Local Briefly: Not guilty plea in arson case

Published 11:13 pm Wednesday, April 23, 2008

INDEX — A man who was charged with first-degree arson and assault in an April 5 fire pleaded not guilty Wednesday in Snohomish County Superior Court.

Prosecutors say Dean Lance Reihs, 50, got into a fight with his girlfriend and burned down the trailer in which the two lived. They also accuse him of trying to hurt her by ramming the car in which she fled from Reihs.

He was being held on $200,000 bail.

Snohomish County sheriff’s officers found Reihs hiding in the woods after the incident. He denied setting the fire. A May 30 trial date was set.

Edmonds: Man badly hurt in car accident

A 30-year-old Edmonds man was seriously injured in a car accident Wednesday evening on 100th Avenue W.

The man was driving a Honda Accord southbound on the road when it was struck by a northbound Cadillac Escalade. The accident happened in the 24000 block after 6 p.m.

Aid crews took the man to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle with what appeared to be life-threatening injuries, Edmonds police Sgt. Don Anderson said.

The investigation closed the road late into Wednesday evening.

From Herald staff reports