The alleged victim in a controversial incident that led to Island County Deputy Jay Wallace being fired for dereliction of duty and falsifying a police report has filed a claim against the county for $250,000 in damages.
The Samuel Crockett house, built on Central Whidbey circa 1890, won’t be razed or moved after all.
Four squadrons of P-8A Poseidon jets, a total of 24 aircraft, will start arriving at Whidbey Island Naval Air Station no later than 2012.
A 33-year-old Oak Harbor resident agreed to go to prison for pointing a loaded handgun at his wife while their children were present.
Carlos Brown, a sailor in the Navy, pleaded guilty in Island County Superior Court earlier this month to assault in the second degree, a domestic violence crime.
A 49-year-old Bellingham resident accused of using racial slurs and threatening a man who allegedly beat his daughter received a sentence of electronic home monitoring, according to court documents.
Timothy Scott pleaded guilty in Island County Superior Court Dec. 1 to harassment as part of a plea bargain.
The director of Island County’s Human Services department is warning of an impending “crisis in the crisis mental health system.”
Jackie Henderson discussed the situation with county commissioners last week and suggested a temporary fix locally, though finding the money may be difficult.
An Oak Harbor man accused of molesting a 5-year-old girl recently pleaded not guilty to a felony charge, according to court documents.
A jury returned a verdict of not guilty last week following the trial of a 25-year-old former Navy man accused of rape.
Kenneth Steiner, Jr., of New Jersey testified in his own defense during the four-and-a-half-day trial. He admitted having sex with the alleged victim, but he said it was consensual.
An Oak Harbor man who stole a pink box of doughnuts from Safeway is wanted on a $5,000 warrant.
If caught and convicted of the charges against him, 28-year-old Jeffrey Hurt could end up spending more than three years in prison for the pastry heist. And he didn’t even get to eat them.
An Island County program aimed at ensuring septic tanks don’t contaminate surface or ground water will continue even though the funding was slashed in a budget balancing act.
A new $62 fee will fund the program. The owners of homes with septic tanks will pay the fee when a house is sold.
An Oak Harbor businessman is accused of raping a child and threatening another juvenile with a handgun, court documents state.
Five women have been arrested in what detectives are calling the first prostitution stings in Island County history.
To the surprise of investigators, three of the women are Oak Harbor residents and they were allegedly prostituting themselves purely for money in tough economic times. Drugs didn’t appear to be a factor, as it often is in such cases.
An armed-and-dangerous neo-Nazi leader was holed up in a cabin. FBI agents, shivering in the cold rain, surrounded the home in an ever-tightening noose, expertly pumping bullets and tear gas inside.
