Three charged with murder in shooting death
Published 9:00 pm Wednesday, June 8, 2005
SPOKANE – Two teenagers who have been arrested and a 23-year-old man who remains at large have been charged with first-degree murder in what police say was an attempt to rob a young marijuana dealer.
Spokane County prosecutors filed the charges Tuesday against Nicholas Walter, 23; Caleb Hanowell, 16; and James Beasley, 15, in the shotgun slaying of Matthew Mikagi, 17, a junior at Shadle Park High School.
Walter and Hanowell also were charged with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, and Beasley was charged with first-degree robbery.
Associated Press
Bellevue: Thousands embezzled from club
A temporary agency bookkeeper for the Boys and Girls Club of Bellevue has admitted to embezzling more than $10,000 from the nonprofit organization.
According to a report from the Bellevue Police Department, the 37-year-old Issaquah woman turned herself in to police May 27. She then signed a written confession detailing how she forged four checks totaling $10,111.03.
She is expected to face charges of first-degree theft.
Kathy Haggart, president of Boys and Girls Club of Bellevue, said the organization has hired a forensic accounting firm in an effort to make sure such a crime doesn’t happen again.
Haggart said she was told the woman has offered to pay back the money she took.
King County Journal
Newcastle: Man cuts trees, angers neighbors
Looking to improve his view of Bellevue, Shaohua Li took a chain saw to his neighbor’s cypress trees while they were at a baseball game.
The Martins called police when they discovered the trees had been cut.
The trees had acted as a 16-foot-high privacy hedge between the two residences. Now that the trees are half as tall, the privacy is gone, but the Li family has improved its view.
Martin said she will be taking her neighbors to small claims court to recoup about $2,000 in damages. The Martins planted the trees seven years ago and want them replaced.
Li said he asked his neighbor more than a year ago to trim the trees. Kelly Martin took a few inches off, but not enough to satisfy Li.
Li said the Martins’ move to call the police was an extreme overreaction.
“The trees will grow back,” he said.
King County Journal
Olympia: Man gives up after all-night standoff
A Thurston County man suspected of hurling a hammer at his brother’s head surrendered to a police SWAT team early Tuesday after an all-night standoff at his home.
Darrell B. Clark, 41, was arrested and booked into Thurston County Jail on suspicion of second-degree assault. That was after police negotiators persuaded him to disarm and come down from the attic of his home on Pamela Drive SE, east of Lacey.
It started before 9:30 p.m. Monday, when Clark got into a shouting match with his brother, who lives next door. During the argument, Clark threw a small sledgehammer at the brother, striking him in the head. The brother called police, sheriff’s Capt. Brad Watkins said.
The brother did not need to be hospitalized, he said.
Clark gave up just after 7 a.m. Tuesday.
The Olympian
Idaho: Family raises stink over silk flowers
BOISE – When Trisha Walker graduated from Borah High School in May 2004, school officials wouldn’t let her wear the silk lei that was a gift from her Hawaiian uncle. Walker handed over the lei to a school official, and it was ultimately lost.
Now Walker, her stepfather, Jerry Squires, and her mother, Cheryl Squires, say the only way to make up for the loss of the $40 item is for the school to send Walker and an aunt on a three-day trip to Hawaii to pick out a new one.
Walker and the Squires filed a lawsuit in Small Claims Court asking a judge to force the school and district officials to pay for the $2,300 trip. The money would cover airline tickets, accommodations, meals, car rentals and gas.
Boise School District deputy superintendent Vickie Simmons said the district will fight the lawsuit, which she says is a waste of taxpayer money.
“It is a ridiculous kind of claim,” Simmons said.
Associated Press
