Prostitution sting in Everett brings in seven ‘johns’

EVERETT — Seven men could face misdemeanor prostitution charges after being arrested in an Everett Police Department sting on north Broadway.

A female police officer walked along Broadway posing as a prostitute and was stopped by passing motorists, who offered money or drugs in exchange for sex, according to police.

The seven were arrested on suspicion of patronizing a prostitute, and one may also face a charge of unlawful possession of a controlled substance. Patronizing a prostitute is punishable by up to 90 days in jail and a $500 fine.

Police also will be seeking court orders requiring the suspects to stay out of areas of prostitution in Everett.

Lemery e-mails: Prosecutors will be able to use an assortment of e-mails sent and received by Susan Lemery in the teacher’s child rape case, a judge ruled Wednesday.

Opening statements in the trial are expected this morning, and the testimony may continue three weeks, lawyers said.

Wednesday’s ruling by Snohomish County Superior Court Judge Kenneth Cowsert opens the door for prosecutors to use most of the computer evidence they gathered in the investigation of the schoolteacher’s contact with two 14-year-old boys.

Lemery is accused of three counts of third-degree child rape and three counts of child molestation. The 38-year-old Marysville woman, a second-grade teacher in the Mukilteo School District, is on paid leave while the case is pending.

Fraternity death: The King County medical examiner ruled Wednesday that the death of Brett Jensen, who died in a fall Tuesday at a University of Washington fraternity house, was an accident.

The findings were announced Wednesday after an autopsy. Neither the medical examiner nor Seattle police said whether Jensen had consumed alcohol.

Jensen, 19, a UW freshman, was a Class of 2001 Cascade High School graduate, student body president and honor student.

He fell 30 feet from a second-floor balcony at the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity house.

Herald staff