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Five arrested after caregiver reports man missing
IN THIS EDITION
BY CHRIS TUCKER CTUCKER@CENTRALKITSAPREPORTER.COM
CALENDAR Keep track of the date with a 2016 calendar
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NEWS Man arrested for Salvation Army threats
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A tugboat helps dock the USS Nimitz at Pier Delta at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard after the ship arrived in Bremerton in January, 2015.
Nimitz to stay in Bremerton until 2018
Carrier to return to Everett in 2019 BREMERTON — To make life easier for sailors and their families, the USS Nimitz will remain in Bremerton and will not be returning to Naval Station Everett in 2016 as originally planned. The aircraft carrier was moved to the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton in January, 2015, for 16 months of large-scale maintenance
and upgrading. The carrier, with a crew of 3,100 sailors and officers, has already undergone three changes of base in the previous five years, Navy spokesman Lt. Cmdr. Timothy Hawkins said. It moved from San Diego to Bremerton in 2010, then to Everett in 2011 and back to Bremerton in 2015. Frequent moves can be hard on sailors and their families, Hawkins said. Once the ship’s maintenance work is done, the Nimitz, which is the flagship
of Carrier Strike Group 11, would likely be sent out on another long-term overseas deployment, he said. Then, in 2018, the carrier is scheduled for yet more maintenance work at the shipyard in Bremerton. The Nimitz would then return to Everett in 2019. Rather than send the carrier to Everett for a short period of time, the Navy determined that it was easier on sailors and their families to just keep the ship in Bremerton until its upgrades are complete.
Lost loved ones, exploding motel among top stories of 2015 NEWS Redmond relief group helps Syrians
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OPINION A new year’s gift from congress
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The staff of the Patriot and Reporter wish you the best in 2016. Here’s the first part of our look back on 2015: • JANUARY Community mourns teens lost in fatal car crash: Volunteers at Olympic High School prepared 600 candles for an evening vigil for three students killed in a car accident early in the morning of Jan. 11. OHS students Luther Stoudermire, an 18-year-old senior, Kassidy Clark, a 16-year-old junior, and Jenna Farley, a 14-year-old freshman, died in the crash. Reuben Farley, Jenna’s father, spoke and thanked the community for its support. “I’ll miss my girl,” Farley said. “I just want to say thank you for everybody coming out.” The driver, Marcus Allen McKay, 17, of Bremerton, and the three other teenagers had just left a party in Seabeck
when the crash occurred. The four were traveling northbound in a 1996 Toyota Corolla near the 6600 block of Seabeck–Holly Road NW when they came to a slight turn in the road. McKay lost control of the vehicle when he came out of the curve. The vehicle drifted off the pavement, struck an earthen driveway access, went airborne and struck a tree. The three passengers were declared deceased at the scene of the crash. McKay survived the crash. He pleaded guilty on Jan. 22 to three counts of vehicular homicide. • Small plane crashes into Hood Canal near Seabeck: A small redand-white airplane crashed south of Seabeck Jan. 26 in Hood Canal. The plane was spinning as it fell and may have had parts break off in flight. It sank quickly according to a man who said he witnessed the plane fall. A driver’s license was found at the crash site and next of kin were noti-
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A Coast Guard helicopter searches for a plane that crashed into Hood Canal. fied. The pilot, Robert Alexander Jr., 65, from Fox Island, was flying alone in his Van’s RV-7 airplane. The aircraft was based at Tacoma Narrows Airport in Gig Harbor. The Coast Guard and local law enforcement responded to the crash.
SILVERDALE — Six suspects were arrested in connection to the case of an 89-year-old Silverdale man who is missing under suspicious circumstances. Investigators are looking for two more suspects, however. According to Kitsap County court documents, Robert Lee “Bubba” Pry, 29, of Bremerton, was charged with robbery in the first degree, unlawful possession of a firearm in the first degree, possessing a stolen firearm, contempt of court and escape from community custody. Bail for Pry was set at $1.1 million. The missing man, Robert Archie Hood, 89, who resides in the Tracyton Boulevard area of Silverdale, on NW Barker Creek Road, was last seen by his caretaker during the afternoon of Dec. 16 at his residence. Hood does not drive, and his caretaker is the only person who provides assistance in order to allow him to conduct personal business. Pry denied any involvement in the robbery but told investigators he did use a phone in an attempt to access Hood’s bank account. Pry’s girlfriend, Ocean Aarib Wilson, 19, of Federal Way, was charged with rendering criminal assistance in the first degree and contempt of court. Her bail was set at $50,000. Wilson told investigators that Pry and another man went to Hood’s home on Dec. 17, knocked Hood out, tied Hood up and burglarized his home. The men told Wilson that Hood was still breathing when they left him. Another person with whom investigators spoke said that Pry and other people were overheard saying they needed to get rid of a car and get rid of a body. Investigators searched Hood’s home after Hood had been reported missing by his caretaker. The caretaker said the door was locked but Hood’s check books, financial documents, wallet, some cash and several rifles were missing from the home. SEE MISSING MAN, A6
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