MARYSVILLE — Snohomish County sheriff’s deputies are looking for the driver of a white Ford Explorer who dragged a man a short distance with his vehicle in a dispute Sunday.
Sheriff’s spokeswoman Jan Jorgensen said Monday that officers are looking for the driver of a late 1980s or early 1990s white Ford Explorer, described as a Hispanic male in his late 20s or early 30s, who was wearing a brown suit, blue tie and lighter brown shirt and was well-groomed.
Jorgensen said the incident happened about 12:15 p.m. in the 4600 block of 122nd Place NE. A 56-year-old homeowner approached a man whose car had stopped when it hit the shoulder of the road. The homeowner said he appeared to be passed out, but the man said his engine had overheated.
The homeowner reached in the driver’s side window and turned the car off. As he did, the driver rolled up the window trapping the man’s arm. He put his vehicle in reverse and drove about 20 feet with the victim hanging from the car.
The man sped up in forward gear. As he did, the victim fell from the vehicle. Jorgensen said the homeowner had minor injuries but did not seek medical treatment.
Any information about the case can be left on the tip line at 425-388-3845.
Lake Goodwin
‘Freedom County’ supporters evicted: A Lake Goodwin couple whose financial woes in 2001 became a rallying point for a group that calls itself Freedom County were evicted from their home last week, the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office confirmed Monday.
A court order evicting Gaius and Donna Kazen from their Lake Goodwin shorefront home was enforced Wednesday, sheriff’s spokeswoman Jan Jorgensen said.
The Kazens earlier lost a lawsuit over nonpayment of their mortgage, and a Superior Court judge repeatedly signed orders clearing the way for the sheriff’s office to evict the Kazens from the home valued at $1.3 million.
The house, complete with a large meeting room, had been used as a gathering spot for backers of Freedom County. Members last year sent Sheriff Rick Bart and other county officials letters warning them not to evict the Kazens. The letters asserted that the sheriff’s office and the courts have no authority in the area Freedom County backers claim has seceded from Snohomish County.
Sultan
Police layoffs rescinded: Two of three city police officers received good news Monday — they won’t be laid off.
At the direction of Mayor C.H. Rowe, Sultan Police Chief Fred Walser handed out notices rescinding the layoffs the trio received last week.
"It looks like we’re going to keep most of our staff," Walser said. "The school resource officer position is still going away."
That officer has lined up a job with another Snohomish County police agency, Walser said. The other two officers will stay in Sultan.
The city has been struggling to trim the budget, and the layoff notices resulted from those efforts.
The city council meets at 7 tonight at the council chambers.
From Herald staff reports
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