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September 19, 2018
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Vol. 77 No.38 (USPS 520-680)
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Sex offender jailed for pellet driveby By Aaron Andrews Statesman-Examiner
Colville gladiators
Winning fighters were presented a Helmet of Salvation after their bouts on First Street last Friday evening.
Story and photos by Aaron Andrews
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OLVILLE — An amatuer Mixed Martial Arts event rocked downtown, blocking off First Street between Main and Oak last Saturday evening, Sept 15. Organized by Battleground MMA’s Angelica and Roger Nicholson, the event featured seven fights. Fighters from all over the U.S. came to fight on First Street. “We have fighters from as near as Colville,” Angelica Nicholson said. “We’ve flown them in from as far east as Florida and as far west as Seattle.”
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She said that the fight featured “the American hypotenuse.” The fights were all sanctioned — which means that each of the 14 fighters had to get medically evaluated before they could step foot in the octagon. In addition, they had a real Ultimate Fighting Championship referee — Josh Rutgers from Jacksonville, Fla., who has been reffing professional fights since 1999. Roger Nicholson explained that taking care of the fighters was a priority. “As long as we take care of the fighters, then we
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feel like we did something good,” he said. Dr. Mo Beardsley stood by to attend to any injuries. Aside from some bruises and a bloody nose or two, no one was seriously injured, organizers said. Dressed in a tuxedo, Kimo Morrison announced the fights. His son, Trevor, fought in the ring, and staff from his restaurant served roasted pig to the crowd. Battleground MMA is a christian-based martial arts school. Instead of medals, they hand out armor, signifying the spiritual armor from
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KETTLE FALLS — A convicted Level III sex offender remains in the Stevens County Jail on $25,000 bail in connection with a driveby shooting Sept. 10. Michael Corey Wagner Cottrell, 41, hometown not reported, was arraigned Sept. 11 on charges of harassment, reckless endangerment, second-deCottrell gree assault, second-degree malicious mischief, obstructing law enforcement and resisting arrest. According to a police report, Anthony Gorst, an off-duty police officer and co-owner of Westside Pizza, walked into the eatery at 575 Meyers St. on Sept. 10. There, his staff informed him that a man (later identified as Cottrell) had come into the store after ordering a pizza and asking for it to be delivered by “the young, pretty, blonde girl,” court records show.
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Gorst said the description matched both his daughter and another employee, records show. Gorst’s staff said Cottrell left when the employee working the counter told him that his pizza was out for delivery, records show. Gorst made a phone call to Cottrell and informed him that he was no longer welcome at Westside, records show. Cottrell became infuriated and threatened Gorst, records show. Continued on Page A12
State authorizes culling of wolfpack By Aaron Andrews
Fighter “Pilot the Defender” prepares for his bout Friday against “Xavier X-Man.”
Roger Harnack/Statesman-Examiner Kettle Falls police officer Crys Loft checks the handcuffs on driveby shooting suspect Michael Corey Wagner Cottrell after she used pepper spray and a taser to subdue him.
REPUBLIC — State Department of Fish and Wildlife Director Kelly Susewind authorized culling a new wolf pack in the Kettle River Range of Ferry County on Sept. 12. The order came in response to a string of recent calf depredations, the
agency said. The undocumented pack is located in the same area as the Profanity Peak Pack, which was culled in 2016 . The department refers to the new wolves as the” Old Profanity Territory” pack. Wolfpack members attacked cattle in a USDA gazing allotment on six Continued on Page A12
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