EVERETT – An Everett police officer was acting in self-defense when he fired at a suspect who was driving at him in a stolen car, a Snohomish County prosecutor concluded.
The officer was responding to a report of a car prowl Feb. 19 in the 2500 block of E. Grand Avenue. When he and another officer arrived, two people jumped into a stolen Honda Accord.
The officer reported that he fired his gun at the car as the suspect drove toward him.
Evidence supports the officer’s statement, deputy prosecutor Mark Roe concluded. It appears that at one point the suspect was deliberately trying to run the officer over, he wrote.
The officer’s decision to shoot was “reasonable under all circumstances,” according to Roe.
Old Coast Guard boat rescued from sinking
A 1944-vintage boat that had formerly been used by the U.S. Coast Guard began sinking in the Snohomish River in Everett on Tuesday afternoon and had to be saved by the Snohomish County sheriff’s marine patrol.
The 83-foot wooden boat began taking on water after it struck something in the river that punctured the hull.
Four men on the boat called for help, drawing the attention of a sheriff’s boat coincidentally located nearby for a training operation.
Crews hooked up a pump to keep the boat afloat and towed it to the Everett Marina. A Naval Station Everett patrol boat assisted.
No one was injured. Once the boat was tied to a dock, the Everett Fire Department brought more water pumps to drain the boat.
Everett science teacher among nation’s best
An Everett teacher recently received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, the nation’s highest honor for teaching in these fields.
Noralee “Barney” Peterson of James Monroe Elementary School was the only winner from Washington and among 93 teachers honored nationwide.
Peterson received a $10,000 award from the National Science Foundation as well as an all-expenses paid trip to Washington, D.C., for a week of celebratory events and training activities.
Federal Way: Victim of electrocution identified
David Kessler Jr., 27, of Marysville was identified Tuesday as the man killed in an electrocution accident in Federal Way on Monday.
Stephen Uplinger, 19, of Snohomish, who suffered burns in the accident, was listed in satisfactory condition at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle on Tuesday. He had been listed in critical condition on Monday.
The two men were in a cherry-picker-type lift working on a fiber-optic line at the Wild Waves water park when they struck a 7,200-volt power line.
They were employees of Metzker Communications, which was subcontracted by Inter-Tel to work on the park’s phone and fiber-optic system.
Kessler, a former Marysville-Pilchuck High School football player, had worked for the company for about nine years. He was a journeyman with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
Kessler leaves behind a wife, a daughter, 3, and a son, 10, according to Mark Knapp, vice president for Metzker Communications.
Snohomish: Sheriff seeks luring suspect
The Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help identifying a man they believe tried to lure children to his car last month.
The incident occurred on April 28 near the 7800 block of 79th Avenue SE in unincorporated Snohomish, said Rebecca Hover, a sheriff’s spokeswoman.
The man tried to lure three children to his car by offering candy, she said. The children left the area immediately and told their parents.
The man is described as white or possibly Hispanic, between 30 and 40 years old, with short combed-back black hair, clean-shaven and wearing a white T-shirt, Hover said.
He wore a gold bracelet on his right wrist and was driving a blue Chevrolet Suburban with possibly Alaska plates, she said.
Anyone with information about the incident or who recognizes the suspect is asked to call the sheriff’s office tip line at 425-388-3845.
From Herald staff reports
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