KENT — Julian Reyes has been sentenced to 21 1/2 years in prison for killing a convenience store clerk.
Reyes pleaded guilty in October to second-degree murder in the 2006 shooting of 49-year-old Ho Ton at a store in Shoreline. Reyes was sentenced Friday in King County Superior Court.
Customers found Ton’s body on the sidewalk in front of the 7-Eleven where he worked the night shift.
Walla Walla: Five stabbed and shot in gang party fight
Walla Walla police say five people have been hospitalized with gunshot and stab wounds after a gang-affiliated birthday party turned bad.
It happened about 2 a.m. Saturday outside a home frequented by gang members. Officers said a fight broke out when several people with no known gang affiliations stopped by.
Several people were stabbed before someone took out a semi-automatic handgun and started firing.
The most seriously injured was identified as Osman Roblero, who was flown to a Portland, Ore., hospital with two gunshot wounds to the chest.
His 22-year-old brother, Alan, was being treated for a gunshot wound to the head and a stab wound to the abdomen. Three other people were being treated at local hospitals for stab wounds.
Tacoma: State pulls license; nursing home closes
The Oregon-based owner of a 120-bed nursing home in Tacoma has decided to close the facility after the state pulled its license.
Inspectors who conducted a series of unannounced visits at the Avamere Bel Air since January found that it placed residents in “immediate jeopardy.” Deficiencies included failure to prevent the spread of infection and failure to prevent and treat pressure sores, a common ailment among residents.
The News Tribune newspaper reported that the Wilsonville, Ore.-based Avamere Group has dropped an appeal of the license revocation and decided last week to close the home. The 43 current residents are being moved to other facilities.
Oregon: Troopers issue more cell-phone tickets
Oregon State Police troopers cited nearly twice as many drivers in February for violating the new ban on most cell phones compared to the first month the law was in effect in January.
Troopers issued 72 citations in February after writing 41 tickets in January.
With some exceptions, it is unlawful in Oregon for a driver to use a cell phone without using a hands-free accessory while operating a motor vehicle.
Violation of the cell phone law is a primary offense, meaning that a police officer may stop a driver solely for observing the violation. The minimum fine is $142.
Farmers and scientists battle Asian fruit fly infestation
Farmers and researchers are racing to control an Asian fruit fly that first appeared in Oregon last summer and ruined some late-season peach and berry crops.
The fly is known as the spotted wing drosophila and appears to have migrated from California, where it appeared in 2008. Some growers reported losing 20 percent of their blueberry and raspberry crops and up to 80 percent of late-variety peaches.
Oregon farmers worry it could spread to the state’s valuable cherry crop as well as pears, prunes and plums. Growers, working with crop consultants and university researchers, are trying to determine whether insecticides will control the flies.
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