SEATTLE — A teen-ager was charged with assault for allegedly leaning out a car window and pushing a pastor off his bicycle, causing serious injuries, the King County Prosecutor’s Office said Wednesday.
Ryan Daniel Hall, 17, was charged with second-degree assault for the March 25 attack on the Rev. David Tinney, 51, of Bellevue. Hall was released into his parents’ custody Monday, and an arraignment has been set for April 4.
A 17-year-old girl who was driving the car has not been charged.
If convicted, Hall faces a maximum penalty of 36 weeks in juvenile detention, but prosecutors will seek an exceptional sentence, prosecutor Norm Maleng said in a news release.
Vancouver
Deputy cleared: No charges will be filed against a Clark County sheriff’s deputy who shot a passenger in a car following a high-speed chase, because the shooting appeared to be an accident, prosecutors have decided. There was no evidence to show deputy Duncan Hoss meant to fire at the time of the traffic stop Feb. 10, deputy prosecutor Jim Miller said Tuesday. Hoss said he had his weapon drawn, which Miller confirmed was proper procedure, when he ordered John William Hager, 22, out of the car. Hoss said he may have slipped on some gravel, causing the gun to discharge and wounding Hager slightly in the arm.
Parolee murder suit settled: Just as trial was set to begin, Washington state agreed to pay $2.8 million to relatives of Carolyn Killaby for inadequate supervision of the parolee convicted of killing her. Dennis Keith Smith was released by the state parole board in June 1993 after serving 10 years of a life sentence for his sister’s death. In 1994 he tested positive for methamphetamine during a routine urinalysis. His probation officer recommended that he be sent back to prison for one to three years, but the parole board instead gave Smith 51 days in jail. Killaby was slain on Nov. 11, 1995. Her body was never found, but her blood was found in Smith’s truck.
Spokane
Dams open spillways: For the first time in two years, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Wednesday began spilling water over Lower Granite Dam to help juvenile fish migrate to the Pacific Ocean. Because snowpack levels in the mountains are at or near normal levels, agencies will spill water at most Snake and Columbia river dams between now and late June. The spills weren’t done last year, when Northwest rivers were running at near-record low flows. Instead, river managers opted to use every possible drop for generating electricity, which was in short supply, and barged the fish past the dams and the deadly generator turbines.
Oregon
Loose lips … : The Federal Aviation Administration has revoked the license of a man whose alleged threat to fly into Portland’s tallest building sent F-15 fighter jets into action. Guy D. Pratt’s license was revoked because of misinformation found on his application, said Mike Fergus, an FAA spokesman. Pratt is challenging the decision. On Jan. 15, Pratt, 36, allegedly asked an airport gas pump operator to name Portland’s tallest building. Pratt then allegedly commented that he was thinking about flying his vintage, cloth-covered Stinson into the building. The airfield worker later reported the comment to the FAA and two F-15 fighter jets were launched to search for Pratt’s plane. Pratt had landed at Evergreen Airport in Vancouver, Wash., before the jets took off.
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