Everett Daily Herald, November 06, 2015

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Parents again arrested The Lake Stevens couple jailed for abandoning their kids in a filthy home are now accused of possessing a stolen car. By Rikki King Herald Writer

MARYSVILLE — A Lake Stevens couple who abandoned their children in a decrepit house

earlier this year have been arrested again, this time for a police pursuit involving a stolen car. Amanda Foley and Mark Dorson were arrested Monday near Marysville. He’s under

investigation for attempting to elude police, and both remained behind bars Thursday on suspicion of possessing a stolen car. They reportedly were trying to take the tires and wheels off the stolen car not long before police caught up with them. Foley and Dorson, both 33, made headlines in February when Lake

Stevens detectives found their three young children living in squalor without food, heat or a working toilet. The children were taken from them, and Foley and Dorson each were sentenced to six months in jail for misdemeanor abandonment. See PARENTS, Page A4

Officer testifies in pursuit Sergeant thought of his family the night he was shot by gunman

ELECTION 2015

Fresh faces leading count If the losing trend of all four Lynnwood City Council incumbents continues, the group will have its first-ever majority of women members. By Jerry Cornfield Herald Writer

Tolbert called “Shots fired!” over the radio. The truck had pulled over and the door opened. Maples heard the gunfire and saw in the muzzle flashes the silhouette of a man. “I’m trying to grab at my rifle, and at the same time, contemplating gassing it and trying to run the individual over,” he said. The shooter got back in his truck, though. Maples couldn’t see or hear Tolbert and Kieland. “I thought they were dead,” he said. The truck was coming at him, and his rifle was hung up on something in the car. He saw an object emerge from the truck driver’s window.

LYNNWOOD — Voters here are shaking up City Hall in a big way. All four incumbents in Tuesday’s election are losing and if the trend holds the City Council will have a majority of new faces next year and its first-ever majority of women members. Shirley Sutton led Councilman Loren Simmonds, the current council president, 55.2 percent to 44.1 percent in the latest tally of ballots released Thursday. But Simmonds, who has served on the council since 1999, isn’t ready to concede. “I’m not throwing in the towel as long as they’re still counting ballots,” he said Thursday. Shannon Sessions is ahead of first-term Councilman Van AuBuchon by a decisive margin of 57.9 percent to 41.5 percent. “I’m very pleased with the results of the race. I am very grateful for all the support I received,” said Sessions, a U.S. Air Force veteran and former police department spokeswoman. “I am very proud that our campaign stayed honest, clean, positive and with high integrity.” AuBuchon said he was “just befuddled” by the results. “I think the great silent majority has spoken,” he said. George Hurst led Councilman Sid Roberts by a margin of 52.8 percent to 46.7 percent while Chris Frizzell had a slim 42-vote lead on Councilman Benjamin Goodwin. In percentages, she leads 50.4 percent to 49.2 percent. Roberts and Goodwin are both seeking a second term. If Sutton, Sessions and Frizzell win, they’ll join Councilwoman Ruth Ross to give women a majority on the seven-member council. “I’m a little bit surprised that all the incumbents are losing but I think it reflects some dissatisfaction with how the council has proceeded on the budget and other issues,” said Hurst, a

See PURSUIT, Page A4

See ELECTION, Page A4

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EVERETT — James Maples thought of his wife and two kids. He was lying on a Marysville street, next to the curb. He had a bullet in his leg and the gunman was moving closer. “I could still feel rounds going past me, and I knew I had get out of there,” he testified Thursday. “What went through my mind was my wife and my two kids, and I said to myself, ‘I needed to protect my head if I was going to get out of there.’ ” Maples was wounded the night of Oct. 15, 2014, when Hans Hansen, 44, allegedly shot up police stations and patrol cars

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in an attempt to commit “suicide by cop.” Hansen’s trial is in its second week in Snohomish County Superior Court. He’s charged with 11 felonies, including two counts of attempted first-degree murder. The case is expected to go to jurors for deliberation on Monday. Maples has been a police officer for more than 20 years and also served in the military. He made sergeant at the Marysville Police Department in 2013. He was at the Marysville police station on Grove Street when word came over the radio, around 9:50 p.m., that the Lake Stevens and Granite Falls departments had been targeted

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with gunfire. He testified about asking every officer in the room to go look for the shooter. In his patrol car, Maples headed from Grove Street southbound on 71st Avenue NE. On his radio, he heard officers James Tolbert and Bronwyn Kieland report they were behind the shooter’s truck, northbound on the same street. He told them to keep their distance until more help arrived. Maples was on a rolling hill when he saw the headlights. On the stand Thursday, Maples fought back tears, repeatedly pausing to regain his composure. That night, he knew his two colleagues were behind the approaching truck.

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Carson that Erich (“Chariots of the Gods”) von Däniken is a Swiss citizen and therefore ineligible to serve as his chief science adviser. Read my lips: In a new biography, former President George H.W. Bush finally shares his views on his eldest son’s administration (Page A2), calling Vice President

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Dick Cheney an “iron-ass”. The Buzz thanks former President Bush 41 for his heroism in World War II, decades of service to America and single-handedly restoring “iron ass” to its rightful place in the lexicon of American profanity. Surfing the vast cultural wasteland: Twenty-four Sports . . . . . . . C1 Stocks . . . . . .A10

pint-size chefs compete in “MasterChef Junior,” premiering tonight on Fox (The Clicker, Page D6). The kids will learn culinary technique, working as part of a team and that when judge Gordon Ramsay calls one of them a “gormless numpty,” it’s not a compliment.

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Marysville Police Sgt. James Maples describes feeling the window of his vehicle explode during a gunfight as he testifies at the Snohomish County Courthouse on Thursday in Everett. Maples’ left leg was injured during the shooting.

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