EVERETT – An Everett man who took advantage of a new widow earlier this year was sentenced to six months in the county jail for impersonating an Everett firefighter.
Jerame James Lee, 22, showed up on the woman’s doorstep the day after her husband died in February – after firefighters and paramedics had come to her house to try and save her husband.
Lee told her he was a fire inspector and needed to take photos because a firefighter had been hurt in the house the previous day. He was not associated with the department.
Lee made several more trips to the widow’s home to take more photos and to check her husband’s medications, including a visit on the day of her husband’s funeral. On one visit, he tried to sell her a fire alarm system, prosecutors said.
The woman told police that over time she noticed someone had stolen about $160 and a narcotic pain medication she was taking for cancer.
Edmonds: Crash debris washes up on beaches
Debris from an Airlift Northwest medical helicopter that crashed off Edmonds Sept. 29 has begun washing up on the Olympic Peninsula and Whidbey Island.
The crash killed pilot Steve Smith of Whidbey Island and two Seattle nurses.
Earlier this week, an equipment bag washed up on a beach near Port Townsend, and on Wednesday small pieces of the helicopter washed up on Whidbey Island, Edmonds police reported.
Citizens who believe they have found pieces of the aircraft can leave them in place and report the finding, or turn the items over to their local police or sheriff’s office, Edmonds police said.
If anyone believes they have found human remains, they should immediately contact their local law enforcement agency.
Monroe: Man, 97, drives into barbershop
A 97-year-old man drove his car through the front window of a Monroe barbershop Thursday afternoon, Monroe police officials said.
Police aren’t sure whether the man, a Monroe resident, was trying to park or leave the shop in the 100 block of E. Main Street at 2:40 p.m. But the front corner of the man’s 1996 Buick Park Avenue crashed through the shop’s large window.
A Snohomish County sheriff’s deputy was there when the accident happened. Neither the man nor shop employees were injured.
Marysville: Meeting set to discuss sex offender
The Marysville Police Department will hold a public notification meeting to release information regarding a level 2 sex offender.
David P. Schneider will be residing in the 5800 block of 74th Street NE.
Schneider, 36, is white, 5 feet 11 inches tall and 180 pounds. He has brown hair and blue eyes.
The public meeting will be at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Marysville Public Safety Building, 1635 Grove St.
Schneider was convicted in 1992 on one count of second-degree child rape. The victim was a 13-year-old girl he did not know prior to giving her a ride home and convincing her to sneak out later that evening. Schneider took the victim to his place of employment, where the sexual assault took place.
Additionally, Schneider was convicted in 1993 of second-degree assault, during which he sexually assaulted a 17-year-old girl he had met a week earlier. He is not currently wanted by the police.
Snohomish: Police, firefighters team up
Snohomish police and firefighters are teaming up to teach people how to prepare themselves for emergencies.
The two departments will hold one-hour classes at 7 p.m. Oct. 25, Nov. 2 and Nov. 14. All classes will be in the Snohomish Fire Department’s Eldon Harvey Auditorium at 1525 Ave. D.
For more information, contact Fire Chief Mark Collins at 360-568-2141 or Deputy Police Chief Chuck Macklin at 360-568-0888.
From Herald staff reports
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