Park ranger thwarts pipe bomb
A park ranger came across several youths trying to light what turned out to be a homemade pipe bomb at North Creek Park south of Mill Creek.
Snohomish County sheriff’s deputies retrieved the explosive Sunday, June 25, and determined the device was a homemade bomb made with an aerosol deodorant can, plastic pipe and duct tape. It likely would have created a “huge ball of fire,” if the children had been able to ignite it, sheriff’s spokesman deputy Rich Niebusch said.
It is unclear who made the device, and the case remains under investigation.
Jackson vandalism suspects sought
Mill Creek police are looking for two Heatherwood Middle School students who threw rocks at cars belonging to a pair of Jackson High School teachers.
The incident took place at 11 a.m. June 20, the last day of school. According to police, two Heatherwood students threw rocks across the ditch that separates the middle school from Jackson. The rocks damaged the windshields of the cars that belonged to the two teachers. Damage to both vehicles were estimated at $300 apiece.
The perpetrators were not caught. Anyone with information is asked to call Mill Creek police at 425-745-6175.
Sheriff’s office grant to fight meth
The Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office has been awarded a $58,850 grant for use in combating methamphetamine crimes and use.
The money is a Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs Methamphetamine Initiative grant. The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, Pierce County Alliance and the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs distribute grant funds to agencies in the state as part of the 2004 Methamphetamine Initiative.
The funds will be used for meth-lab clean-up supplies, overtime pay, youth meth summit expense and help with processing meth cases.
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