Bremerton Patriot, October 09, 2015

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IN THIS EDITION

Teen arrested for animal cruelty 16-year-old set cat on fire near school

BY MICHELLE BEAHM MBEAHM@SOUNDPUBLISHING.COM

NEWS Navy Wives Club of Bremerton

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BREMERTON – A teenager was arrested for torturing a cat Wednesday after setting it on fire just before midnight Sunday. After releasing a security camera

video showing the person allegedly responsible, police received a tip and interviewed and arrested a 16-year-old male, whose name will not be released because he is a juvenile. The teen will be held in juvenile holding pending review and consideration of a charge of first degree animal cruelty, a felony, by the Kitsap County Prosecutor’s Office. He admitted to using butane as an accelerant.

The Bremerton Police Department responded to a 911 call after a pedestrian found a cat on fire near 15th Street and High Avenue, near the tennis courts behind the high school complex. The cat was taken to the Emergency Veterinarian Clinic in Silverdale, but was euthanized almost immediately, according to Bremerton Police Chief Steve

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Motorcyclist flees deputy, crashes into guard rail BY CHRIS TUCKER CTUCKER@SOUNDPUBLISHING.COM

OPINION Billionaires shouldn’t buy elections

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SPORTS Standings, scores and schedules

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A security camera caught a glimpse of the 16-year-old male who was arrested for setting a cat on fire. Charges are being considerd while the teen is held in a juvenile holding center.

A motorcyclist who sped 90-100 mph past a Kitsap County Sheriff ’s Office deputy on a red sport bike and then crashed into a guard rail has had his case forwarded to the prosecutor’s office for review. According to Deputy Scott Wilson, the 19-year-old active duty Navy man blew past a deputy on patrol southbound on State Route 3 around 5:46 p.m. Oct. 5. The speed limit is 50 mph at that part of the highway. Because of the motorcyclist’s high rate of speed and because of the heavy traffic, the deputy decided not to pursue him. But shortly afterward, the motorcyclist became tied up in traffic, and at that point the deputy decided to pull the biker over and activated his emergency lights to initiate a stop. The motorcyclist turned to look at the deputy, braked as if he was going to pull over and then weaved to the left

Chris Tucker / staff photo

Washington State Patrol Trooper Manning spins the rear wheel of a crashed motorcycle at the intersection of NW Waaga Way and NE Gluds Pond Road in Central Kitsap Oct. 5, 2015. and accelerated out of sight. The deputy decided not to chase him but instead provided a description

of the motorcyclist to Bremerton Police over the radio. As the deputy continued to drive

south on SR303, he saw several vehicles pulled over near Gluds Pond Road. Motorists there were looking at the motorcyclist’s crashed Yamaha sport bike that had slammed into a guard rail. Witnesses said the motorcyclist had gone down, but then left the scene in a tan pickup truck driven by another man. Wilson said the pickup truck driver wanted to drive the motorcyclist north to Harrison Medical Center in Silverdale, but the motorcyclist didn’t want to go, so they returned to the crash scene. The motorcyclist told officers that he did not notice that he sped past the deputy, and that he decided to flee once he saw the deputy because he did not have a motorcycle license nor Navy approval to ride a motorcycle, Wilson said. The motorcyclist was transported to Harrison Medical Center in Bremerton to be evaluated, and his Navy superiors were contacted.

Steampunk circus cycles through Admiral BY MICHELLE BEAHM MBEAHM@SOUNDPUBLISHING.COM

NEWS Rescue subs to be celebrated Oct. 10

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BREMERTON — For an exciting, artistic and thrilling performance, go on down to the Admiral Theatre Oct. 17 and watch a Steampunk-inspired circus show unfold before your very eyes. Cirque Mechanics’ Pedal Punk, described on their website as an “acrobatic whirlwind where cycling is the escape from a technology-obsessed

society,” will perform twice, at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., at the theatre. Tickets are $10, plus a processing fee, for the 2 p.m. show, and $20-$54, plus a processing fee, for the evening performance. This show reinvents the American circus in timber, steel and ingenuity. It features a cast of 10 performers, utilizing bicycles, trampolines and acrobatics to dazzle audiences. “We like to keep the shows fresh and have new acts com-

ing through,” said Nate Murphy, public relations director for the Admiral Theatre. “It looks like a pretty fun set up that they have. (I’m) just looking forward to the show.” Murphy said that last season at the theatre had 19 of its 21 shows sell out, “the greatest number of sellout shows that we had in the Admiral’s 18-year history.” He added that Pedal Punk’s two shows are “on track to do the same.” The show features a “wacky

bike shop mechanic” who interacts with cyclists and bikes, according to the website. The mechanic “repairs more than broken pieces. He creates wondrous machines and inspires the cyclist in all of us to become a Pedal Punk.” Cirque Mechanic’s founder and creative director, Chris Lashua, has spent most of his career on a BMX bike or inside a German Wheel, which SEE PEDAL PUNK, A9

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Pedal Punks will perform 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Oct. 17 at the Admiral Theare.

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