BELLINGHAM — An early morning fight lead to a stabbing and arrest in Bellingham.
Police responded to a reports of a fight about 2:30 a.m. Saturday. They found a 25-year-old man who suffered wounds to his head, arm and back that were not considered life-threatening. A short time later, Bellingham police said they arrested 19-year-old Devon Shelby of Mount Vernon. He was booked into the Whatcom County Jail on investigation of first-degree assault.
When he was arrested, Shelby refused to cooperate with police. He was eventually identified with help from the Mount Vernon Police Department. Bellingham police Lt. Steve Felmley told The Bellingham Herald that Shelby did not know the victim and wasn’t sure why Shelby was downtown at that time.
Olympia: House OKs bill granting some public records exemptions
The Washington state House has approved a measure that exempts some information on criminal justice employees from the state’s public records law.
The House unanimously passed the measure late Saturday night and it now heads to the Senate for further consideration. It exempts the photographs and month and year of birth information in personnel files of criminal justice employees from disclosure. Under an amendment that passed, the news media would have still have access to the information.
Supporters say they want to ensure that criminals or inmates do not use the information to target officers or other criminal justice employees.
House approves limits to shackling pregnant inmates
The state House has approved a measure that restricts the use of restraints, including handcuffs and leg shackles, on pregnant inmates.
The measure was unanimously passed Saturday night and now heads to the Senate for further consideration.
The bill bans the use of all restraints on female inmates in the third trimester of pregnancy who are being transported to medical care, court proceedings or are in labor. The restraints would also be banned during post-delivery recovery.
The measure was proposed after a former inmate sued the state last year, saying her constitutional rights were violated when she was shackled while in labor.
Crescent Bar: Young woman’s body found along Columbia River
The body of a young woman was discovered along the bank of the Columbia River, but investigators have yet to determine if it’s a 17-year-old girl missing since earlier in the week.
The Wenatchee World reported that the body was discovered about 2 p.m. Saturday. The Chelan County Sheriff’s Office is calling the death a homicide.
Jerry Moore, Chelan County sheriff’s spokesman, said it appears the body was put there by someone. The body was found with her feet in the water and fully clothed.
The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is handling the case since that is where the body was discovered.
Mackenzie Cowell has been missing since Tuesday. She was last seen Tuesday afternoon leaving a beauty school class in Wenatchee. Her locked car was found that night near Mission Ridge, about 40 miles from her home in Orondo. Her purse and some clothes were found in the car, but her debit card was missing. Moore said a single set of footprints was found outside the car.
Seattle: Candy maker working on healthier chocolate
A Seattle candy maker is working on a healthier, but still tasty, chocolate.
Andy McShea of Theo Chocolate is hoping to jump on the idea that chocolate is able to lower blood pressure, improve circulation and maybe even fight diabetes. But he doesn’t want to take the fun or the taste out of the indulgence.
He hopes to maximize chocolate’s health benefits while minimizing its baggage of fat and calories. But as McShea says, if it isn’t delicious too, what the point?
Oregon: Three killed in shooting at Gresham lounge
Police say a Clackamas County sheriff’s sergeant opened fire at a lounge killing his wife and another woman before shooting himself.
Officers responded Friday night to the shooting at the M&M Restaurant and Lounge. They say the shooting appears to be a domestic violence issue.
Police said Jeffrey Grahn, 46, a patrol sergeant who worked for the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office for the last 15 years, died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Police said Grahn shot and killed Kathleen Hoffmeister, 53, at the scene. He also shot his wife, Charlotte Grahn, 47, who died Saturday at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center.
Also wounded was Victoria Schulmerich. Police said she was transported to a local hospital and is listed in critical condition.
Facebook tip leads to arrest of southern Oregon fugitive
A tip on a Facebook page has led to the arrest of a southern Oregon man trying to escape charges of felony sexual assault.
The Mail Tribune reported that Laramie Torres, 35, was arrested in Erie, Pa. He is charged in Medford with 10 counts of first-degree rape and 10 counts of first-degree sodomy for abuse of a girl that started when she was 11 and continued until she was 15.
Torres was indicted on Nov. 22 and then fled Oregon.
Friends and family of the victim in the case started a Facebook page dedicated to collecting tips about where Torres was. A tip in Michigan eventually led police to Pennsylvania, where a Pennsylvania State Police trooper was able to track Torres to an apartment in Erie.
Torres is being held in the Erie County Jail on $250,000 bail, pending extradition.
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