Local briefly: Duplex fire puts 12 out of their Arlington home
Published 10:52 pm Thursday, December 6, 2007
ARLINGTON — A dozen people, including six children were displaced Thursday after a fire broke out at a duplex.
The fire is believed to have started under one of the duplexes, Arlington’s assistant city manager Kristin Banfield said. A crew was making some repairs in a crawl space and may have accidentally started the fire, she said. Firefighters passing by noticed the smoke just before 1 p.m. and called for backup. The fire spread to both duplexes, located in the 20100 block of 67th Avenue NE, Banfield said.
The damage appeared to be minimal and the fire was contained to a small area, she said.
The Snohomish County Chapter of the American Red Cross was providing assistance. The fire department’s support unit also was helping out.
Monroe: Woman who was hit, killed ID’d
The Monroe woman who died Tuesday after she was hit by two vehicles has been identified as Jessica Karin Potter.
Potter, 24, died of blunt force injuries. Her death has been ruled an accident, according to the Snohomish County Medical Examiner’s Office.
Witnesses told investigators Potter appeared disoriented and was walking in the road shortly before she was struck by a Ford Ranger pickup and a Volkswagen Jetta, said Rebecca Hover, a spokeswoman for the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office.
The accident happened in the 22500 block of Florence Acres Road about 6:30 p.m.
Several off-duty medics, who happened to be in the area, tried to treat Potter’s injuries, but she died at the scene.
Everett: Police find wanted woman
Everett police have caught up with a woman indicted for allegedly helping an Everett man run an Internet prostitution ring.
Kelsey Lynn Kirschman, also known as Sexy Starr, was handed over to federal authorities after Everett officers recognized her while investigating an unrelated case.
Kirschman, 21, was indicted last month for conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking along with Jerome Eugene Todd. The Everett man faces additional charges and may have been using part of the profits of the alleged prostitution ring to make child support payments to his eight children.
Federal prosecutors allege that Kirschman helped Todd by posting advertisements on Craigslist.org for the prostitutes working for him. She also helped Todd pay for Lynnwood motel rooms, where the prostitutes worked, according to court documents.
Detectives connected Kirschman to the prostitution ring through the advertisements on the Web site. Kirschman allegedly was advertising herself as a prostitute and the format of those ads were nearly identically to the ones posted for women who told investigators they worked for Todd, according to a search warrant affidavit.
From Herald staff reports
