KING5.com staff
OLYMPIA, Wash. – Members of the Olympia Port Militarization Resistance planted themselves at the main gate of the Port of Olympia Friday night in an attempt to block military traffic.
The anti-war protesters remained there through the night, and say they succeeded in blocking at least two military vehicles.
By Saturday morning, the Olympian newspaper reported that police were able to clear the entrance to the port.
But protesters remained in the area, and have tried to block more military traffic again. Police in riot gear used pepper-spray and batons to break them up, and a KING 5 reporter saw two protesters being taken into custody this morning.
At one point protesters began throwing large debris into the roadway to block military traffic, but when they realized it was the wrong thing to do, they helped clear the debris.
According to a press release, OlyPMR was founded in 2006 when "Olympia peace activists attempted to block outgoing Strykers and other military equipment in advance of the deployment of the 3rd Brigade Stryker Team from Ft. Lewis."
This week, the group released this statement:
"We oppose Olympia's complicity in a war whose disastrous effects have been felt worldwide and we will actively resist the use of Olympia's port to further that war ... Through nonviolent actions we intend to stop the Port of Olympia from becoming a revolving door of military machinery furthering illegal war."
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Driver chooses jail over speeding ticket
By KATHY MULADY
P-I REPORTER
A 45-year-old man from North Bend who refused to participate in a round-up of speeders by Washington State Patrol troopers on Interstate 90 near Preston was arrested Wednesday.
Troopers, assisted by a state patrol airplane, had stopped 28 drivers for speeding, according to a report, when a Toyota Camry zipped by. Officers clocked the Camry at 83 mph in a 70 mph zone.
When officers caught up to the driver, Kerry Bailey, he refused to show his driver's license, registration and proof of insurance. He was arrested on charges including obstructing and failing to provide information to a police officer.
He was booked into the King County Jail.
P-I REPORTER
A 45-year-old man from North Bend who refused to participate in a round-up of speeders by Washington State Patrol troopers on Interstate 90 near Preston was arrested Wednesday.
Troopers, assisted by a state patrol airplane, had stopped 28 drivers for speeding, according to a report, when a Toyota Camry zipped by. Officers clocked the Camry at 83 mph in a 70 mph zone.
When officers caught up to the driver, Kerry Bailey, he refused to show his driver's license, registration and proof of insurance. He was arrested on charges including obstructing and failing to provide information to a police officer.
He was booked into the King County Jail.
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Jury convicts Russell in car crash that killed three students
KELSO, Wash. - Frederick Russell, who fled to Ireland after being accused of causing a car wreck that killed three college students, was convicted Tuesday of vehicular homicide.
Russell, 28, was convicted of three counts of vehicular homicide and three counts of vehicular assault in the 2001 crash that killed three Washington State University students and injured three others.
He was accused of being drunk, speeding, and trying to pass in a no-passing zone when his vehicle slammed head-on into another car on State Route 270, the highway between the two college towns of Pullman, Wash. and Moscow, Idaho.
After his arrest and release on bail in 2001, Russell fled to Ireland, where he was found in 2005 after making the U.S. Marshals Service's "Most Wanted" list. He was extradited to the United States in 2006, the first time in 20 tries that the Irish government granted a request to extradite someone to the U.S.
The verdict came a day after Russell's lawyer, Francisco Duarte, urged Superior Court jurors not to consider the flight to Ireland in making their judgment. He also compared his client's ordeal to the 1993 movie "The Fugitive" and spent much of his argument trying to discredit a key prosecution witness.
Prosecutor Lana Weinmann responded that "this isn't Hollywood. This is the real world."
Killed in the crash were Brandon Clements, 22, of Wapato, a Washington State University senior; and fellow WSU students Stacy Morrow, 21, of Milton, and Ryan Sorensen, 21, of Westport. Three others were badly injured.
Duarte said that death threats and the fear he wouldn't receive a fair trial were the only reasons Russell fled.
"What is a 21-year-old man who becomes public enemy No. 1 overnight supposed to do when he knows he's not going to get a fair trial?" Duarte asked the jury during closing arguments Monday. "In Eastern Washington, he is the devil."
Jurors rejected the defense's claim that Russell's blood alcohol level results were not credible, or that the accident was caused instead by another driver.
Prosecutors said Russell had been drinking vodka at a party earlier on the night of the crash, and then went to a bar where he continued to drink and play pool.
At a hospital after the crash, Russell's blood-alcohol level measured .128 percent, well above Washington state's intoxication threshold of 0.08.
The trial was moved to southwest Washington's Cowlitz County from Whitman County in southeast Washington because of extensive news coverage.
Russell, 28, was convicted of three counts of vehicular homicide and three counts of vehicular assault in the 2001 crash that killed three Washington State University students and injured three others.
He was accused of being drunk, speeding, and trying to pass in a no-passing zone when his vehicle slammed head-on into another car on State Route 270, the highway between the two college towns of Pullman, Wash. and Moscow, Idaho.
After his arrest and release on bail in 2001, Russell fled to Ireland, where he was found in 2005 after making the U.S. Marshals Service's "Most Wanted" list. He was extradited to the United States in 2006, the first time in 20 tries that the Irish government granted a request to extradite someone to the U.S.
The verdict came a day after Russell's lawyer, Francisco Duarte, urged Superior Court jurors not to consider the flight to Ireland in making their judgment. He also compared his client's ordeal to the 1993 movie "The Fugitive" and spent much of his argument trying to discredit a key prosecution witness.
Prosecutor Lana Weinmann responded that "this isn't Hollywood. This is the real world."
Killed in the crash were Brandon Clements, 22, of Wapato, a Washington State University senior; and fellow WSU students Stacy Morrow, 21, of Milton, and Ryan Sorensen, 21, of Westport. Three others were badly injured.
Duarte said that death threats and the fear he wouldn't receive a fair trial were the only reasons Russell fled.
"What is a 21-year-old man who becomes public enemy No. 1 overnight supposed to do when he knows he's not going to get a fair trial?" Duarte asked the jury during closing arguments Monday. "In Eastern Washington, he is the devil."
Jurors rejected the defense's claim that Russell's blood alcohol level results were not credible, or that the accident was caused instead by another driver.
Prosecutors said Russell had been drinking vodka at a party earlier on the night of the crash, and then went to a bar where he continued to drink and play pool.
At a hospital after the crash, Russell's blood-alcohol level measured .128 percent, well above Washington state's intoxication threshold of 0.08.
The trial was moved to southwest Washington's Cowlitz County from Whitman County in southeast Washington because of extensive news coverage.
Monday, November 5, 2007
Teen dead after being shot in head in Kent
By BERNARD CHOI / KING 5 News and KING5.com Staff
KENT, Wash. – Police are investigating the suspicious death of a 16-year-old boy who was shot in the head inside an apartment.
Kent Police say it happened about 10:30 Monday morning at an apartment in the East Hill neighborhood along Kent Kangley Road.
A 17-year-old friend of the boy was inside the apartment and called 911.
A resident of this gated community says while police have responded to disturbances at the house before she did not hear anything out of the ordinary this morning.
Kent Police say the 16-year-old who was shot was not a resident of the home, though he may have been staying there. His 17-year-old friend who called 911 did live here with his mom. Neither were enrolled in the local school district.
Detectives say it's being treated as a suspicious death while they determine whether it was criminal, negligent or accidental.
"I just feel for the mom. Oh man, it's hard to raise kids these days. You try to do your best and hope they don't do anything stupid," said neighbor Liz Reed.
The victim's identity has not been released.
KENT, Wash. – Police are investigating the suspicious death of a 16-year-old boy who was shot in the head inside an apartment.
Kent Police say it happened about 10:30 Monday morning at an apartment in the East Hill neighborhood along Kent Kangley Road.
A 17-year-old friend of the boy was inside the apartment and called 911.
A resident of this gated community says while police have responded to disturbances at the house before she did not hear anything out of the ordinary this morning.
Kent Police say the 16-year-old who was shot was not a resident of the home, though he may have been staying there. His 17-year-old friend who called 911 did live here with his mom. Neither were enrolled in the local school district.
Detectives say it's being treated as a suspicious death while they determine whether it was criminal, negligent or accidental.
"I just feel for the mom. Oh man, it's hard to raise kids these days. You try to do your best and hope they don't do anything stupid," said neighbor Liz Reed.
The victim's identity has not been released.
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