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<< Previous   of   Next >>   ADVERTISEMENT   CONTACT THE HERALD Do you have a news tip? newstips@heraldnet.com | 425.339.3400   Published: Sunday, May 18, 2008 Two killed in Lake Chelan float plane crash STEHEKIN -- Two people were killed Saturday when a float plane carrying five people crashed into Lake Chelan near the remote resort community of Stehekin in the North Cascades. The single-engine DeHavilland Beaver was a charter flight from Chelan Airways that had taken off from the town of Chelan about 4:30 p.m. It crashed about 15 minutes later, flipping onto its top as it tried to land at Stehekin, said Jeff Middleton, chief criminal deputy for the Chelan County Sheriff's Office. Those killed were a woman from Stehekin and a man, Middleton said. The male pilot and a woman were taken to a hospital in Chelan, and the fifth person, a 16-year-old girl, was unhurt, he said. The conditions of the injured man and woman, who suffered at least hypothermia, were not immediately available. The dead man and the injured woman were believed to be husband and wife, Middleton said. Their hometowns were not available. The plane was being recovered by officials on the scene, and the National Transportation Safety Board would investigate the cause of the crash, Middleton said. Spokane: Burglary victim found dead A man has been found dead in Deer Park, and Spokane County sheriff's deputies say two men have been arrested. According to a news release from the sheriff's office, 55-year-old Christopher H. Devlin and 56-year-old Carl A. Hoskins were booked into jail Friday night for investigation of first-degree murder. Earlier in the day, the body of a man believed to be 52-year-old Daniel D. Heily of Chattaroy was found in his pickup truck behind the liquor store in Deer Park. Workers say the pickup had been there for days. Sheriff's Sgt. Dave Reagan wrote that Heily was scheduled to testify against Devlin as the victim in a burglary and assault case. When he failed to appear in court, deputies started looking for him and noticed the truck. An autopsy is planned. @3. Headline News Briefs 14 no:Inmates damage Spokane County jail Spokane County jail officials reported a four-hour overnight disturbance. In a news release, jail commander Jerry Brady said inmates in a sixth-floor wing began yelling and flooding their cells about 11 p.m. Friday. They wanted to be moved to an area where they would be allowed more time out of their cells. To quell the disturbance, guards covered the cell door windows with magnetic covers. Then they left half a dozen large vacuum cleaners running to drown out the shouting, and order was restored by 3 a.m. Ceiling and light fixtures on the fifth floor were damaged. Brady expects to have a cost estimate Monday. One inmate, 20-year-old Daniel M. Campbell, faces a charge of second-degree malicious mischief. He was in jail on charges of drug possession and second-degree assault. Okanogan: Ex-teacher may avoid prison A former Grand Coulee Dam Middle School teacher and reserve police officer who pleaded guilty to having sex with a 15-year-old student has been spared a prison term -- at least for now. Vernon E. Heizer, 51, of Nes­pelem, was sentenced Friday in Okanogan County Superior Court to two years and 10 months, but a judge suspended all but the nine months he already has spent in jail. Heizer can stay out of prison by successfully completing three to four years of outpatient sex-offender treatment and meeting other conditions. He is barred from any contact with other minors and being within 100 yards of the home, school or workplace of the girl involved in the case. The girl's family agreed to the sentence so she wouldn't have to testify in court, deputy prosecutor Jennifer Richardson said. Heizer pleaded guilty in March to rape of a child and child molestation and apologized to the victim and her family in a court statement. Heizer, who had been teaching in Grand Coulee since 1998 and was a Grand Coulee Dam reserve police officer, resigned from teaching in October after negotiating a $15,000 settlement with the school district to buy out the remainder of his contract. He was dismissed as a reserve police officer. Yakima: Man gets 19 years in woman's death A man has been sentenced to 19 years in prison for the abduction, killing and burning of his girlfriend's roommate in Yakima. According to investigators, 25-year-old Mariano Figueroa Diaz had been deported and illegally returned to Yakima weeks before the killing. Diaz was sentenced Friday for felony second-degree murder in the death of 18-year-old Aracely Alvarez-Lopez. Her remains were found on Nov. 12, 2005, in an abandoned quarry outside Toppenish. His girlfriend, 28-year-old Luisa Sanchez, pleaded guilty earlier to being an accomplice to second-degree murder. She testified against Diaz and got a 13-year prison term. According to investigators, the younger woman was killed in a drug-fueled dispute over the use and theft of a car that none of them owned. Oregon: Man accused of looting artifacts The owner of a secondhand store in Lakeview near the California border has been indicted on conspiracy charges in a federal investigation into looting of archaeological sites. The three-count indictment was issued by a federal grand jury Thursday in Eugene against 65-year-old Phillip Fields of Bly. The indictment charges him with excavating an archaeological site, damaging government property and conspiring to illegally excavate, remove and sell archaeological resources. The indictment marks the second time government agents have accused Fields of looting American Indian artifacts on the Deschutes National Forest. Fields served a short federal prison sentence in 1985 on similar charges. Italy: Seattle woman to remain in custody A University of Washington student under investigation in the slaying of her British roommate in Italy must remain behind bars, an Italian judge ruled Saturday. The judge rejected a lawyer's request to transfer Amanda Marie Knox, 20, of Seattle to house arrest. Knox is being held in Perugia in central Italy in the Nov. 1 stabbing death of 21-year-old Meredith Kercher. Knox has been jailed since Nov. 6, and judges have ruled that she can be held for up to a year while the case is investigated. Luciano Ghirga, a lawyer for Knox, said Saturday he had sought to have her placed under house arrest, but the judge in Perugia rejected the request, Ghirga said, without elaborating. According to the ANSA news agency, the lawyers wanted Knox moved to a shelter operated by Catholic charity Caritas. They had hoped this would persuade the judge to release Knox from jail. Kercher was found dead from a stab wound to the neck in the apartment she shared with Knox in Perugia, a university town about 110 miles north of Rome. Knox and two men have been jailed for months in the case, although no formal charges have been filed. All three deny wrongdoing. Associated Press

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