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Suspect in barista assault surrenders to police in Idaho BY DEAN A. RADFORD dradford@rentonreporter.com
A 42-year-old felon wanted in the assault of his former girlfriend at a coffee stand in North Renton in February surrendered March 7 to police in northern Idaho. Renton Police credit the public with providing tips that may ultimately have led to the surrender of Shad A. Johnson, who formerly lived in Idaho, according to Renton Police Detective Robert Onishi. Johnson turned himself into authorities in Wallace, Idaho, after he heard he was wanted in Washington state, according to Onishi. He was still being held in jail in Idaho mid-week while details of his extradition were worked out. According to police, the victim was asleep in his truck outside the stand when the victim arrived for work at about 4:30 a.m. Feb. 17. She asked him to move as she tried to open the stand and a confrontation ensued during which Johnson allegedly forced his way inside the stand, and sexually assaulted the victim, according to police.
It was around the world in 28 acts during the Multicultural Show at Renton High School March 6. Students performed acts ranging from the traditional Haka war dance, above, to a Chinese fan dance, right, to Mexican dancing, left, and all points in between. For more photos turn to page 15 and to see a full slideshow from the sold out event, visit www.rentonreporter.com. BRIAN BECKLEY, Renton Reporter
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Council approves update to give nuisance law more teeth BY BRIAN BECKLEY bbeckley@rentonreporter.com
The city council on Monday passed an update to the city’s nuisance property law that clarifies a few aspects of the ordinance and adds more teeth to the emergency provisions of the law. Originally passed in March 2014, the law
is designed to help the city deal with chronic problem properties, such as those that receive multiple calls for police service within a 60-day period. The ordinance allows the the city the ability to revoke the business license of chronic nuisance properties, such as taverns that get many calls for fights, noise and other police complaints. But City Attorney Larry Warren said his office noticed a few things in the law that could potentially cause the city problems trying to enforce it so few minor changes had to be enacted. For example, one of the changes approved Monday makes sure calls to an
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establishment are for incidents actually occurring at the establishment. According to Warren, two of the police visits to one local bar dealt with high school kids being too loud as they crossed the business’s parking lot. Another listed the address because a driver pulled over for a DUI pulled into the establishment’s parking lot. However, none of those incidents had anything to do with the business and should therefore not be counted against them. “We want to make sure it’s clear due process is involved in this thing and that the incidents are connected to the business,”
Warren said. Warren said the city also strengthened the emergency provisions, giving them a little more teeth. Now, following two physical assaults or shootings at a given location, the city can issue an emergency nuisance citation and potentially pull the business’s license. The changes also include a new section making it clear that the legal owner has a presumption of control over the property and knows what a lessee is doing. The changes also include a more detailed [ more NUISANCE page 8 ]
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2014 law has already helped city in dealing with nuisance drinking establishments