SEATTLE — A 30-year-old woman has been arrested for living in a $3.3 million home that did not belong to her, Kirkland police said Tuesday.
Nearly 10 days ago, Kirkland police responded to a call from a real estate agent who said several people had moved into a luxury home without permission, said Kirkland police detective Allan O’Neill.
When police checked out the house, O’Neill said, the woman furnished documents that said she was the owner of the house. Meanwhile, First Citizens Bank sought assistance from police to remove the people.
With two parties claiming ownership, police treated the case as a civil dispute, O’Neill said.
Police went through tax logs, utility bills and asset records to refute the woman’s claim of ownership.
The woman was arrested Tuesday afternoon because she was the one claiming ownership, O’Neill said. No other arrests were made.
The woman was arrested for criminal trespass and booked into a city jail.
Yakima: BPA to update power lines
Bonneville Power Administration will spend roughly $2 billion in federal stimulus dollars to enhance power transmission lines, upgrade aging infrastructure at hydropower dams and restore fish populations, it announced Tuesday.
The federal stimulus money approved by Congress allowed BPA to borrow an additional $3.25 billion from the U.S. Treasury, increasing the total amount of bonds that may be outstanding to $7.7 billion.
BPA announced the first $2 billion in projects during a visit by Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman, who assessed progress on one of the largest: construction of a 500-kilovolt line between McNary and John Day dams.
Bremerton: Fish, fisherman sculptures erected
After some second-guessing by the Bremerton City Council a fisherman’s sculpture was erected downtown Tuesday the whimsical way it was intended — with the fish snagging the angler.
When the $250,000 project was approved in December the council wanted to change it to have the fisherman catching the fish.
The Kitsap Sun reported the council relented and accepted the original design from Communication Arts of Boulder, Colo.
The 14-foot-tall pieces were manufactured by Dillon Works of Mukilteo and installed on opposite corners of an intersection.
The funding came from a state grant.
Sub tender deploys to Indian ocean
The submarine tender USS Emory S. Land departed Bremerton Monday for forward deployment at Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean.
The Kitsap Sun reported it will maintain submarines operating in the Middle East.
Spokane: Court denies protection for earthworm
There won’t be any endangered species protection for the giant Palouse earthworm in the immediate future.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals this week affirmed a lower court ruling that found there is not enough evidence to prove the worm is threatenend. The appeals found that virtually all information about the elusive worm is limited and inconclusive.
In April, living specimens of the worm were captured for the first time in two decades. Environmentalists have filed a new petition seeking endangered species protection.
9-year-old girl dies of crash injuries
A 9-year-old girl who was critically injured in a traffic collision involving a pizza delivery driver died Sunday in Spokane after she was taken off life support.
KHQ-TV reported many of Olivia Chaffin’s organs were donated.
Her grandmother and father also were injured in the Thursday’s crash about 20 miles north of Spokane.
The sheriff’s office reported their car was hit by a pizza delivery car that ran a stop sign at an intersection.
Seattle: Video shows officer punching woman
A Seattle police officer is shown punching a young woman in the face in a witness video aired on several television stations. Police confirm that an officer punched a young woman Monday after a jaywalking stop escalated. They say in a statement that the unidentified officer believed the woman was trying to help another young woman escape and had “placed her hands on the officer’s arm.”
Police said the young women were verbally and physically abusive.
Sgt. Sean Whitcomb said late Monday that police were “glad no one was seriously hurt.” He added there would be a full investigation.
A wide-ranging investigation is under way after an April 17 video showed two Seattle officers kicking a suspect.
Yakima: Teacher acquitted of charges
A Yakima teacher accused of having sex with one of her students was acquitted Tuesday of all charges.
After listening to almost two full weeks of testimony, jurors took less than two hours to acquit Michele Taylor of one count of sexual misconduct and two counts of communicating with a minor for immoral purposes.
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