Stolen Viagra involved in felony case of three
Published 9:00 pm Monday, September 17, 2001
A trio from Snohomish County are facing a variety of felony charges in a case that involves the theft of $43,000 worth of Viagra.
A total of 4,300 sample tablets of the prescription drug, which is used to treat impotence, were stolen in October at a Bothell self-storage business.
About 2,500 of the tablets were found Aug. 29 when Snohomish County deputies served a search warrant for drugs at a Monroe apartment. In addition to suspected methamphetamine, officers found evidence of repeated break-ins at storage facilities throughout the area, deputy prosecutor Joan Cavagnaro said in Superior Court papers.
On Monday, Diane Constance Deran, 50, of Monroe and Amy Sue Oliver, 34, of Everett were charged with possession of methamphetamine. Victor Lawrence Deran, 49, of Monroe was charged last week with first-degree possession of stolen property in connection with the stolen Viagra. He also was charged with trafficking in stolen property.
"Drug-crazed" man arrested: Police arrested a man they called "drug-crazed" after the suspect terrorized residents in the 200 block of High Street Sunday.
The man, whose age and address wasn’t immediately known, appeared to be under the influence of methamphetamine and fought officers’ attempts to remove him from the home of an innocent third party.
Finally, officers used the department’s new electronic stun gun. After the man was hit one time, he fell to the ground and was handcuffed. The man was treated at Valley General Hospital for a drug overdose. He was charged with trespassing, drug use and was wanted by the Kirkland Police on a $25,000 warrant.
Driver in jail: A motorist who drove through a construction zone led a Washington State Patrol trooper on a brief chase and ended up in jail Saturday night — but not without a fight.
Patrol Sgt. Chuck LeBlanc was parked at a construction zone at 164th Street SW when he saw a vehicle heading toward him. LeBlanc got the driver of the Chevrolet Tracker to veer back into the travel lanes.
LeBlanc then pursued the car.
The Chevrolet reached 196th Street, where it pulled over beneath the overpass, LeBlanc said. When other troopers and Snohomish County deputies arrived, the man eventually began to walk toward the patrol car, LeBlanc said.
"We almost had to tie him up," he said. "Two troopers had to wrestle him to the ground, and it took four officers to get control of him."
LeBlanc said the man, who appeared to be intoxicated, was treated for a bloody nose, and then was booked into jail on investigation of felony eluding and driving under the influence.
Seattle man jailed: A 19-year-old Seattle man was in jail Monday night after eluding police during a high-speed chase in a stolen car that ended when the vehicle overturned and the man was sniffed out by a police dog, Mountlake Terrace police reported.
The man was being held in the Snohomish County Jail on charges of first-degree possession of stolen property and felony eluding. Drug paraphernalia linked to methampethamine use also was found in the car, police said.
The chase began about 4:11 a.m. Sunday when a Mountlake Terrace police officer saw a silver Honda Civic run a red light at 220th and 70th streets. The car was allegedly stolen from Concrete. The officer tried to stop the car but it continued, reaching speeds of 100 mph, said Sgt. Pete Caw.
The chase eventually ended when the driver lost control and the car wound up on its top in a driveway at 155th Street and Meridian Avenue in Shoreline. The suspect fled, but was eventually sniffed out from the bushes by a police dog. The suspect was treated for dog scratches at Stevens Hospital and then booked into jail, Caw said.
President of Ivar’s restaurants dies: Scott Kingdon Sr., who went from frying fish to owning the West Coast restaurant chain where he began work 31 years ago, is dead at age 51.
Kingdon, president of Ivar’s Restaurants, died of an apparent heart attack Sept. 11 following a long history of heart problems.
Ivar’s, including the Kidd Valley hamburger chain, has 50 outlets with 1,200 employees in Washington, Oregon and California. Ivar’s clam chowder is sold in other restaurants in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska, California, Montana, Utah, Oklahoma, North Carolina and Florida.
A native of this Seattle suburb, Kingdon went to work for founder Ivar Haglund as a fry cook at Ivar’s Seafood Bar on Pier 54 just north of the state ferry terminal.
After Haglund died in 1985, Kingdon joined with some other longtime employees and private investors to buy the company and directed much of its growth, retaining its longtime motto: "Keep clam."
Kingdon approved a television commercial, "Dances with Clams" with fishermen speaking Norwegian and English subtitles in 1991. It got lots of laughs from viewers and a threat of a lawsuit by Orion Pictures, the distributor of the film it spoofed, "Dances with Wolves."
Kingdon pulled the commercial, then invited the star of the movie, Kevin Costner, to accept an Ivar’s Award and "let bivalves be bivalves."
Survivors include Kingdon’s wife, Gigi, four children and a grandchild.
Funeral services were pending.
From Herald staff reports
