Local briefly: Man attacked while sleeping on his couch
Published 10:41 pm Monday, June 30, 2008
EVERETT — Police are looking for help finding a man who reportedly broke into an Everett apartment early Sunday and attacked a man who was sleeping on a couch.
On Monday, Snohomish County sheriff’s detectives released a sketch of the man and asked anyone who recognized the drawing to call police.
On Sunday, the 40-year-old Everett man who was attacked was treated and released from the hospital, sheriff’s spokeswoman Rebecca Hover said.
The incident happened about 3:40 a.m. in the 12400 block of Admiralty Way. Detectives believe a man entered the apartment through a window and then attacked the 40-year-old man with a knife, Hover said.
The intruder ran away when the man’s wife and two teenage daughters heard the commotion and came out of their rooms, Hover said.
Nothing was reported stolen, and the motive of the attack is unknown, Hover said. Police don’t believe the man who was hurt knew his attacker.
The intruder is described as thin, about 20 years old and around 5 feet, 8 inches to 6 feet tall. He had short brown hair and was wearing blue jeans.
Sheriff’s deputies used police dogs to search the area but couldn’t find the man. A witness told police the man may have escaped or hidden in a red truck a few blocks away. He may have been bleeding from injuries, Hover said.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call the sheriff’s office tip line at 425-388-3845.
Marysville: SUV with fireworks crashes
MARYSVILLE — An SUV carrying around 450 pounds of fireworks toppled into the I-5 median near Smokey Point on Sunday night and police called a bomb squad to make sure it was safe to clean up the mess.
The crash occurred about 9 p.m. when the driver of the SUV apparently hit another car, lost control and flipped into the median coming to rest against the cable barriers, Washington State Patrol trooper Keith Leary said.
The driver, a Granite Falls man, 45, was taken to the hospital with a finger injury, Leary said. The driver of the car that was hit, a Bothell man, 23, was not hurt.
Police saw explosives labels on packages inside the truck but couldn’t tell if they were legal fireworks or more volatile explosives, Leary said. The bomb squad was called in and determined the fireworks were legal and safe to remove.
Traffic in the area was slowed as police investigated.
The cable barriers were slightly damaged but not breached, state Department of Transportation spokeswoman Meghan Soptich said.
Police believe speed was a factor in the crash.
The driver, a fireworks wholesaler, had gone to Anacortes to pick his cargo, Leary said.
From Herald staff reports
