A 23-year-old man who a detective described as a major methamphetamine dealer in the Oak Harbor area was recently sent to prison.
Michael “Cupcake” Koepke pleaded guilty in Island County Superior Court Nov. 16 to two counts of possession of meth with intent to deliver and possession of more than 40 grams of marijuana.
A judge gave a top-of-the-range sentence to a 49-year-old Langley resident who was found guilty of vehicular assault after a confused jury initially said she wasn’t guilty.
Island County Superior Court Judge Alan Hancock sentenced Patricia Sylvester Nov. 23 to three months in jail, which is the maximum under the standard sentencing range.
Island County Chief Criminal Deputy Colleen Kenimond was very disappointed that a former North Whidbey soccer club coach who raped a teen player won’t be going to prison.
Jeovanni Camacho, Jr., a 34-year-old Oak Harbor resident, pleaded guilty in Island County Superior Court Sept. 28 to three counts of child rape in the third degree.
People who own property in Island County will have an extra fee on their tax statements next year.
The Island County commissioners unanimously approved an ordinance Wednesday approving a special assessment to fund the Whidbey Island Conservation District and the Snohomish County Conservation District, which serves Camano Island.
Amidst grueling discussions about budget cuts, dozens of people packed into the Island County commissioners’ hearing room to praise a program that provides the community with an amazing variety of services, from a lighthouse docent program to gardening education to 4-H.
A former club member has filed a lawsuit against the Boys and Girls Club of Oak Harbor over a foosball-related injury that occurred six years ago.
Bellingham attorney Craig Allen filed the lawsuit on behalf of Destiny Eby in Island County Superior Court Nov. 12. It asks for unspecified damages for “medical expenses, pain and suffering, inconvenience, mental anguish, disability or disfigurement, and emotional distress.”
A North Whidbey Middle School student who was hit by a truck at a crosswalk Nov. 23 spent Thanksgiving recuperating at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.
A 10-year-old student at North Whidbey Middle School was seriously injured Monday morning when he was struck by a truck at a crosswalk on Regatta Drive.
Two women were arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence after two unusual accidents in Oak Harbor Sunday, but nobody was injured in either.
Island County commissioners spread the pain around in identifying preliminary budget cuts this week to solve a $1.2 million deficit, but now they are taking heat from law-and-justice officials.
Island County Sheriff Mark Brown has taken the fight to the people with an open letter to the citizens.
Oak Harbor police officers put an end to a burglary spree when they caught a couple of burglars red handed after they broke into a home two days in a row, court documents indicate.
An inmate at the North Nevada Correction Center will also have to spend time at a prison in Washington state for raping an Oak Harbor teenager three years ago, court documents indicate.
Island County Sheriff Mark Brown is continuing his fight to minimize budget cuts in his office by taking his message to the people.
Brown’s letter to the citizens of Island County, released Wednesday afternoon, protests the county commissioners’ preliminary decision to reduce the funding to all law and justice agencies by 4.5 percent to fill the $1.2 million hole in the 2010 budget. For the sheriff’s office, that would translate to a $188,500 reduction.
