Northwest briefly
Published 10:07 pm Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Kitsap teen charged with murder
PORT ORCHARD, Wash. — A 17-year-old boy from Kitsap County has pleaded not guilty to aggravated first-degree murder in the stabbing death of an elderly neighbor whose lawn he once mowed.
Daniel James Mustard entered the plea Wednesday in Superior Court. He faces an automatic life sentence without parole if convicted; minors cannot receive the death penalty.
Detectives say Mustard stabbed 87-year-old Ruby Andrews while robbing her at her home Sunday in the small community of Colchester. He then allegedly stole the woman’s white Cadillac, picked up two of his 15-year-old friends and told them about the crime, showing them cell phone pictures of Andrews lying in a pool of blood in her bathroom.
Spokane Valley: Missing teen found
Police in Spokane Valley say a missing 14-year-old girl has been found safe.
Noel Kaleikini was reported missing Monday night after walking out of a Wal-Mart store where she had been shopping with her family.
The girl, who is developmentally disabled, was found about 5:40 p.m. Wednesday in a store at the Spokane Valley Mall.
Seattle: Kidnap attempt alleged
A 65-year-old man accused of trying to walk off with a 5-year-old California boy at Seattle’s busy Pike Place Market has been ordered held on $250,000 bail.
Based on descriptions from the boy, his mother and other witnesses, bicycle police officers arrested a man a short time later as he was leaving a men’s restroom in the market.
Car riddled with bullets at Seatac intersection
Spanaway: Stryker in fatal wreck
A 55-year-old pickup truck driver is dead after a collision with a Stryker vehicle from Fort Lewis on Highway 507 near Spanaway.
Washington State Patrol trooper Brandy Kessler said two Fort Lewis-based Strykers were stopped at an intersection Tuesday afternoon. The first turned onto the highway, and as the second was entering the roadway, it collided with the side of a red Ford F-150.
Four soldiers inside the Stryker were not injured.
Associated Press
