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Published 9:00 pm Wednesday, October 26, 2005
EVERETT – A Lynnwood man who was upset about the repossession of his car was sentenced to six months in Snohomish County Jail Wednesday for setting fire to a vehicle on a car lot.
Superior Court Judge Michael Downes settled on the middle of the sentencing range for Jeremy Jon Denham’s second-degree arson conviction. Denham pleaded guilty last week.
After his car was repossessed, Denham went to Tequila Motors at 18225 Highway 99 in Lynnwood and stuffed something into the fill-up pipe on the gas tank of a Toyota 4Runner on Aug. 23, then lit it on fire.
Authorities also found that the tires on 18 other vehicles on the lot had been slashed.
Cyclist killed on I-5 overpass is identified
A bicyclist who was struck and killed on the 112th Street SE I-5 overpass Monday afternoon has been identified as Joseph D. Cordell Jr.
Cordell, 37, died from head injuries, the Snohomish County Medical Examiner’s Office said Wednesday. The death was accidental, the office said.
A man walked into the Everett Police Department’s south precinct Tuesday and said he was the driver who had hit Cordell. Police interviewed him briefly before letting him go.
Police are still investigating the incident and trying to decide whether to file charges against the driver. The driver got out of his car and examined Cordell after hitting him, then got back in his car and drove away, police said.
Jefferson County: Navy assists in accident
A helicopter crew from Whidbey Island Naval Air Station came to the rescue of an 87-year-old woman who was injured in a head-on collision on Highway 104 in Jefferson County on Wednesday.
Fog kept a helicopter from Airlift Northwest in Arlington from taking off to transport the woman to a hospital. The Navy station answered the call, sending its MH-60 Knighthawk.
The woman suffered a crushed pelvis and two broken legs.
An ambulance brought her to a helicopter landing site about four miles south of the Port Townsend ferry terminal.
From Herald staff reports
