Herald staff
EVERETT — A 22-year-old Everett man was booked into Snohomish County Jail on Wednesday after a four-hour standoff with police that included evacuating nearby residents.
The man allegedly fired multiple shots inside an apartment in the 1800 block of Hewitt Avenue, but no one was injured by the gunfire.
The incident began about 8:10 p.m. when officers responded to a report of a shot fired in a rooming house. The man who was arrested had had a "running dispute" with another person in the apartment throughout the afternoon, Everett police Sgt. Boyd Bryant said. A neighbor called police, who evacuated the building and surrounding properties.
Officers tried until shortly after midnight to talk the man out of the apartment, and eventually made a forcible entry about 12:10 a.m. in which the man was arrested. Police seized an older semiautomatic rifle, military surplus body armor, ammunition and a bullet-resistant helmet.
The man was booked on investigation of reckless endangerment and unlawful discharge of a firearm.
$15,000 church fire: An unattended candle ignited a fire that caused damage Tuesday estimated at $15,000 to a church sanctuary.
The blaze about 7:30 p.m. at the Church of God in the 3000 block of 23rd Street was an accident that occurred when a candle was left burning, Everett Fire Marshal Warren Burns said Wednesday.
Firefighters remained on the scene until about 10 p.m.
Sultan
Stolen car arrests: Police arrested four people after a car was stolen and stripped before its owner knew it was missing from the driveway.
Snohomish County sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to a report of a suspicious vehicle just outside the city limits in the wee hours Wednesday and discovered a vehicle that had been stripped and dumped, police chief Fred Walser said.
A Sultan officer who heard the broadcast regarding the car checked the registration and found that the 1994 Acura, owned by a Sultan resident, was not reported as stolen. The officer went to the owner’s home and awoke the occupants, who thought the car was still in their driveway.
Further investigation led the officer to the area where the car had been stripped before it was dragged elsewhere and dumped. That investigation led to a suspect, who was found to have the car’s stolen engine in his garage, Walser said. Still more investigation by the city detective led to more suspects, a 19-year-old Normandy Park man who was driving a van that contained the remaining parts stripped from the Acura, an 18-year-old Sultan resident and a 16-year-old who lives just outside the city were arrested at the first suspect’s home.
The three adults were booked into Snohomish County Jail on investigation of trafficking in stolen property and auto theft. The boy was released to his father and his case has been referred to Snohomish County Juvenile Court.
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