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High speed chase, officers assaulted in Bonney Lake
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By Ray Still Reporter
This Week... • The annual Pierce County Cancer Survivorship Conference is set
for 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2015, at the University of Puget Sound. The event is free but registration is required. • Farm Fridays with the Mason Jar Farm invites
all families to come and learn more about farming. Kids can learn about worms and visit with the hens while adults can learn about DIY wine parties and brewing health tonics. The farm is located on 40233 278th Way SE.
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Three miles of color
More than 2,000 runners braved the heat Saturday and signed up to run in the Win Me 5K Color Run at the Expo Center. Throughout the course, participants were sprayed and splashed with various colors of chalk, resulting in a colorful, sweaty mess as they crossed the finish line. Photos by Ray Still
A stolen car, an elusive vehicle, a high speed chase and two injured officers - all in one night. At approximately 11:20 p.m. July 27, Bonney Lake police officer Buddy Mahlum spotted a suspicious maroon Toyota sedan near the back of the Woodstone Medical Facility near South Prairie Road, according to Pierce County charging papers. When Mahlum attempted to contact the driver inside, later identified as Roman Marcus McFeteridge, the vehicle sped away at a high rate of speed without even turning on headlights. Other Bonney Lake officers who soon joined the chase clocked the car going around 90 miles per hour at one point down the 35 mph road. With officers close behind him, McFeteridge soon lost control of his vehicle near the “S” curves of South Prairie and spun around to a stop facing officers, who also stopped their cars. McFeteridge then accelerated into Mahlum’s patrol car, causing extensive damage to the front end. Mahlum stated in his police report that McFeteridge’s car bounced off of his, allowing
McFeteridge to ram the patrol vehicle at least two more times. At this time, another patrol car came up behind McFeteridge’s sedan and pinned the still accelerating car between the two patrol vehicles, wheels spinning and smoking. Finally, McFeteridge lifted his foot off the accelerator and put his hands in the air as officers ordered him out of his car. McFeteridge exited but continued to resist officers, which was when Mahlum and Bonney Lake officer Todd Green received injuries to both of their right hands. It was later discovered both hands were broken. The car McFeteridge was driving was reported stolen on July 24, and McFeteridge himself had several outstanding warrants. McFeteridge is being charged with intentionally assaulting a police officer with means to produce great bodily harm, unlawful possession of a stolen vehicle, attempting to elude a police officer and driving while in suspended or revoked status in the first degree. Reach Ray Still at rstill@courierherald.com or 360-825-2555 ext. 5058. Follow him on Twitter @ rayscottstill for more news, pictures and local events.
Sumner band ‘The Cloves’ release new album By Ray Still Reporter
The story behind The Cloves, a local Sumner band that recently released their first album in 10 years, is a tale of patience, camaraderie and community. And the moral of their story is, with enough communit y suppor t,
everything is possible. The album, aptly named, “Revival”, was released July 27, and the band wasted no time in giving back to the community that supported their efforts to record their album back in December. The band was crowdfunded through Kickstarter , where they
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reached and surpassed their goal of eight grand on Dec. 15. “The challenge now is getting the gifts to everyone,” said co-band leader Michael Hochstatter, describing how they have nearly two hundred CDs to hand out and mail out from Sumner to Seattle and even out of the coun1375514
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try. “It’s a lot of work, with the Kickstarter stuff. It’s like a full-time gig. You wouldn’t expect it.” But that doesn’t mean Hochstatter and Kevin Poleskie, the other band leader, are complaining. They are more than happy to put off promoting their upcoming shows
and other band work to make sure their fans are all happy and taken care of. “We know that this record was funded by our friends, family and fans, so we want to take care of them first,” Hochstatter said. “That’s why we are doing that before doing
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