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Bottle bomb explodes at schools
General election 2014 United States Representative 1st District
Suzan DelBene
55%
45%
Pedro Celis
State Senate 45th District
Andy Hill
53%
47%
Matt Isenhower
State House 45th District Position 1 Roger Goodman
55%
SAMANTHA PAK AND ANDY NYSTROM
Classes were back in session on Tuesday morning at Emily Dickinson Elementary School and Explorer Community School. Kathryn Reith, communications director for the Lake Washington School District (LWSD), said everything went well during the day: “They wanted to have as normal and positive a school day as they could.” Monday was much different. At about 7:40 a.m., a bottle bomb
exploded between two school buses parked on the campus in unincorporated King County near Redmond. A bus driver sustained minor injuries and no students were harmed. Class begins at 9 a.m. so the incident occurred before any students were on campus. The two elementary schools were closed Monday for police activity as members of the King County Sheriff ’s Office (KCSO) performed a sweep of the campus for additional devices. In addition, nearby Evergreen Middle School
(EMS) was on modified lockdown with classes as scheduled, though students stayed inside the building. Sgt. DB Gates with the sheriff ’s office said their sweep of both the elementary schools and middle school campus came up clean. “There was nothing,” she said regarding additional devices. The sweep was complete by about 11 a.m. Gates added that the device was described to be in a two-liter soda bottle before the KCSO’s explosives [ more BOMB page 7 ]
Police investigate pair of robberies in one night ANDY NYSTROM anystrom@redmond-reporter.com
Redmond police responded to two robberies on Sunday night about four miles away from each other, about 26 minutes apart and involving suspects with similar descriptions. Seventeen units — including three K-9 units — were
called to the scenes. At about 9:15 p.m., a woman called police from a Safeway at 15000 N.E. 24th St. after she was robbed at a nearby Key Bank. A male suspect “approached the woman and demand she give him her purse,” said Janessa Rosick, public information coordinator for the Redmond
Police Department. The victim handed off her purse, which contained her medication and jewelry, while some other items fell to the ground. The suspect, described as white or Hispanic with dark hair, a thin build and wearing black clothing with a black bandana covering his face, fled in a two-door
pickup truck believed to be green. Rosick noted that the victim said the suspect appeared to have something — possibly a weapon — under his coat. The victim wasn’t injured in the incident. While police were interviewing the victim, a call [ more ROBBERIES page 2 ]
Joel Hussey
State House 45th District Position 2
An Emily Dickinson Elementary School employee stands outside the school entrance as a King County Sheriff vehicle exits on Monday. ANDY NYSTROM, Redmond Reporter
Bus driver sustains minor injuries, no students hurt
45%
Larry Springer
57%
43%
Brendan Woodward
State Senate 48th District
Cyrus Habib
64%
36%
Michelle Darnell
State House 48th District Position 1 Ross Hunter
69%
31%
Bill Hirt
State House 48th District Position 2 Joan McBride
I-591 I-594 I-1351
69%
Gun rights Background checks Reduce class size
31%
Tim Turner
Yes 45% No 55% Yes 60% No 40% Yes 49% No 50%
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