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Road to redemption A homeless alcoholic gets his life back on track with help from innovative programs in Everett
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Every morning Martin prepares for his meeting. He makes sure he has his Big Book and string cheese he gives to a friend’s service dog he sees every day.
Day 1 Sunday: Keaton Farris, 25, was in a mental health crisis when he died from dehydration and starvation inside the Island County Jail. His death illustrates why more must be done to protect people living with mental illness from winding up in jails.
Martin wore a path from hospitals to jails and courthouses. Between September 2013 and July 2014, the city of Everett charged him 20 different times, mainly for criminal trespassing, shoplifting or urinating in public. During that same time, he spent 250 days in the county jail. He was in and out of emergency rooms. Sometimes firefighters hauled him to a hospital more than once in a single day.
Day 2 Monday: Snohomish County Sheriff Ty Trenary is championing changes in how the county uses the jail. It’s a challenge to balance the needs of business owners and neighbors with those living on the margins.
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“They’d sober you up and spit you out the door,” Martin said. Then, last year, Martin ended up on a list he didn’t know existed. People were talking quietly behind the scenes about what they could do differently to help him. They labeled Martin a “chronic utilizer,” someone who cycles through crisis-care services and See MARTIN, Page A5
shows, where the killer whales perform leaps and other tricks, and will instead display the captive orcas in a habitat where they act more like killer whales in the wild (Page A9). If this means the SeaWorld executives will be dressing up as salmon to be chased by the orcas, we’ll buy a ticket. Short Takes . . B4 Sports . . . . . . C1
Channel-surfing the vast cultural wasteland: The Esquire channel premieres “Uncorked,” a reality series that follows six aspiring master sommeliers as they compete for top jobs in the food and wine industry (The Clicker, Page B4). Your first task, contestants: Pronounce sommelier. —Jon Bauer, Herald staff
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Today: Gene Martin, 60, is working his way back after being homeless for years; he says innovative programs and compassion helped him get there.
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VERETT — Gene Martin used to work with his hands. He took pride in swinging a hammer and building houses. For a time Martin was even the boss with his own crew. Today, at 60, the Snohomish native is rebuilding his life. “There are a lot of corny sayings in AA, but some are right on,” Martin said. “You have to take one day at a time and do the next right thing.” Sixteen months ago Martin’s hands shook if he went too long without a drink. The murder of his sister and a friend’s suicide led to a 15-year war with booze. Most days Martin was on the losing side. He lost his family and job and ended up on the street, sleeping in alleys or at the Everett Gospel Mission. When he was hungry he stood outside McDonald’s hoping someone would give him a hamburger. Strangers avoided eye contact and his own family passed him without stopping. Martin panhandled so he could buy alcohol. If he didn’t make enough, he shoplifted. “My whole survival was to drink, numb myself and pass out,” he said.
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EVERETT — Hans Hansen set out to kill police officers, wanting to cause “maximum damage” before bringing about the death he desired, according to prosecutors. But according to his attorney, Hansen was a sad, broken man who wanted only for officers to end his life, so he wouldn’t have to commit suicide, a sin in his religion. Starting Tuesday, jurors will begin deliberating over 11 felony charges, including two counts of attempted first-degree murder. Hansen, 44, is accused of shooting one officer in October 2014 and firing dozens of bullets at other police, plus their cars and buildings. The three-week trial in Snohomish County Superior Court has been “long and grueling,” deputy prosecutor Ed Stemler said in closing arguments Monday. Hansen was losing his health, his business and his marriage. He and his wife had quit paying their mortgage about a year earlier, and Hansen expected deputies to arrive any day to evict them, Stemler said. Hansen had considered waiting to shoot at deputies during the eviction, he reportedly told detectives. Instead, Hansen went “looking for targets that he was mad at that night,” Stemler said. “He was looking for people to share in his misery.” Hansen brought thousands of bullets “for the mayhem and destruction he had in mind,” and fired at least four guns that night, including two AK-47s, Stemler said. After shooting at police stations in Granite Falls and Lake Stevens, Hansen fired one of the AK-47s at least 33 times at Marysville police officers James Tolbert and Bronwyn Kieland, Stemler said. Moments later, Marysville Sgt. James Maples was shot in the leg. Hansen’s defense attorney, Jon Scott, argued that Hansen was not aiming at the officers but only their patrol cars. If Hansen really
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