday that Republicans in the state Senate have provided her with "a very comprehensive list of ideas" for balancing the state budget. The Governor’s office said she received the list late Monday. Editor's note: The governor's office told us Monday afternoon that Gregoire hadn't received ...
Man's Fall In International District Now A Homicide, Seattle Police Say
Seattle police are investigating a man's death as a homicide after initial confusion over whether the man fell or was assaulted, Seattle police said.The man, 64, was found near the intersection of Fifth Avenue South and South Weller Street in the International District sometime after 8 p.m. on November 21, ...
Decapitated Cat Died 'Slow, Painful Death,' Authorities Say
An Olympia man who police said hacked off the head of a neighbor's cat with a half-dozen blows from a dull machete offered the animal's head as a trophy and boasted of his attack on social networking sites, police said.Dameon Ray Parker, 30, lured the cat to the home he ...
No Explosives Found In Package Found Near Bainbridge Island PD
No explosives were found in a suspicious package that was brought to the Bainbridge Police Department on Monday afternoon, but explosives may have come into contact with the package, Bainbridge Island Police said.The state patrol's bomb squad came to the station at the request of Bainbridge police and x-rayed the ...
Ore. Terror Suspect Pleads Not Guilty In Car Bomb Plot
A 19-year-old Somali-American man has pleaded not guilty to an alleged plot to blow up a car bomb at an Oregon Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Portland. UNCUT: Teen Is 'Typical American College Kid,' Friends Say Mohamed Osman Mohamud entered the plea Monday in federal court in Portland. An indictment ...
Despite Eyman's Objections, Lynnwood City Council Approves Car Tab Fee
The Lynnwood City Council voted on Monday night to impose a $20 car tab fee to pay for road repairs.A budget crunch has meant that there's been no road sealing or repaving in the city for the past two years.Before the vote, initiative guru Tim Eyman spoke in opposition to ...
Power Line On Bus Traps Passengers Inside
A live power line touching a Pierce Transit bus trapped passengers inside the vehicle after it struck a utility pole in Spanaway on Monday morning.Power to the line was cut and the four passengers and the driver got out safely. SLIDESHOW: Bus Crash Topples Power Lines, Street Sign The bus ...
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