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Renton families affected by Seattle Diocese ID theft By DEAN A. RADFORD dradford@rentonreporter.com
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About two dozen case reports have been filed with the Renton Police Department by Renton residents who may be the victims of income-tax fraud, possibly caused by the theft of personal information from Archdiocese of Seattle employees and volunteers. The Police Department is forwarding the cases to the Internal Revenue Service, which is investigating the fraud cases, along with other agencies and private security experts. The IRS has also contacted Renton residents about the possibility that fraudulent income-tax returns were filed using their stolen information. A local police report is part of the process to report a suspected or real incident of identity theft to authorities. More than 1,000 people throughout the Arch[ more Fraud page 9 ]
Members of the Nelsen Middle School Concert Choir belt out the songs from the musical “Grease” during Saturday’s March Music Month at The Landing, hosted by Friends of Renton Schools Foundation. Right are members of the Renton High String ensemble. Brian Beckley, Renton Reporter
City officials keeping an eye on Renton’s steep slopes after Oso slide By Brian Beckley bbeckley@rentonreporter.com
With this past weekend’s deadly Oso Mudslide on everyone’s mind, attention has turned to many of the slopes and hillsides that so many of us live near as we wonder if the same thing could happen here. “We have areas in Renton that are sensitive areas,” Public Works Administrator Gregg Zimmerman said this week but added that he has seen no pending problems around the city’s many hills.
According to Zimmerman, his crews routinely keep an eye on several slopes in the city, based primarily on historical experience. City workers have even produced a map of potential slide areas within the city. Among the slopes they watch are along Lake Washington Boulevard, the slope to the west of Rainier Avenue adjacent to the airport and a slope on the north side of the Maple Valley Highway, across from the old Stoneway Concrete batch plant. Zimmerman said crews from
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the city’s streets and surface water divisions are out this week keeping their eye on potential landside areas for any signs of weakness that may have been caused by this months persistent and potentially record-setting rainfall. Zimmerman said the city’s stormwater system have handled the rain well because though there has been a lot of it, it has not been in the type of short, heavy bursts that can overload a sewer system. However, while good for the sew[ more Slopes page 7 ]
This map shows the sensitive slopes being monitored through Renton. Courtesy City of renton
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Public Works administrator says no pending problems, but city monitoring hillsides due to rainy March