REVIEW BAINBRIDGE ISLAND
FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 2013 | Vol. 113, No. 11 | WWW.BAINBRIDGEREVIEW.COM | 75¢
NO HOME ON THE RANGE: Bainbridge Police collect unwanted firearms. A8
Man arrested for spree of up-skirt photos of teen girls Fifty photos or videos were unknowingly taken of young island women BY RICHARD D. OXLEY Bainbridge Island Review
The Bainbridge Island man arrested for allegedly taking up-skirt photos of young women was released on $50,000 bail late last week while police continue to investigate the case. Angus Andrew Leger, 32, was arrested Wednesday, March 6 in front of the Rite Aid on High School Road. He was apprehended immediately after he alleg-
edly shot a video with his cell phone under the skirt of a 16-year-old high school sophomore girl inside the store. Leger is charged with two counts of voyeurism and was released from the Kitsap County Jail on $50,000 bail on Thursday, March 7. Leger waived his right to remain silent after being arrested. He told detectives with the Bainbridge Island Police Department that he had spent the past six months taking videos of young women without their knowledge. Leger said he took videos of “pretty, young females” for his own
Richard D. Oxley / Bainbridge Island Review
Joe Honick addresses the marchers in front of city hall shortly before the city council’s meeting on Wednesday. He told them they made history that day and was met with cheers and chants of “nonconforming, not fair.”
Outraged property owners march on Police arrest alleged city hall to protest shoreline program SEE SPREE, A19
teen cocaine dealer BY RICHARD D. OXLEY Bainbridge Island Review
Bainbridge Island police arrested a suspected high school cocaine dealer last week as a side effect of surveilling a suspect in a different case. Police were engaged in surveilling the now-arrested “up-skirt” voyeur on Tuesday, March 5 when one detective saw something suspicious out of the corner of his eye. “A Poulsbo detective observed a 17-year-old boy with some other boys at Safeway and they had a metal tin that was open,” said Bainbridge Detective Scott Weiss. The alleged dealer is a student at Bainbridge High School. The boys were off-campus during second period lunch.
“We lucked out this time because we were already doing surveillance.” Detective Scott Weiss Bainbridge Island Police
The metal tin turned out to be a cigarette case with plastic ziplock bags inside. It was later discovered to contain a total of 2.5 grams of cocaine. Once detectives finished surveilling their suspect, they immediately returned to the Safeway to locate the high school boys. They tracked the alleged dealer and his friends to the nearby gazebo at the Bainbridge Public Library. SEE COCAINE, A19
BY RICHARD D. OXLEY Bainbridge Island Review
The scent of fresh ink wafted through the air as people picked through a pile of protest signs, with slogans such as “Views Not Trees” and “Lawyers have enough of your $$$.” Talking points were practiced, and the fervor of frustration built as the crowd prepared to pound the pavement. The march to Bainbridge Island City Hall was on. “Nonconforming, not fair!” the marchers chanted as they paraded through downtown. What could bring out a crowd that swelled to well over 150? The perception of imperiled property rights, in a phrase. The city council is currently updating Bainbridge’s Shoreline Master Program, and officials have drawn criticism and ire from many of the island’s waterfront homeowners. The group claims that the new designation of “nonconforming” for many waterfront homes will harm property values. “We’ve been working with the city council for a couple of years but we needed to get people really focused on
Richard D. Oxley / Bainbridge Island Review
At least 150 people marched in the demonstration waving signs such as “Views Not Trees,” “This SMP is COBI staff overreach,” and “Proposed SMP = Government Waste.” this, and this was the best idea we had,” shoreline homeowner Elizabeth Jones said of the grassroots demonstration. Wednesday’s march took protesters along Winslow Way, up Madison Avenue and to the steps of city hall. The city council was scheduled to
discuss the shoreline program during its Wednesday meeting, and property owners made sure their voices would be a part of the discussion. “You’ve made a lot of history today,” said Joe Honick through a bullhorn to the crowd as they gathered at the entrance of city hall. Honick came with a scroll of protest signed by 1071 islanders. The protest had an impact. Near the end of Wednesday’s meeting, Councilwoman Anne Blair asked for a preliminary change to the new shoreline regulations. The controversial term “nonconforming” was replaced with “existing development,” though its legal impact will remain the same. The council gave the idea a thumbs up with a 5-2 vote. Councilwomen Kirsten Hytopoulos and Debbi Lester voted against it. The Shoreline Master Program was initially adopted by the city in 1996. It has been in the process of an update ever since the state imposed new rules in 2003. More recently, the program has been SEE OUTRAGE, A19