By HECTOR CASTRO
P-I REPORTER
Snohomish County sheriff's detectives have arrested a woman and a man suspected of killing the woman's ex-boyfriend.
Investigators allege the man carried out the slaying with the woman's knowledge.
Both were booked into the Snohomish County Jail early on July 4 for investigation of first-degree murder. Jail records indicate the woman is being held in lieu of $500,000 bail.
There is not yet any bail set for the male suspect.
The victim, a 49-year-old Sultan man, was found dead on June 26. At the time, sheriff's officials said they were investigating his death as suspicious, but did not release any information about the manner of his death.
The Snohomish County Medical Examiner's Office has not released the victim's name saying the release is pending positive identification and further investigation.
Detectives say the victim had broken up with a 46-year-old Sultan woman several months ago, but refused to move out of her home in the 12800 block of 311th Avenue Southeast where the two lived with the woman's mother.
The woman began dating a 30-year-old Gold Bar man, who sometimes stayed over at the home, but still the ex-boyfriend refused to leave.
Early on June 26, the woman called Sultan police and said she arrived home to find her former boyfriend dead in his bed. Sultan police asked the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office to investigate the death.
Sheriff's investigators have said the man died from homicidal violence, but have released no details.
Neither of the two suspects has any apparent criminal record, though the man was the subject of a domestic violence protection order in 2006.
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Police looking for man who snatched elderly woman's purse
By HECTOR CASTRO
P-I REPORTER
Investigators are looking for help in locating a man who shoved an 86-year-old woman to the ground before making off with her purse earlier this week.
King County sheriff's detectives have very little to go on and only a vague description of the purse snatcher. "Not much to go on," Sgt. John Urquhart said.
The robbery happened around 2 a.m. Tuesday at South 152nd Street and International Boulevard in SeaTac.
The victim had just disembarked from Metro bus 174 when she was confronted by a man who ordered her to give him her purse. When she refused, the man pushed the woman to the ground and ripped her purse away.
The woman lost her purse, her driver's license and her checkbook. She suffered scrapes and bruises to her knees, forearms and head.
She told detectives the man may have been on the bus with her. The victim was traveling from her North Seattle home to visit her 92-year-old sister in SeaTac when she got lost changing buses in downtown and ended up riding the bus later than she had planned.
Urquhart said the woman and her older sister have been victimized before. Just last year, the two lost more than $20,000 in a roofing scam, he aid.
Investigators made an arrest in that case.
Anyone with information about this purse snatching is urged to contact the sheriff's office at 206-296-3311.
P-I REPORTER
Investigators are looking for help in locating a man who shoved an 86-year-old woman to the ground before making off with her purse earlier this week.
King County sheriff's detectives have very little to go on and only a vague description of the purse snatcher. "Not much to go on," Sgt. John Urquhart said.
The robbery happened around 2 a.m. Tuesday at South 152nd Street and International Boulevard in SeaTac.
The victim had just disembarked from Metro bus 174 when she was confronted by a man who ordered her to give him her purse. When she refused, the man pushed the woman to the ground and ripped her purse away.
The woman lost her purse, her driver's license and her checkbook. She suffered scrapes and bruises to her knees, forearms and head.
She told detectives the man may have been on the bus with her. The victim was traveling from her North Seattle home to visit her 92-year-old sister in SeaTac when she got lost changing buses in downtown and ended up riding the bus later than she had planned.
Urquhart said the woman and her older sister have been victimized before. Just last year, the two lost more than $20,000 in a roofing scam, he aid.
Investigators made an arrest in that case.
Anyone with information about this purse snatching is urged to contact the sheriff's office at 206-296-3311.
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
24-ounce limit proposed for medical marijuana
Patients authorized to possess or grow marijuana for medical reasons under Washington law would be limited to 24 ounces of harvested marijuana..
By Carol M. Ostrom
Seattle Times health reporter
Patients authorized to possess or grow marijuana for medical reasons under Washington law would be limited to 24 ounces of harvested marijuana, plus six mature plants and 18 immature plants, according to an official draft rule filed by the state Department of Health today.
The filing of the draft rule starts a rule-making process and a public-comment period. A hearing has been scheduled for Aug. 25 in Tumwater, Thurston County.
The draft reduces amounts earlier considered by the health department and revealed in a "talking points" memo used to brief Gov. Christine Gregoire in February. Health-department officials said in the February memo that they planned to recommend 35 ounces of harvested marijuana plus 100 square feet of plant-growing area.
Gregoire's staff told health-department officials the amount appeared to be on the high side, and that law enforcement and medical providers should be consulted. The health department convened an advisory panel that included law-enforcement officials, advocates and a single doctor — a public-health HIV/AIDS expert who does not care for patients directly.
Law-enforcement officials have said their main concern is being able to distinguish legitimate patients from those who are hiding behind the law to grow and sell large amounts of marijuana. They said they consider 3 ounces a reasonable amount for the 60-day supply specified in Washington's law, passed by voters in 1998.
That law allows patients with certain chronic, fatal or debilitating diseases to possess a 60-day supply with a doctor's authorization.
Carol M. Ostrom: 206-464-2249 or costrom@seattletimes.com
By Carol M. Ostrom
Seattle Times health reporter
Patients authorized to possess or grow marijuana for medical reasons under Washington law would be limited to 24 ounces of harvested marijuana, plus six mature plants and 18 immature plants, according to an official draft rule filed by the state Department of Health today.
The filing of the draft rule starts a rule-making process and a public-comment period. A hearing has been scheduled for Aug. 25 in Tumwater, Thurston County.
The draft reduces amounts earlier considered by the health department and revealed in a "talking points" memo used to brief Gov. Christine Gregoire in February. Health-department officials said in the February memo that they planned to recommend 35 ounces of harvested marijuana plus 100 square feet of plant-growing area.
Gregoire's staff told health-department officials the amount appeared to be on the high side, and that law enforcement and medical providers should be consulted. The health department convened an advisory panel that included law-enforcement officials, advocates and a single doctor — a public-health HIV/AIDS expert who does not care for patients directly.
Law-enforcement officials have said their main concern is being able to distinguish legitimate patients from those who are hiding behind the law to grow and sell large amounts of marijuana. They said they consider 3 ounces a reasonable amount for the 60-day supply specified in Washington's law, passed by voters in 1998.
That law allows patients with certain chronic, fatal or debilitating diseases to possess a 60-day supply with a doctor's authorization.
Carol M. Ostrom: 206-464-2249 or costrom@seattletimes.com
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