Bellevue Reporter, May 02, 2014

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BUSINESS | Bellevue’s Whole Foods to test turning food waste into organic fertilizer [6]

Arts | Bellevue Arts Museum to offer sneak preview of Seattle International Film Festival FRIDAY, MAY 2, 2014 tonight [11]

SPORTS | Bellevue dominates invitational track and field meet [15]

Four teens face charges in violent crime spree BY BRANDON MACZ BELLEVUE REPORTER

Four Bellevue-area teens are alleged to have stopped and robbed several pedestrians in Bellevue and Redmond over a onehour period earlier this month, reportedly punching two and stabbing another. Jesus M. Uriostegui, 18, faces three counts of first-degree robbery in King County Superior Court after he and three friends allegedly drove around Bellevue and Redmond late April 18 to early April 19, stopping pedestrians and bicyclists and robbing them of their belongings. His first alleged victim, a 21-year-old Bellevue man, was riding his bicycle near

140th Avenue Southeast and Southeast Sixth Street around 11:50 a.m. April 18, when police allege Uriostegui and Miguel A. Perez, 17, stopped him. AccordJesus M. Uriostegui ing to court documents, Perez admitted to police he punched the victim, causing a hairline fracture to his cheekbone. Uriostegui, alleged to have been armed with a knife during the robberies, reportedly cut the victim with a knife just above his right ear. The suspects made off with a backpack containing a tablet PC. A 31-year-old Bellevue man reported

walking along Factoria Boulevard around 12:24 a.m. April 19, when a man approached him and robbed him of his backpack and cellphone. Uriostegui is alleged to have stabbed the victim in the back, and Perez reportedly told police he pushed the victim to the ground and later threw the backpack out of the car while passing through a residential neighborhood. Perez faces two counts of first-degree robbery and is being charged as an adult. An 18-year-old Redmond man was walking on the 14800 block of Redmond Way when Uriostegui is alleged to have stopped and threatened him with a knife to his throat. Francisco Ayon, 18, is alleged to have punched the victim in the face.

Brandon Macz: 425-453-4602, bmacz@bellevuereporter.com

Metro releases revised bus route cuts, reductions

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Changes to begin in September BY BRANDON MACZ BELLEVUE REPORTER

Following the failure of Proposition No. 1 last week, King County Metro on April 24 released its revised list of bus route cuts and revisions anticipated to begin in September and be staggered through 2015. The King County Council accepted Prop 1's failure shortly after preliminary figures were confirmed on April 22, showing the funding measure — expected to prevent nearly 200 bus cuts and reductions — at 55 percent in opposition. The count was at 54 percent opposed on April 24, with a 37 percent turnout. Based on a March revenue forecast, the proposed cuts and changes to King County Metro routes changed slightly from 74 to 72 routes lost. That’s roughly 34 percent of the Metro system. The 107 routes proposed to be reduced or changed dropped to 84. Of those reductions, 48 percent will occur during peak transit hours. Cuts to Bellevue routes identified April 24 include 237, 242 (Northgate to Over-

More than 6,000 people came out to Kelsey Creek Farm’s annual sheep shearing event Saturday, April 26. The shearing of the sheep is a traditional farm practice to gather wool for a variety of textiles. Each sheep produces from six to 10 pounds of wool each year. COURTESY PHOTOS,

Colin Walker/Bellevue Parks & Community Services

On the Hyatt Courtyard

Another suspect, Jesus G. Ortega, 18, of Kent allegedly pointed a pellet gun at the victim from the 2007 silver Saturn the suspects were traveling in. Ayon and Ortega are charged with one count of first-degree robbery. The alleged spree came to an end shortly after the third robbery, when the suspects were found nearby at a gas station on Northeast 85th Street in Kirkland. Ayon was reportedly found in possession of the third victim's credit cards and driver's license, which he had tucked in his shoe.

lake) and 243 (Jackson Park to Bellevue). Service reductions are set for routes 221, 226, 232, 234, 240 (Bellevue to Renton), 241 (Eastgate to south Bellevue) and 249 (Overlake-Bellevue). Route 235 is listed as being provided with additional service. Unchanged will be routes 245 (Kirkland to Factoria) and 246 (Eastgate via Factoria). Prop 1 would have allowed for a recently formed King County Transportation Benefit District to implement a one-tenth of a cent sales tax and a $60 car-tab fee. Lowincome county residents would get a $20 rebate. Prop 1 was anticipated to generate $130 million in revenue, with 40 percent going to local road and transportation projects. Metro service changes occur three times each year, meaning the first cuts, reductions and route changes will start in September, said Rochelle Ogershok with the King County Department of Transportation. Three more rounds of cuts and changes will occur in February, June and September of 2015. Ogershok said the staffing cuts that will come with the cuts and reduced service SEE METRO, 17

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