Bainbridge Island Review, July 12, 2013

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MY HOW YOU’VE GROWN: Garden tour marks silver anniversary. A23

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Fantastic Fourth! Bainbridge Islanders came out in force to celebrate a Grand Old Fourth of July. Turn to Pages A14-15 for a full-color photo feature on this year’s celebration.

Brian Kelly / Bainbridge Island Review

Todd Tinker helps hold up an American Flag as marchers from Island Fitness make their way down Winslow Way on July 4 for the annual Bainbridge Island parade.

Bainbridge man found guilty of attempted rape BY RICHARD D. OXLEY Bainbridge Island Review

A Bainbridge Island man has been found guilty of attempted rape, one year after his assault on a teenager who was walking home from an island grocery store. Jaime Sylva-Arroyo, 27, was found guilty of second-degree attempted rape by a jury in Kitsap

County Superior Court. “The jurors reached the results they did and it was in part from the evidence,” said Prosecutor Jonathan Salamas. DNA samples were key to the conviction. A cap left behind after the assault contained DNA that matched samples taken from SylvaArroyo at the jail.

The victim in the case also identified Sylva-Arroyo as wearing the cap during the attack. A sentencing hearing has been scheduled for Aug. 23. The standard range of sentencing for the crime is between 58 and 76 months in jail. SylvaArroyo must also register as a sex offender. A protection order will

also remain in effect to protect the victim of the assault. Sylva-Arroyo was arrested in July 2012. He was taken into custody two days after two sexual assaults occurred within minutes of each other. The first incident happened after Sylva-Arroyo followed a 19-yearold woman who was shopping

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at the Safeway on High School Road. After the young woman left the nearby Rite Aid, Sylva-Arroyo continued his pursuit and attacked the teenager on the Ihland Trail off Madison Avenue. The young woman fought back and bit her attacker’s fingers,

R E A L E S TAT E

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