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DROWNING | 17-year-old male dies after being rescued from Steel Lake last week [2]
VOL. 14, NO. 28
Mirror
F E D E R A L WAY
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OPINION | Editorial: Brainstorming for a better Federal Way [6] Roegner: Q&A on elected leaders, Federal Way projects [6] LAWSUIT | Best Western hotel manager accused of bullying female workers [5] CALENDAR | Federal Way Symphony hosts its annual top-notch garden tour [8, 11]
THERAPY DOG | A yellow labrador makes SPORTS | The professional basketball FRIDAY, JuLY 13, 2012 | 50¢ journey of FW grad Morris Anderson [25] life brighter for a girl with brain cancer [10]
Citizen’s pics help capture serial burglar
ELECTION 2012
State rep. candidates tackle jobs and schools at forum
By Greg Allmain
By ANDY HOBBS
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editor@fedwaymirror.com
Education, jobs, taxes and health care dominated a public forum that featured Federal Way area candidates for state Legislature. The forum, sponsored by The Mirror and Federal Way Chamber, was held Tuesday at Federal Way High School’s little theater. Eight total candidates are vying for District 30’s two seats in the state House of Representatives. The top two finishers for each position in the Aug. 7 primary election will advance to the general election in November. Voters in King County should receive their ballots by mid-July for the vote-by-mail election. [ more CANDIDATES, p. 13 ] NEWSPAPER RACKS: To see a list of rack locations for the print edition of The Mirror, visit federalwaymirror.com/about_us.
Peter Dominguez fills in the wings of a massive harpy across Derrick Burke’s chest last month during the second of 10 total sessions at All Hope Aside Tattoo in Federal Way. JOSH NELSON, For The Mirror
Tattoo session goes beyond skin deep By JOSH NELSON For The Mirror
He shaved off the hair and wiped his canvas with alcohol. He dipped into his inkwell and used a gloved pinky finger to apply a salve. He tested his pedal with a series of foot taps, took a deep breath and asked his canvas, “Are you ready?” “Yeah,” replied Derrick Burke tentatively. Peter Dominguez stretched the skin on Burke’s chest, lowered his tattoo gun, and began
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First-degree murder charges have been filed against a 29-yearold Federal Way man in the grisly death of his girlfriend. Kenneth “Kenny” Mace is accused of stabbing 20-year-old Melinda “Mindy” O’Meara more than 100 times on July 6 at the Camelot Square Mobile Home Park on South 288th Street.
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UPDATE
The recent arrest of two alleged serial burglars in Federal Way has led to a dramatic drop in burglaries in the city, as highlighted by Federal Way Police Chief Brian Wilson’s report to the city council on July 3. One of the alleged serial burglars, Amanda W. Macklin, was put away with the help of watchful resident Carla Ackley, who noted Macklin’s presence in her neighborhood one day back in March. Ackley found Macklin’s behavior to be so suspicious that she even posted photos of the alleged burglar at her blog, www.federalwaywa.blogspot. com. Those photos ultimately helped put Macklin behind bars, according to police spokeswoman Cathy Schrock. Ackley contacted police on March 23, 2012, about suspicious circumstances at her neighbor’s house, leading to the identification of two burglary suspects that were wanted on burglary warrants out of Spokane, Schrock said. One of the two women that Ackley identified back in March was the woman Chief Wilson referred to. After being arrested on the Spokane warrants, one of the suspects returned to the South King County area and continued to commit several burglaries a day, Schrock said. [ more BURGLAR, p. 21 ]
Charge: Man stabbed girlfriend over 100 times By CASEY OLSON
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to fill in the wings of a massive harpy across Burke’s chest. “I grew up nerdy. I’ve always like the idea of a half-chick, half-monster,” Burke said. “What can I say? I’m a nerdy perv.” All kidding aside, Burke understands that a tattoo of this size will be an exercise in patience and tolerance. Burke said that getting a tattoo “is a pretty unique feeling. It pretty much just hurts.” But sometimes it’s not about the pain. [ more TATTOO, p. 11 ]
NEWS
Mace is being held on $2 million The blood splatter indicated a sigbail and will be arraigned nificant struggle, according July 24 at the Regional to autopsy, but Mace had Justice Center. According few signs of injury. to Facebook, Mace is a Police found several 2001 graduate of Thomas knives next to O’Meara’s Jefferson High School and body, including a broken O’Meara is a 2009 grad of knife handle and a barbecue Decatur High School. spatula with serrated edges. An autopsy revealed that Melinda O’Meara According to a police invirtually all of O’Meara’s terview with Mace’s mother vital organs were punctured, acfollowing the murder, the family cording to charging documents. was trying to convince him to get
counseling. His mother said that about a week before the murder, Mace had returned to his home to find O’Meara’s family moving her property out of their residence. She said after that day, something “snapped.” His mental processing wasn’t the same and he didn’t act the same. She stated that even the emails he sent her were different. After questioning at the Federal Way police department, Mace [ more MURDER, page 21 ]
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