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Man with bat dislikes lesbians Resident isn’t satisfied with the city attorney’s apology CRIME
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Following is a sample from the Federal Way police log: • Woman hit by bat-wielding man: At 7:36 a.m. Aug. 10 in the 33000 block of 18th Place South, a woman was struck in the ribs with a baseball bat by an unknown male. According to the report, the unknown suspect said the woman was attacked because he “did not like lesbians.” • Husband misses mortgage payments: At 10:05 a.m. Aug. 10 in the 2000 block of South 302nd Place, a husband and wife got into a loud argument over mortgage payments. According to the report, the husband had been missing the mortgage payments because his money was going toward paying for his girlfriend’s rent/mortgage payment. • Cab fare welsher arrested: At 8:28 a.m. Aug. 10 in the 2200 block of South Star Lake Road, the suspect was arrested for failing to pay a cab fare. According to the report, the suspect attempted to flee on foot, but was eventually
detained by police. • House parties three nights straight: At 2:10 a.m. Aug. 11 in the 2100 block of South 286th Street, the owner of a home was issued a citation for a noise violation after three successive nights of loud parties at the residence. • Argument between couple leads to warrant arrest: At 8:17 a.m. Aug. 11 in the 1000 block of South 315th Street, a man and a woman in a relationship got into a loud argument, prompting a police response. According to the report, a records check of the man involved came back with an active warrant for DUI. The man was arrested without incident. • Woman’s charity gets pushed to the limit: At 12:09 p.m. Aug. 11 in the 1600 block of South 333rd Street, a woman asked police to remove her exboyfriend and his current girlfriend from her residence. According to the report, the woman had been allowing the duo to stay at her residence intermittently in recent weeks and months. The report notes the woman said she’s sympathetic to the couple because they are currently homeless and have a young child. • Woman breaks into hotel room: At 12:59 p.m. Aug. 11 in
the 1400 block of South 320th Street, a woman was arrested after she broke into a hotel room. According to the report, hotel staff were only made aware of the woman’s presence when she accidentally left a piece of paper to burn on a stove in the room. When hotel staff attempted to enter the room, they found that the woman had barricaded the door from inside. • Tool thief arrested: At 2:54 p.m. Aug. 11 in the 1700 block of South Commons, a man was arrested for attempting to steal more than $500 worth of tools from a department store. • Pain medication stolen: At 6:07 p.m. Aug. 11 in the 37000 block of 3rd Place SW, a woman reported that her pain medication had been stolen from her residence. • Argument leads to police response: At 8:50 p.m. Aug. 11 in the 2900 block of SW 330th Street, a man and woman got into a loud argument, prompting neighbors to call the police. The report notes that the woman only knew her boyfriend by a street name. The report also notes that a group of men hostile to police gathered nearby, and that future responses to the location should have multiple officers respond.
Des Moines man pleads guilty to fatal shooting
separate groups before the shooting. Two unidentified men started passing a gun around, then fired shots into a vehicle where Thomas sat, according to Des Mirror staff reports Moines police. A 24-year-old male was also shot and wounded at the scene. A Des Moines man has pleaded Thomas was a 2011 graduate of guilty to a 2011 shooting that killed Mount Rainier High School and a 19-year-old woman and wounded was studying at Highline Coma 24-year-old man in Redondo. munity College to become a nurse. Johnny Rourn, 30, pleaded guilty As a lifeguard, she taught toddlers on Aug. 2 to second-degree murder to swim, and was heavily involved and second-degree assault, accordin her youth group at Resurrection ing to the King County ProsecuLutheran Church. Jayme Thomas tor’s Office. Both charges include Rourn’s sentencing is scheduled firearm sentencing enhancements. for 1 p.m. Oct. 4 at the Regional Jayme Thomas, 19, died after Justice Center in Kent. He faces between being shot early morning Nov. 5, 2011, in 240 and 340 months (20 to 28 years) in the backseat of a vehicle in the 800 block of prison, and prosecutors will recommend Redondo Way South. Witnesses reported the maximum. that an argument occurred between two
By GREG ALLMAIN gallmain@federalwaymirror.com
Federal Way resident Norma Blanchard was shut down during the July 16 city council meeting from making public comments about the investigation into an incident involving Federal Way Mayor Skip Priest and Councilmember Kelly Maloney. At the time, city attorney Pat Richardson cited the council’s rules regarding conduct at the public comment podium. Upon further review, Richardson issued an apology to Blanchard, indicating that she had acted too quickly during the July 16 meeting. However, for Blanchard, the apology was not enough — and she let the council, Priest and Richardson know during the Aug. 6 meeting. “At the last meeting, July 16, I tried to make some statements and I was stopped by our city attorney,” Blanchard said. “Since then, I’ve got a letter from the city attorney with two apologies in it…I’ve looked in the city council rules and procedures, and it says nothing about that, so how the hell are we supposed to know? My notes, I’ve still got them, had nothing to do with what the city attorney was saying.” Blanchard continued, saying she feels
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Richardson is doing the city a disservice. “This is the second time I’ve personally ran up against something that the city attorney did not understand. I would like to ask that she resign. We need to get another city attorney. She’s not doing the city any favors, she’s not doing a good job,” she said. Priest interjected and reminded Blanchard of the rules of conduct for public comment, which prohibit members of the public from making personal statements about council members or city staff. Priest reads the rules aloud before every public comment period at meetings. “You know, Ms. Blanchard, that personal comments about staff (are not allowed), as you know,” he said. “You’ve been here a long time.” “I know I have and this is my time to speak,” Blanchard shot back. “You can speak after I’ve spoken. I’m totally ticked off about this.” Priest attempted to mollify Blanchard, but reiterated the rules for public comment. “I understand, Ms. Blanchard, I understand. But at the same time, this is not the appropriate place to make personal comments about our staff,” he said. “Resign or fire her,” Blanchard said, before leaving the podium.
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