Police search for suspect in Everett assault
Published 11:19 pm Sunday, May 25, 2008
EVERETT — Law officers were searching for a 31-year-old suspect Sunday after a woman reported that a man broke into her Everett area apartment while she was sleeping and held a knife to her stomach, officials said.
Snohomish County deputies went to the woman’s apartment on the 11800 block of East Gibson Road about 6:10 a.m.
The woman said the man is a former boyfriend.
Deputies believe the man possessed a key to the apartment.
The man confronted the woman, who was asleep, and held a knife to her stomach, according to a police report.
The victim suffered some minor scratches from the knife but didn’t require any medical attention.
The man ran away from the apartment, according to police.
A K-9 unit made an unsuccessful attempt to find the suspect.
No arrests had been made as of Sunday night.
@3. Headline News Briefs 14 no:Des Moines man arrested after chase
A 31-year-old Des Moines man was booked into the county jail on suspicion of theft and eluding police Sunday morning.
The man is suspected of stealing $2,000 worth of tools from the Home Depot at 11915 Highway 99 near Everett about 8:30 a.m. Sunday, according to police reports.
A Snohomish County sheriff’s deputy spotted the suspect’s car and the suspect pulled his car over to the side of the road.
The deputy briefly questioned the man before he drove away from the traffic stop, according to sheriff’s office reports.
A pursuit ensued, with the suspect traveling south on I-5 at 80 mph.
The suspect left the freeway at 164th St. SW and pulled into a parking lot at 1300 164th St. SW, where he surrendered.
There were no injuries to the suspect or deputies, and no related traffic collisions from the pursuit.
Lynnwood: No ID on teen killed by truck
The Snohomish County medical examiner on Sunday had not yet identified the teenage girl who died late Friday night after being hit by a truck as she and a friend walked on a sidewalk.
The girls were walking in the 3300 block of 164th Street SW about 11:10 p.m. when an eastbound pickup truck jumped the curb, hit them and rolled, officials said.
The other girl, 16, of LynnÂwood, was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle with injuries that were not considered life-threatening.
The driver of the truck, a 32-year-old Snohomish man, and his passenger, a 26-year-old Mill Creek woman, were also taken to Harborview with injuries that were not considered life-threatening.
From Herald staff reports
