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REPORTER Woman pleads not guilty to setting man on fire
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Prosecutor investigating claims that molestation of daughter led to incident BY DEAN A. RADFORD dradford@rentonreporter.com
A Renton woman pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a charge she lit her husband on fire in bed after dousing him with gasoline July 16 at their Renton apartment. Tatanysha Marie Hedman, 40, is being held in the King County Jail in downtown Seattle on $500,000 bail on a charge of first-degree assault, domestic violence. Her next appearance in King County Superior Court is Aug. 14. Her husband, Vincent E. Phillips, was able to drive to a nearby 7-11 store on Southwest Sunset Boulevard, where he asked the clerk to call medical aid. He suffered burns to his head and upper body and was treated at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. In an interview, Hedman told Renton detectives she intended to [ more BURNING page 6 ]
Community meeting | The Fire Department will meet with residents of Regency Woods and surrounding communities to update them on the cause of the July 19 fire [ 5 ]
Residents near trail ask city for help with homeless, crime issues BY BRIAN BECKLEY bbeckley@rentonreporter.com
From the front of their home on North Riverside Drive, Diane Dobson and Kevin Hays have a great view. Directly across the street from the house is the Cedar River in all its glory, with parks and housing on the other side. But lately, the river has not been all they have seen. There are drug deals, prostitution, sex in public and other obvious violations of the law. There are groups of people partying under the bridges and running drugs up and down from the Lower Cedar River Trail to customers on the roadways, they say. There are pimps and prostitutes operating on the trail and in the parks around,
A great ‘Night Out’ Dozens of families played games, enjoyed hot dogs and had a chance to check out some crimefighting equipment Tuesday at Kennydale Lions Park for the National Night Out celebration. BRIAN BECKLEY, Renton Reporter
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City Council joins effort to free Renton woman illegally held in Mexico prison BY BRIAN BECKLEY bbeckley@rentonreporter.com
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Nestora Salgado of Renton is being illegally held in a Mexican prison, despite a ruling from the Mexican government that she be released. SUBMITTED
It’s been nearly a year since Grisel Rodriguez’s mother, Nestora Salgado, was illegally imprisoned in Mexico and though the tears flow easily when she talks of her, Rodriguez tries to keep a clear head. “We’ve got the easy part,” she said, wiping away tears. “She’s in prison.” Salgado, a Renton resident and naturalized U.S. citizen, was elected to lead a community police force in her hometown of Olinala, Mexico, when local
authorities in the poor, violent region known for crime and corruption charged her with kidnapping and sent her to a federal prison. Salgado was elected leader of a legally sanctioned civilian police force that defended the community from drug cartels and corrupt public officials. In performing her duties, Salgado angered local officials who seized her on trumped-up charges. A Mexican federal judge struck down the charges against her and called for her release last March, but the state