SEATTLE – A jaywalking stop led to the arrest of a man in a stabbing death, police say.

Three bicycle officers on a routine patrol stopped the 42-year-old man Wednesday evening in the city’s International District and determined that he was wanted for investigation in the death of Martin Anthony Harris, Officer Jeff Kappel said.

The man has been jailed with bail set at $1 million.

Harris, 41, died Oct. 24 after being stabbed repeatedly in the chest and elsewhere with a 6-inch blade at an apartment in Belltown. Investigators said the stabbing occurred during a fight.

Virginia Mason to refund patient fees

Virginia Mason Medical Center has agreed to refund hospital “facility fee” charges to patients who received outpatient procedures at its downtown Seattle clinics.

The settlement, a class action that affects more than 3,200 patients over the past six years, also requires Virginia Mason to begin providing estimates of outpatient service costs in advance.

One of the original plaintiffs was DeLois Gibson, a woman from Skyway, near Renton, who went to Virginia Mason’s downtown clinic in 2004 to have a blemish removed and was billed for $1,451, including $846 for hospital charges. Gibson claimed Virginia Mason acted unfairly and deceptively when it failed to tell her that she could have gotten the same procedure at another Virginia Mason clinic without having to pay the hospital charge.

Okanagan: Nurse loses license over assault

The state has revoked the license of an Omak nurse who struck an elderly patient at a nursing home last year.

Gary V. Reams, 54, was accused of striking 85-year-old Ray Durr, a patient at Valley Care Center in Okanogan, in the face with a closed fist in October 2005. A jury acquitted Reams on a charge of fourth-degree assault in June.

Oregon: Caller leads reporters to loot

An anonymous caller who said a thief was remorseful led a newspaper’s staff to a backpack filled with what may be loot from a burglary two years ago at a jewelry store.

“Listen very carefully,” the voice mail message to the Albany Democrat-Herald began Thursday. “Mid-Valley Coin and Jewelry was broken into two or three years ago, and thousands of dollars in gold and silver was stolen. The thief wants to return the items to the rightful owner.”

Then the message gave the newspaper directions to a bridge, where two photographers and a reporter converged to find a blue backpack. They called the sheriff’s department, and a deputy found a pack weighing 25 to 30 pounds with watches, jewelry, coins and cash.

Associated Press